Up until 1858, all British Passports were written in French. The International Civil Aviation Organisation standard today recommends that, where the language of the issuing state is English, French or Spanish, they should supplement with one of the other languages. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Principal Resigns After Strip Club
A Louisiana school principal resigned by text after being arrested standing in the middle of a street for public intoxication. He was found outside a strip club where he refused to pay his bill, all while he was on a school trip to Washington D.C. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.klfy.com/news/top-stories-news/louisiana-principal-resigns-after-being-arrested-at-strip-club-while-on-school-field-trip/
WTF Fun Fact – Largest Model Train Set
The world’s largest model train set in Germany beat its own Guinness World Record by adding a large new section based on Monaco. It previously measured 39,370 feet of track and has now expanded to 51,558 feet, 4.78 inches of track. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Women Get More Sleep
According to a study with data sourced from phone apps, women on average tend to sleep a half hour longer than men, with women ages 25 and under getting the most sleep out of all. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2087231-women-sleep-half-an-hour-longer-than-men-phone-app-data-shows/
WTF Fun Fact – Ejaculation Helmet
An endangered parrot in New Zealand was only mating with people’s heads, so they made as ‘ejaculation helmet’ for people to wear which would collect the bird’s rare semen. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/seduced-rare-parrot-180962855/
WTF Fun Fact – Hairy Frogfish
The hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus) uses a vacuum in its mouth to suck in prey that is as large as it is in just 1/6000th of a second. Despite having only 5mm palatal teeth, it has the fastest ‘bite’ in the animal kingdom. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Toddlers’ Truce
The Toddlers’ Truce was a piece of British TV scheduling policy in the 1940’s that required transmissions to stop between 6pm and 7pm. Children’s programming ended at 6, which allowed young children to be put to bed before the evening programming at 7. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toddlers%27_Truce
WTF Fun Fact – Friendly Canadian WW2 Prisons
German WW2 prisoners of war were treated so well in Canadian prisons that many didn’t want to leave the country when released. Thousands of PoW’s stayed in Canada or came back years later. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/03/the-happiest-prisoners/
WTF Fun Fact – Jim Thorpe
In 1912, Jim Thorpe, an American Indian, won two Olympic gold medals with a mismatched pair of shoes taken from the garbage. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe