In 2012, a woman in France accidentally received a phone bill of €11,721,000,000,000,000. This was 5000x the GDP of France at the time. After several calls to the phone company, she was finally given her real bill of €117.21. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/oct/11/french-phone-bill
In 2012, an Australian was kicked out of a darts competition in England because his appearance caused the crowd to chant “Jesus!” repeatedly, which distracted the other players. He was prevented from entering in 2013 for the same reason. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jesus-lookalike-nathan-grindal-banned-2895176
In 1960, Col. Joseph Kittinger set the then world record for the highest skydive at just over 19 miles. During free fall, he reached a speed of 614 mph, nearly the speed of sound. His record was finally broken by his mentee in 2012 – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
In 2012, a Cleveland woman arrested for a traffic violation was ordered to share her crime by holding a sign for 2 days that read ‘only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.’ – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/11/13/165027763/convicted-idiot-driver-who-passed-school-bus-holds-her-sign-of-shame
In 2012, Choi Gap-bok escaped from prison by squeezing his body through a 5.9″ tall and 17.7″ wide food slot when the guards were sleeping. He is a yoga practitioner and applied skin ointment to his body in order to slip out. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/choi-gap-bok-prison-escape_n_1919866
