A Texas man was sentenced to 50 years in jail for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fajita-heist-texas-man-sentenced-50-years-stealing-1-2-n868451
The wreck of the RMS Titanic was found during the Cold War as part of a secret US Naval investigation of two sunken nuclear submarines. The Navy never expected the oceanographer to actually find the Titanic. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/titanic-nuclear-submarine-scorpion-thresher-ballard/
The original ‘friendship tree’ between US President Trump and French President Macron died in quarantine once uprooted after the ceremonial planting. Macron is sending a replacement oak tree. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48607423
Playing the electronic song ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’ by Skrillex reduces mosquito bites and also hinders their ability to mate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001706X19301202
Piranha soup is a popular dish and considered an aphrodisiac in Brazil. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-piranhas-180951948/
A missing Indonesian woman was found clothed and entirely intact when local villagers dissected a 23 foot long reticulated python. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/indonesia-python-swallowed-body-missing-woman-wa-tiba-1262110-2018-06-16
The US has roughly 100,000 patients waiting for a kidney transplant and yet over 2,000 kidneys are discarded each year, 1/5th of them because a recipient couldn’t be found. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/health/transplant-experts-blame-allocation-system-for-discarding-kidneys.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Up until 2008, the chemical TBT was used in ship’s anti-fouling paint, which caused female snails to grow penises and ultimately explode because they couldn’t shed their eggs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/01/15/female-sea-snails-no-longer-growing-penises-thanks-to-ban-on-toxic-chemical/#.XRiq_I97mUl
The Roncalli Circus in Germany has replaced live animal acts with holographs created by 11 specialized projectors displaying from multiple angles to create a flawless visual for all guests. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/05/circus-swaps-real-animals-holograms-9817847/