Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle drilled a hole in the front of his safety helmet and installed cigarette lighters in his race cars so that he could smoke while racing. NASCAR permitted it during caution periods of races.–WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Charlie Daniels, who no longer owns the rights to his song, objected to the use of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in Guitar Hero III, because it was possible for the player to lose to devil-like character, which “perverted” his song. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Shrimp Daddy
Lil’ Wayne was originally known as “Shrimp Daddy,” which was inspired by former Cash Money artist “Pimp Daddy.”–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://classichiphopmagazine.com/answers/2020/5/9/why-was-lil-wayne-called-shrimp-daddy-before
WTF Fun Fact – Sticky Rice Mortar
The Great Wall of China is held together by sticky rice mortar. Around the year 500 A.D., the Chinese started mixing sticky rice soup with slaked lime to make very strong and weather resistant mortar. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – 3-Year-Old’s Dinosaur Egg
In 1995, a 3-year-old boy named David Schiffler discovered a dinosaur egg shell while playing in the dirt at a rest stop in New Mexico. His father didn’t believe him at first, but it turned out to be a genuine 150-million-year-old dinosaur egg shell. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 3-YEAR-OLD’S DIGGING UNEARTHS DINOSAUR EGG – Deseret News
WTF Fun Fact – Allodoxaphobia
Allodoxaphobia is the irrational fear of opinions. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://psychtimes.com/allodoxaphobia-fear-of-opinions/
WTF Fun Fact – Pikachu Sea Slug
Thecacera pacifica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk. It is sometimes nicknamed Pikachu nudibranch due to its resemblance to the Pokémon character. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Popular Libraries
According to a 2019 poll, the average American adult takes 10.5 trips to the library a year, which is nearly double the amount of times they go to a movie (5.3 trips annually). – WTF Fun Facts
Source: In U.S., Library Visits Outpaced Trips to Movies in 2019 (gallup.com)
WTF Fun Fact – The Status Quo
The “Status Quo” is an understanding among religious communities with respect to 9 shared religious sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. As a result, there’s an immovable ladder which was left behind by a mason in the 18th century at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Quo_(Jerusalem_and_Bethlehem)