Estádio Milton Corrêa, or Zerão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Northern Brazil situated near the equator or zero degrees latitude and thus has one end in the Northern hemisphere and the other in the Southern. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zer%C3%A3o
In 2014, some 4,000 black taxi cab drivers brought parts of London to a standstill, protesting against Uber. Ironically, this led to an 850% increase in downloads of Uber on the day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27799938
The drinking age in Wisconsin is 21, but anyone underage is legally allowed to drink alcohol in bars and restaurants as long as they are with a parent or guardian of legal drinking age and the establishment allows it. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_Wisconsin
El Azizia in northern Libya held the record for the hottest place on Earth for 90 years, but in 2012, experts reviewing evidence concluded the original reading on the thermometer was taken incorrectly. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a8138/death-valley-sets-a-world-heat-record-90-years-ago-12794066/
If you spent one day on each of the islands in the Philippines, it would take you nearly 21 years to visit them all. The latest count of the islands is 7,641. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-islands-are-there-in-the-philippines.html
Sgriob is a Gaelic word meaning “an itching of the lip, superstitiously supposed to precede a feast, a drink of whiskey, or a kiss from a favorite.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://katexic.com/word/sgriob/
Scientists studying the ocean floor in the Black Sea have found over 40 ships, some from as far back as the 9th century, that are so well preserved they can still see chisel and tool marks on the planks from the original builder. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/10/black-sea-shipwreck-discovery/
Coffee was so important in Turkish culture that under 15th-century law, a woman had the freedom to divorce her husband if he did not provide her with enough coffee. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.turkeyforyou.com/turkish-coffee-role
In early 2019, Hawaii tried to pass a law making the legal smoking age 100. They were also the first state to raise the legal age to 21 back in early 2017. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47129503
Fireworks have been completely illegal in Florida since 1941, but are sold to people en masse via hundreds of stores across the state to anyone who signs a waiver saying they’re for agricultural use to scare birds away from crops. – WTF Fun Facts
The Rézfaszú bagoly, which translates to’The Copper-Penis Owl’, is the Hungarian equivalent of the boogeyman and used by parents to scare children into behaving properly. – WTF Fun Facts
Technically, France holds the record by having a dozen different time zones, more than the USA and Russia which each span 11 different time zones. – WTF Fun Facts
For over a century, locals in remote parts of India have been using trees to build root bridges, known locally as jing kieng jri. Taking 15 to 30 years to grow, they can span up to 250′ above gorges and rivers and support up to 35 people at a time. – WTF Fun Facts
Workers constructing Beijing’s Forbidden City created an ice path to carry stones to the site. The path was lubricated with water as the sledges with the stones passed, reducing friction and letting them slide much easier before the water refroze. – WTF Fun Facts
The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society created a sign dubbed the Singing Sailor to keep the Russian submarines out of their border. It displays an animated sailor in underwear thrusting his hips while broadcasting in Morse code: “This way if you are gay.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32703331
Tate’s Hell State Park is a 202,000 acre forest/swamp near Carrabelle,FL. Legend has it that it’s named after a man that got lost in the wilderness. When he emerged, he told a passerby “My name is Cebe Tate, and I just came from Hell” before collapsing. – WTF Fun Facts
Patrick’s Pub and Grill is a bar that’s on the border of Georgia and Tennessee and split between the two states. The Georgia half is in a “dry county”, meaning that any alcohol purchased at the bar on the Tennessee side cannot be brought to the Georgia side where the restrooms are. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20080603/News/604163811/GS
In 2009, Liberia had to declare a state of emergency in 3 counties because of an African armyworm caterpillar invasion. Tens of millions of the larvae appeared and began eating through their green crops and contaminating the water supplies with their feces. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/28/liberia.caterpillars.emergency/index.html