In early 2021, CBP officers in Cincinnati intercepted a shipment of cereal coming from South America. The shipment contained ~44 pounds of cocaine-coated Corn Flakes, which could have a street value of nearly $3 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Federal agents seize $2.82 million worth of cocaine-coated corn flakes (wmbfnews.com)
In 1996, Robert Downey Jr. was stopped by police after driving naked in his Porsche on Sunset Boulevard. He was also found in possession of cocaine, heroin and a .357 Magnum. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Robert Downey Jr. – Movies, Height & Iron Man – Biography
Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury once threw a party where he had dwarves walk around with plates full of cocaine strapped to the tops of their heads, as an offering to his guests. – WTF Fun Facts
Dr. William Stewart Halstead, the father of modern surgery, pioneered the use of anesthetics by experimentally injecting himself himself with cocaine. He eventually became addicted to cocaine and then morphine but somehow continued to modernize medical training. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.idigitalhealth.com/news/podcast-how-the-father-of-modern-surgery-became-a-healthcare-antihero
Actor Jonah Hill was hospitalized with bronchitis after snorting so much fake cocaine during the filming of The Wolf of Wall Street. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jonah-hill-fake-cocaine-wolf-of-wall-street-a7200886.html
In 2017, 90% of the cocaine in the USA seized by the DEA was cut with the pet dewormer drug levamisole. One of the many awful side effects of the dewormer is skin rot.
Source: https://www.thefix.com/cocaine-cut-deworming-drug-may-cause-brain-damage
Rod Stewart used to take his cocaine anally, rather than risk destroying his nasal passages. –
What is the fake cocaine actors snort in movies – WTF fun facts
90% of the U.S. currency have cocaine contamination – WTF fun facts