On November 6, 1869, what many consider to be the first collegiate football game was played between Rutgers College and College of New Jersey (now Princeton). Rutgers wore scarlet-colored turbans and handkerchiefs to distinguish themselves from the NJ players. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869_New_Jersey_vs._Rutgers_football_game
Paris’s Musée du Louvre was originally a fortress, built in 1190, to protect Parisians against Viking attacks. It had a moat protecting it from attacks as well as defense towers in all corners. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Louvre: Five Facts You Probably Didn’t Know (amarantechampselysees.com)
A male secret service agent had trouble extraditing a hacker from Romania, so he created a female casino worker persona and flirted for 7 months online, eventually arresting the criminal when he flew to Boston to meet “her” with a gold necklace and 3 boxes of grape-flavored condoms. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How one Secret Service agent flirted his way to a bust (cnbc.com)
Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea would crouch down and covertly urinate on the field before every penalty shootout for good luck. He started the ritual during the 1990 World Cup quarter-finals and continued on for the rest of his career. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/f9faf653-b038-4c99-b0ba-bf7338e60ec0
Researchers found that long-term exposure to Prozac makes guppies act more alike, wiping out some of the typical behavioral differences that distinguish them. The drugged guppies were “like zombies who did not have their individuality anymore.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/prozac-turns-guppies-zombies
An “endling” is a term used for the last animal of an entire species. When an endling dies, the species is considered extinct. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Endling – Wikipedia
In 2001, Cold Stone Creamery sold chocolate covered crickets as a “Survivor” TV show promotion. Those who purchased a serving of crickets received free ice cream on the next visit and entry into a raffle for a trip to the Australian filming site of the reality show.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: Krrunch! It’s the sound of chocolaty crickets – Deseret News
Researchers have found the Fritillaria delavayi plant, which has been used for 2,000 years in Chinese traditional medicine, has evolved camouflage in heavily harvested areas. The plant camouflage seems to have evolved in response to people, as the regions that experience greater harvesting pressure are more camouflaged than other areas. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: A medicinal plant has evolved camouflage in heavily picked areas | Science News
Silly string was accidentally invented when Leonard A. Fish, an inventor, and Robert P. Cox, a chemist, were testing different nozzles for their “foamable resinous composition,” which was intended as a spray on instant cast for broken or sprained limbs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Silly String – Wikipedia