The party game of Twister was originally called Pretzel, but Milton Bradley changed the name in 1965 due to trademark issues. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Harvard Debate Loses
In 2015, three inmates from a maximum-security prison beat Harvard’s debate team in a competitive debate arranged by the Bard College Prison Initiative. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Wild Wallabies In Paris
There are ~150 wallabies living in the forest of Rambouillet near Paris, France. They are descendants of several wallabies that escaped from the local zoo in the 1970’s. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bell Breeds Sheep
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was also fascinated with breeding sheep with extra nipples after he purchased some land that came with a flock of sheep. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.producer.com/1997/10/telephone-inventor-researched-sheep-teats/
WTF Fun Fact – Viking Crystal
High quality lenses made of rock-crystal were found among Viking artifacts. They are so well-made that they could be used in a telescope. They were crafted nearly 1,000 years ago. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/702478.stm
WTF Fun Fact – Why a Wookie?
Peter Mayhew had the option to play either Chewbacca or Darth Vader when they were casting Star Wars. He wanted to be a hero and chose to play the 200-year-old hairy, yelling, Wookie. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48147012
WTF Fun Fact – Blood Qur’an
Saddam Hussein commissioned a calligrapher to write a copy of the Qur’an using vials of Saddam’s blood. It took over two years and is known as the Blood Qur’an. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/19/saddam-legacy-quran-iraqi-government
WTF Fun Fact – Moondyne Joe
Joseph “Moondyne Joe” Johns escaped prison so often that a special prison was built for him. The jailer was so confident in the new jail he promised to set Joe free if he ever escaped. Joe escaped and was caught 2 years later, but the jailer kept his word and freed him. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Colorado Ghost Towns
Colorado has over 300 ghost towns, which is more than the number of active municipalities today. Many of them are old mining towns or mill towns that were abandoned in the 1890s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_in_Colorado