From 2000 BC until 1992 AD, astronomers had only discovered three new planets. In 2014, NASA’s Kepler space telescope team announced the discovery of over 700 new planets.
Source: https://www.space.com/28111-biggest-alien-planet-discoveries-2014.html
Chick-fil-A was originally founded in 1946 by S. Truett Cathy and his brother Ben as Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, Georgia and then later renamed to Dwarf House. It wasn’t until the 1960’s that the Chick-fil-A name was trademarked and the first Chick-fil-A opened in an Atlanta mall in 1967.
Source: https://www.southernliving.com/culture/chick-fil-a-dwarf-house-menu
Sardinia’s Casu Marzu, which literally translates to ‘rotten cheese’, is safe to eat only if it contains live maggots.
Source: http://www.ilovecheese.co.uk/casu-marzu-worlds-dangerous-cheese.html
A 2013 study found that nearly 1% of young, pregnant Americans claim to have conceived as virgins (or independently of men).
During his second inauguration in 1905, Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring which contained a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair, it was given to him by Sec. of State John Hay, the former personal secretary to Lincoln.
Source: https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Blog/Item/The%20Heir%20of%20Abraham%20Lincoln
Seahorses beat their dorsal fin (30 – 70 times per second) nearly as fast as hummingbirds beat their wings.
– WTF Fun Fact
Source: https://www.visitsealife.com/paris/en/discover/sea-life-creatures/seahorses-and-pipefish/
If you stood on Mars’ equator at midday, it would feel like summer at your feet and winter at your head.
Source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/video/mars-in-a-minute-is-mars-red-hot/
The Wizard of Oz was financially a huge disappointment upon release. MGM netted a million dollar loss. It wasn’t until 1949 rerelease,that it turned a profit.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)
Jerry Springer was born in Highgate tube station in London while it was being used as a bomb shelter during World War 2.