In 2002, Bridgeville, California was the first town to be put up for auction on eBay, initially selling for $1.77 million. The buyer backed out but it eventually sold for $700k. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Active Vocabulary
The average active vocabulary of an adult English speaker is around 20,000 words. Their passive vocabulary which they can recognize and know the meaning of is approximately 40,000 words. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Is Your Vocabulary Higher Than the Average Adult? | DirectExpose (archive.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Fragging
The term “fragging” comes from the Vietnam War. Soldiers would throw live frag grenades into the quarters of officers they thought were incompetent. There were over 800 confirmed “fragging” attempts in the Army and Marines during the Vietnam War. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Busta Rhymes As Reptar
The Reptar wagon in the cartoon Rugrats and Rugrats Movie was voiced by Busta Rhymes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:You most likely never noticed this bizarre detail in “Rugrats” | HelloGiggles
WTF Fun Fact – 1 Million Dollar Bill
In 2004, a woman tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Walmart and even expected to get the change back. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Woman says she thought $1 million bill was real (nbcnews.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Sentinelese
There are isolated tribes living on the Andaman Islands near India, including the Sentinelese, that violently reject contact with the outside world. They are some of the last people to be untouched by modern civilization. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Meet the first woman to contact the Sentinelese (nationalgeographic.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Venom For $220
The concept of Marvel’s Venom was created by a Marvel Comics reader named Randy Schueller. In 1982, Marvel purchased the idea from him for $220.00. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Venom Was Originally Created By a Marvel Fan For A Shocking Sum (screencrush.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Fake Ghanaian US Embassy
Turkish and Ghanaian organized crime rings operated a fake U.S. Embassy in Ghana for about a decade, issuing false visas and other documents until it was discovered and shutdown in 2016. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Fake U.S. Embassy In Ghana Operated For A Decade, State Department Says : The Two-Way : NPR
WTF Fun Fact – Origin Of California
The most popular theory for the origin of the state name California is that it was the name of a fictional island located East of the Indies in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a Spanish chivalry novel written in 1510. – WTF Fun Facts