Those having received at least 1 shot of the Covid-19 vaccine were eligible for a free marijuana joint in New York City and Washington D.C. thanks to “Joints for Jabs.” The organization behind the 4/20 event hoped to help counter vaccine hesitancy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ‘Joints for jabs’: free marijuana for vaccinated New Yorkers – France 24
In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon unknowingly carried Louis Armstrong’s suitcase containing 3 pounds of marijuana through US customs at Idlewild Airport in New York.
Source: Nixon Unknowingly ‘Muled’ for Pot Smuggling Louis Armstrong? (niagarafallsreporter.com)
There is a version of the Mexican song La Cucaracha sang by Poncho Villa’s troops in battle during the Mexican Revolution that is about a cockroach that can’t walk because it doesn’t have marijuana to smoke. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/la-cucaracha-references-marijuana
In 1964, when Bob Dylan first met The Beatles, he had misheard the lyrics to I Want to Hold Your Hand as “I get high” instead of “I can’t hide”, and showed up to meet them ready to smoke. He gave a joint to Ringo, who didn’t realize he was supposed to pass it and smoked the whole thing himself. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/bob-dylan-beatles-marijuana-1964/
A woman named Marijuana Pepsi, who refused to change her name, earned her Ph.D at age 46 after writing her thesis on “Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blavity.com/woman-named-marijuana-pepsi-who-refused-to-change-her-name-earns-her-phd-after-completing-dissertation-on-black-names?category1=news
The first online e-commerce transaction ever was Stanford students buying marijuana from MIT students. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://curiosity.com/topics/the-first-online-transaction-was-a-drug-deal-curiosity/
Spiders can get high and build very different kinds of webs while on weed, caffeine, mescaline and LSD. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/51967/what-does-marijuana-do-spiders
South African scientists detected traces of Cannabis on pipes found in William Shakespeare’s garden. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://time.com/3990305/william-shakespeare-cannabis-marijuana-high/
