The 700-year-old Starkenberger brewery in Tarrenz, Austria, has seven swimming pools filled with beer. The brewery, which is housed in an ancient castle, converted the old vats in the fermentation room to pools. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: This Austrian Brewery Has Swimming Pools of Beer | Travel + Leisure (travelandleisure.com)
New Zealand, Austria, Norway, and Switzerland have banned the practice of boiling lobsters alive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.trillmag.com/64914/uncategorized/boiling-lobsters-alive-should-be-banned-says-british-veterinary-association/
An Austrian musical group called Das Erste Wiener Gemüseorchester (The First Vienna Vegetable Orchestra) uses instruments made entirely from vegetables. After the show, they use the leftover vegetables to make soup for the audience. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vegetable_Orchestra
The world’s longest treadmill is 7 feet wide by 30 feet long and started operating on August 26, 2011 at the Wolf Science Center in Ernstbrunn, Austria. – WTF Fun Facts
Arnold Schwarzenegger paid Austria $20,000 to ship him a 1951 M-47 Patton tank, the exact same tank he drove when he was a soldier. It is fully operable (minus the gun) and he uses it to support his fundraising efforts. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/07/26/arnold-schwarzenegger-gives-kids-rides-in-his-old-war-tank.html
In certain countries, like Belgium, Austria, Mexico, and Germany, there is no additional time added to one’s sentence for attempting to and escaping prison, because they believe it is human nature to want to escape. – WTF Fun Facts
