In 2007, a Delaware man filed a lawsuit against his doctors for a surgical mix-up during a colostomy reversal that left him urinating feces and pooping urine. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Cornflake On Ebay
In 2008, two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay for $1,350. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Illinois-shaped corn flake sells for $1,350 (nbcnews.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Traffic Costs
A 2011 study found traffic congestion caused American commuters to travel 5.5 billion hours more and to purchase an extra 2.9 billion gallons of fuel. This adds up to 56 billion pounds of CO2 released into the atmosphere. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The American Commuter Spends 38 Hours a Year Stuck in Traffic – The Atlantic
WTF Fun Fact – Kelly The Dolphin
A dolphin named Kelly received fish for bringing her trainers litter/dead gulls to help clean her pool. She started hiding fish under a rock in her pool, then used fish to lure gulls which she traded for more fish. She taught her calf the strategy, who then taught more calves. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why dolphins are deep thinkers | Animal behaviour | The Guardian
WTF Fun Fact – Casaba Melons Are Perfect Sounding
In the Psycho movie, Alfred Hitchcock achieved the sound of stabbings in the iconic shower scene by stabbing through a casaba melon. Hitchcock had his crew audition multiple varieties of melon to get the perfect sound. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Psycho’s Shower Scene: How Hitchcock Upped the Terror—and Fooled the Censors – HISTORY
WTF Fun Fact – Canadian Shrek
Shrek was originally given a thick Canadian accent by actor Mike Meyers but after animation had begun, Meyers decided a Scottish accent would be better. The film had to be re-animated and cost over $4 million or ~10% of the overall budget. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Shrek: Mike Myers’ Accent Change Cost Dreamworks $4M | CBR
WTF Fun Fact – Two Uteruses And Twins
A young Bangladeshi woman with two uteruses gave birth to twins less than a month after having a baby boy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Bangladesh woman with two wombs has twins one month after first birth – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Paid Patriotism
In 2016, the NFL returned over $700,000 of taxpayer money that it was paid by the Defense Department to honor the military at games in what was dubbed “paid-patriotism.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: NFL returns $723,734 it was paid to honor military (usatoday.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Squealing Plants
A study found tobacco and tomato plants emit ultrasonic “squeals” when stressed. Microphones 4″ away picked up the sounds when plants had their stems cut or were under-watered. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Plants May ‘Scream’ When Stressed | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine