The Guinness world record for the largest snowflake was a snowflake 15 inches in diameter and 8 inches thick recorded at Fort Keogh, Montana in 1887. – WTF Fun Facts
Places
WTF Fun Fact – Jars For The Dead
University of Melbourne Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one hundred 1000-year-old massive stone jars possibly used to “bury” the dead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/anu-mmj060619.php
WTF Fun Fact – Temple Of Beer Bottles
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew (Wilderness Temple of the Great Glass Pagoda) is a Buddhist temple in Thailand and is also known as the Temple of a Million Bottles because it’s constructed with ~1.5 million empty Heineken and Chang beer bottles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Pa_Maha_Chedi_Kaew
WTF Fun Fact – Hotel Montana Magica
Hotel La Montaña Mágica is a unique hotel built to mimic a volcano and even erupts water. It sits deep within the depths of the private Huilo-Huilo biological reserve in Chile. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://planetdens.com/architecture/hotel-la-montana-magica-huilo-chile-2/
WTF Fun Fact – Peru Potatoes
Peru is home to ~3800 different types of potatoes, having been domesticated there some ~10,000 years ago. They differ in size, shape, color, skin, pulp, texture, and taste. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.limaeasy.com/peruvian-food-guide/typical-potatoes
WTF Fun Fact – Confederate Six Flags
When the Six Flags Over Texas theme park opened in 1961, it had a section dedicated to the Confederacy where actors would hunt through the crowd for Union “spies” and “execute” them by firing squad. Boys and girls could also sign up to defend the South as soldiers and nurses. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Dragon Bones
Villagers in central China have long been using dinosaur bones in medicine and soups, thinking they were from dragons. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6276948.stm
WTF Fun Fact – US Airport Numbers
According to the CIA’s 2013 data, the United States has 13,513 airports (recognizable from the air), which is more than the next 10 countries combined. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2053rank.html
WTF Fun Fact – Disable Disability Priority Line
In 2013, Disney abandoned its policy of letting disabled people skip lines in its theme parks, after rampant abuse of the rule by people hiring disabled “tour guides” to skip waiting lines for rides. These guides sometimes charged up to hundreds of dollars per hour. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/disneyland-disabled-no-longer-skip-lines/1931430/
WTF Fun Fact – Unusual Volcano Ash
Hawaii allows people to throw their beloved’s ashes into their volcanoes, as long as you pay a $25 permit and do it discretely. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/management/scattering-of-ashes.htm
WTF Fun Fact – Cincinnati Subway
Cincinnati, Ohio has a subway system over 2 miles in length that was built in the early 1900’s but never used and has been left abandoned ever since. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Ethiopian Calendar
The Ethiopian calendar is ~7 years behind the Gregorian calendar due to them having a 13th month of either 5 or 6 days (in the case of a leap year). They celebrated the new millennium on Sept. 12, 2007. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/ethiopia/articles/why-is-the-ethiopian-calendar-7-years-behind/
WTF Fun Fact – Crooked Forest
The Crooked Forest is located in Poland and is home to hundreds of pine trees planted in the 1930’s which are mysteriously curved at a 90° angle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_Forest
WTF Fun Fact – Swiss Bunkers
Switzerland is the only country in the world which could fit more than its entire population into bunkers in case of an emergency. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=2fd3ae6425264b2fb54247636671810c
WTF Fun Fact – No Bridge Over Amazonian Waters
There are no bridges over the Amazon river despite it being the second longest river in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-the-amazon-river-cant-be-crossed-by-bridge
WTF Fun Fact – Belgica Antarctica
The wingless midge (or small fly) Belgica Antarctica is the largest land animal permanently living in Antarctica is only .24 inches long. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://onlyfunfacts.com/fun-facts/facts-about-antarctica/
WTF Fun Fact – Beautiful Terraces
The beautiful Yunhe rice terraced fields in Zhejiang province are the largest terraced fields in Eastern China. They are situated at an altitude between 200 to 1,400 meters and have been feeding locals for over 1000 years. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://en.tourzj.com/things-to-do/yunhe-rice-terraces
WTF Fun Fact – Lots Of Languages
Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world with 851 individual languages listed. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea