In the first two years of WWI, a broken leg meant an 80% chance of dying. Then the Thomas splint was introduced and reduced the rate of mortality down to 20%. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Half-Hangit Maggie
In 1724, a Scottish woman was sentenced to be hanged, but she survived and the court ruled she couldn’t be prosecuted further. She was given the nickname ‘Half-Hangit Maggie’ and lived for another 40 years. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/maggiedickson.html
WTF Fun Fact – Pig & Chicken Tattoo
During WW2, superstitious sailors in the navies would get a pig and a chicken tattooed on their feet to protect them from drowning. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.tattoodo.com/a/a-maritime-classic-the-pig-and-rooster-tattoo-5023
WTF Fun Fact – Estrogen In Hitler’s Carrots
During WWII, the Allied’s considered having a gardener inject estrogen into carrots to be eaten by Adolf Hitler in order to alter his hormones so he would become more feminine and less aggressive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/bizarre-plans-allies-turn-hitler-1815901
WTF Fun Fact – Bullet In A Bible
17-year-old English soldier Leonard Knight’s life was saved by his pocket Bible when it stopped a German bullet during WWI. The bullet penetrated through to the last ~50 pages. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Wheel Wasn’t First
The wheel was not man’s first significant invention. Others predate the wheel by thousands of years including sewing needles, woven cloth, rope, basket weaving, boats and even the flute. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-salute-to-the-wheel-31805121/
WTF Fun Fact – Bleu de Genes
Blue jeans originated in Genoa, Italy some 500 years ago. ‘Bleu de Genes’ were worn by fishermen and navy sailors because they could roll them up to prevent them getting wet and because they were easy to remove if they ever fell overboard. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.italymagazine.com/italy/liguria/genoa-girds-battle-over-jeans
WTF Fun Fact – Howard The Duck Cost
The failure of the 1986 film “Howard the Duck” meant George Lucas had to sell some assets of Lucasfilm, including a computer-animated company Graphics Group to Steve Jobs. That company would go on to become Pixar. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Penalty Of The Sack
In Ancient Rome, the punishment for killing one’s father (parricide) was poena cullei or “penalty of the sack.” This death penalty consisted of being sewn up in a sack along with a viper, a dog, and a cock, which was then thrown into water. – WTF Fun Facts