Two actors have died while playing Judas in live Biblical plays by accidentally hanging themselves for real during the death scene. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/24/world/americas/brazil-actor-hanging/index.html
In 1959, police were called to a segregated library in S. Carolina when 9yr-old Ronald McNair refused to leave. He later got a PhD in Physics from MIT and died in 1986 aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The library that refused to lend him books is now named after him. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNair
The US’s Center for Disease Control has a Center For Preparedness and Response which includes specific guidance for zombie preparedness. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/zombie/index.htm
In 1821, an African American business owner named Thomas Jennings invented the dry cleaning process and was one of the first African Americans to be granted a patent. He used the proceeds from his invention to buy his wife and children out of slavery. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_L._Jennings
On March 14, 1942, Anne Miller, diagnosed with blood poisoning, was given a tablespoon of penicillin, one half of the entire stockpile of the antibiotic in the whole United States. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://time.com/4250235/penicillin-1942-history/
In 2013, the United States surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia and now produces more oil and natural gas than any other country in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/04/us-oil-natural-gas-production-russia-saudi-arabia
John List killed his entire family in 1971. The murders were so precisely planned, it took a month for anyone to notice. He was finally caught in 1989, after a forensic artist created a lifelike bust of him which appeared on America’s Most Wanted. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List#Relocation,_arrest_and_trial
According to research, up to 50% of the Asian population lack a specific enzyme found in the liver to metabolize alcohol. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860432/
A group of unicorns is called a blessing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://researchmaniacs.com/CollectiveNouns/Animals/What-is-a-group-of-Unicorns-called.html