Hoia Baciu is known as one of the world’s most haunted forests and is dubbed the ‘Bermuda Triangle of Romania’ as many people have gone missing in the woods. Visitors often report feeling like they are being watched or suffer sudden anxiety. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoia_Forest
A jelly bean takes anywhere from 7 to 21 days to make. It starts with liquid sugar and flavors being heated and mixed with starch and glucose. More sugar is added to give it a hard shell plus hot syrup and wax are applied to give it a shiny finish – all over the course of many days of processing. – WTF Fun Facts
The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known “computer” in the world. It was used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendrical and astrological purposes and was developed in the second or first century BC. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
The Ainu people of Japan carved libation sticks, which were originally thought to be mustache lifters to keep the man’s hair out of the way while drinking sake, but their actual purpose is to help send prayers to the gods during religious ceremonies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/238703
Orthosomnia is a new disorder where people are so obsessed with the quality of their sleep that they lose sleep because of it. – WTF Fun Facts
The world’s oldest astronomical clock still operating is the ‘Prague Orloj’ in Prague. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock
The French phrase rire dans sa barbe translates ‘to laugh in one’s beard’ meaning to laugh quietly about a past event. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.talkinfrench.com/weird-french-expressions-part-3/
The first cell phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X aka ‘The Brick’. It was designed by Rudy Krolopp in April of 1984 and sold in the United States for just under $4,000. It weighed two pounds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7432915/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/t/first-cell-phone-true-brick/#.Xdf1WdXgpPZ
In 2012, a Cleveland woman arrested for a traffic violation was ordered to share her crime by holding a sign for 2 days that read ‘only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.’ – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/11/13/165027763/convicted-idiot-driver-who-passed-school-bus-holds-her-sign-of-shame