Alcatraz’s reputation as a tough place to be imprisoned was a Hollywood myth. Many inmates requested a transfer there because it had good food, hot showers, and a one man per cell policy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-alcatraz
A Welsh community built 2,044 sandcastles on the Whitmore Bay beach to break a Guinness World Record. – WTF Fun Facts
The British have a one in 300 chance of being related to a complete stranger they meet in their homeland. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/theres-a-1-in-300-chance-that-a-complete-stranger-is-your-cousin/
Over 50% of pilots surveyed in the U.K., Norway, and Sweden admitted to have fallen asleep while flying a passenger plane. A third of them stated that when they woke up, they discovered that their co-pilots had also fallen asleep. – WTF Fun Facts
The only place that can legally sell hard alcohol in Virginia are ABC Stores. They are owned and operated by the state, employing ~4000 employees in ~370 stores, generating hundreds of millions in revenue for VA. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Alcoholic_Beverage_Control_Authority#Stores_and_products
There are elevators in Singapore which are equipped with Urine Detection Devices. If triggered, the elevator will stop and the police are called. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/things-that-are-illegal-in-singapore-2015-7
Xian’er, which translates to Worthy Stupid Robot Monk, is a robotic monk at China’s Longquan Buddhist temple which is designed to interact with tourists. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/world/asia/china-robot-monk-temple.html
There’s a small town in Washington named ‘George’. Each year, George, Washington celebrates July 4th by baking a massive cherry pie. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://cityofgeorge.org/
In 2016, the Swedish Tourist Association created a service where you could call a number and speak to a random Swede. It received nearly 200,000 calls over 79 days with an average duration of just under 3 min. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theswedishnumber.com
There are two main thoroughfares in the capital of Kosovo named after former US Presidents. One is named George Bush Boulevard and parallel to it is Bill Clinton Boulevard. – WTF Fun Facts
The USPS has ~1,700 employees in Utah whose sole job is to read illegible addresses which the machine can’t read. They process 5 million pieces of mail daily with some employees averaging 1,600 addresses an hour. – WTF Fun Facts
There is a well documented Koro (or genital retraction syndrome) epidemic that occurred in Singapore in late 1967.Men believed they were going to die from their penis shrinking after eating bad pork. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://theindependent.sg/the-day-the-shrinking-penis-epidemic-struck-singapore/
Postwoman Galina Yermolova uses a monster truck made by a friend to get supplies to her isolated Siberian town. – WTF Fun Facts
Colorado has over 300 ghost towns, which is more than the number of active municipalities today. Many of them are old mining towns or mill towns that were abandoned in the 1890s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_in_Colorado
During a feud in 2009, the mayors of two neighboring Parisian suburbs each declared the same street one-way, but in opposite directions – resulting in chaos. The national police were called in to assist. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6127669/Feuding-Paris-mayors-declare-street-one-way-in-opposite-directions.html
Every year, Walt Disney World’s Lost and Found collects more than 6,000 cell phones, 3,500 digital cameras, and 18,000 hats. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://wdwnews.com/fact-sheets/2014/10/31/walt-disney-world-fun-facts/
Nazca Lines are located in Peru and were created by the ancient Nazca culture in South America. The 2,000 year-old Lines depict various plants, animals, and shapes and must be viewed from an above to be fully appreciated. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/topics/south-america/nazca-lines
In 2010, Finland was the first country in the world to make broadband internet (>1Mbps) a legal right for each of its citizens. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/10461048