During WW2, the U.S. Navy diving manual contained detailed instructions on how to release oneself from the grasp of a giant clam by severing its adductor muscles close to its shell. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Millenials Stay Home
Millennials between the ages of 18-34 are more likely to live with their parents instead of a spouse/partner. This is the first time this has been true of this age demographic since record-keeping began in the 1880s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials#Peter_Pan_generation
WTF Fun Fact – Mongol Washing Habits
The Mongols never took baths or washed their clothes, fearing that it would contaminate the water and infuriate the dragons responsible for controlling the water cycles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://listverse.com/2017/03/20/10-brutal-realities-of-life-in-the-horde-of-genghis-khan/
WTF Fun Fact – Philip Noel-Baker
British politician Philip Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal (silver in the 1500m) and a Nobel (Peace) Prize. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Grigori Perelman
Grigori Perelman is the only person in history to have solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. After solving the Poincaré conjecture Perelman was offered both Field’s Medal and $1 million prize money, he declined them both. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Le Palais Ideal
Ferdinand Cheval was a French mailman who spent 33 years building a palace with stones he collected on his mail route. Le Palais idéal (“Ideal Palace”) is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Peru Potatoes
Peru is home to ~3800 different types of potatoes, having been domesticated there some ~10,000 years ago. They differ in size, shape, color, skin, pulp, texture, and taste. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.limaeasy.com/peruvian-food-guide/typical-potatoes
WTF Fun Fact – Confederate Six Flags
When the Six Flags Over Texas theme park opened in 1961, it had a section dedicated to the Confederacy where actors would hunt through the crowd for Union “spies” and “execute” them by firing squad. Boys and girls could also sign up to defend the South as soldiers and nurses. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Belgium Produces 80% Of Billiard Balls
Belgium is the world’s leading producer and exporter of billiard balls thanks to the Saluc company, which has been producing the balls made of phenolic resin since ~1960. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:
https://www.amazingbelgium.be/2017/06/nearly-80-percent-of-worlds-billiard.html