While filming Tokyo Drift, Universal Pictures couldn’t get a permit to film a scene in Shibuya. They filmed it anyway, and the studio hired a fall guy to claim to be the director Justin Lin and spent a night in jail. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ‘F&F’ director got man arrested in Tokyo (digitalspy.com)
Hawaii allows people to throw their beloved’s ashes into their volcanoes, as long as you pay a $25 permit and do it discretely. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/management/scattering-of-ashes.htm
A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department. Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets. He now sells nearly 150 hot dogs a day. – WTF Fun Facts