During coronavirus related lockdown in the Netherlands, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment recommended single people make arrangements with one other person as a cuddle/sex buddy. – WTF Fun Facts
Places
WTF Fun Fact – Icelanders Own Guns
Iceland has one of the highest rates of legal gun ownership globally. The country has about 300,000 people and an estimated 90,000 guns. Interestingly enough, it also has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
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Per the 2017 census, only 12% of Qatar’s population are Qatari citizens. The remaining 2.3 million people are expatriates. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Switzerland Democracy
In Switzerland, applications for citizenship are decided at the municipal level. Thus, if your neighbors find you too annoying then they can vote to deny your citizenship. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – 90 Mile Beach
On the Northwest tip of New Zealand’s North island is 90 Mile Beach. The beach is officially a public highway but is only 55 miles long. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach,_New_Zealand
WTF Fun Fact – Yap & Rai
The Micronesian island of Yap is known for its stone money, known as Rai or Fei. They use large doughnut-shaped, carved disks of calcite, some as large as 13 ft in diameter. The rai is still used today for social transactions, such as marriage, inheritance, & political deals. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pekin Noodle Parlor
The oldest continuously operating Chinese restaurant in the US is not in New York or San Francisco, but Butte, Montana. Pekin Noodle Parlor opened in 1911 and has been open ever since. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/88648/delicious-history-nations-oldest-chinese-american-restaurant
WTF Fun Fact – Shavarsh Karapetyan
After his daily 20-km run in 1976, Shavarsh Karapetyan (a retired Armenian swimmer) came upon an accident scene where a bus had fallen into a reservoir. Repeatedly diving 10m deep,Karapetyan pulled 46 people out of the bus, 20 of whom survived. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Mustaches For All
In 1907, French waiters went on strike for the right to have mustaches. In France prior to 1907, mustaches were a symbol of class and stature, while waiters were seen as lower class and therefore not mustache-worthy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/french-mustache-strike
WTF Fun Fact – Fake Refugee Camp
Norway sends ~5,000 teens each year to a refugee camp simulation for a day to help give them perspective. Nearly 100,000 teens have gone since the program started. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/norwegians-send-kids-to-fake-refugee-camps-for-les/
WTF Fun Fact – Top Of Mont Blanc
In 1787, Swiss scientific pioneer Horace Bénédict de Saussure cut off the top of Mont Blanc at 15,344 ft and it is now on display in the Teyler’s museum in the Netherlands. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Honolulu And The Plague
In 1900, the Chinatown in Honolulu was intentionally burned down to prevent the further spread of the bubonic plague. Four months after, Honolulu was deemed plague-free. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Forest Growth
Israel is the only country in the world that has seen a net increase in trees over the last 100 years. Over that time frame, the Jewish National Fund has planted over 200 million trees. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Mount Logan
The highest point in Canada was only officially determined in 1992. An expedition finally reached the summit of Mount Logan and GPS put its elevation at 19,551 ft. Temperatures have been unofficially recorded at below -100F on the summit. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Westernmost & Easternmost
Alaska is both the Westernmost and Easternmost point of the United States. Alaska has an uninhabited Aleutian Island called Semisopochnoi which sits just 10 miles east of the 180th meridian. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-07-30/semisopochnoi-island-alaska-maphead-ken-jennings
WTF Fun Fact – Tea Symbolism
Tea symbolizes loyalty, love and happily married life in Chinese weddings because tea trees cannot be transplanted – they will only grow and sprout from a seed. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-tea/wedding-tea-ceremony.htm
WTF Fun Fact
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York holds the world’s oldest piano. The piano dates back to 1720 and was one of Bartolomeo Cristofori’s (inventor of the piano) earliest creations. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.pianistmagazine.com/blogs/the-worlds-oldest-piano-1/
WTF Fun Fact – Skydecks
There are four glass platforms suspended 1,353 feet in the air, located on the Willis Tower’s 103rd floor Skydeck. The observation perches have walls, floors, and ceilings made entirely of glass. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://theskydeck.com/