After a barroom bet, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a plane from a New Jersey airport and landed it on a Manhattan street in front of the bar in 1956. He did it again 2 years later when someone refused to believe him. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Hitchcock’s Tea Cups
After every tea Alfred Hitchcock finished on set, he would throw the tea cup and saucer over his shoulder allowing them to shatter on the ground. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2015/08/04/15-things-you-may-not-know-about-alfred-hitchcock-5317037/
WTF Fun Fact – Nearest Green Master Distiller
A slave, Nathan “Nearest” Green, originally taught Jack Daniels how to make whiskey and is now credited as their first master distiller. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_%22Nearest%22_Green
WTF Fun Fact – Most Selfies
In 2015, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson captured the world record for the most selfies taken in 3 minutes with 105 snaps at the world premiere of his movie San Andreas. The record is currently at 168. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/dwayne-johnson-breaks-selfie-world-5742378
WTF Fun Fact – Swearing Consultant
Ian Martin was hired as a swearing consultant for BBC’s political comedy series The Thick Of It. The script would be sent to Ian to add more “colorful language.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Martin_(writer)
WTF Fun Fact – Tom Brady’s Escalade
Tom Brady is selling his customized stretch Escalade for $300,000. There are five back seats under a raised roof, including two VIP electric recliners with hand veneered burl wood folding tables. It has ~13,000 miles on the odometer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/tom-brady-2017-becker-cadillac-escalade-sale-2924155/
WTF Fun Fact – Lady Gaga Bullied
When Lady Gaga was studying at NYU, her classmates made a Facebook group called “Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous” where they bullied her. She dropped out after only a year to pursue her music career full time. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-01-17/when-they-dissed-future-lady-gaga
WTF Fun Fact – Zofia Rydet
Zofia Rydet was a Polish photographer who, in 1978 at age 67, decided to try to shoot the interior of every home in Poland. Over the final 19 years of her life, she shot 20,000 images. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Colonel Sanders Resume
Before Colonel Harland Sanders started serving (Kentucky) fried chicken at his gas station cafe, he practiced law, delivered babies, sold both life insurance and car tires, and operated a steamboat ferry. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/8-facts-real-colonel-sanders-kfc