The Sabre-Toothed Tiger or Smilodon was not actually a tiger or at all related to tigers or modern day cats. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon
WTF Fun Fact – Sabre-Toothed Lie
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WTF Fun Fact – Alex Trebek All Star
Alex Trebek didn’t take a a single sick day for the first 34 years of Jeopardy! He hosted over 6800 episodes and holds the world record for most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2014/6/video-jeopardy!-star-alex-trebek-sets-record-for-most-game-show-episodes-hosted-58061/
WTF Fun Fact – Awesome Proposal
A man took his girlfriend on a tough, twisty 15-mile bicycling path that spelled out “marry me” when she checked her GPS map at the end of their ride. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://mandipao.com/news/man-proposal-cycling-marry-me-strava-103038068.html
WTF Fun Fact – Larger Ping Pong Balls
In 2000, the table tennis federation voted to increase the diameter of the ping pong ball from 38mm to 40mm to make it easier to learn and make the sport better for TV. It was the first major change to the sport since 1937. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/tennis/654102.stm
WTF Fun Fact – Tank Action Park
There is an action park in Minnesota which allows you to drive military tanks and other army vehicles, smash junk cars, shoot machine guns and drive through trailer houses. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/minnesota-action-park-lets-you-drive-a-tank
WTF Fun Fact – Moss For Bandages
During WWI, there was limited supplies of cotton, so doctors used sphagnum moss for bandages. It can hold 22x its own weight in liquid and is a natural antiseptic. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-humble-moss-helped-heal-wounds-thousands-WWI-180963081/
WTF Fun Fact – Official McNuggets
McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets come in four official shapes: bell, bone, boot, and ball. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2051151/why-mcdonalds-chicken-mcnuggets-come-only-4-shapes
WTF Fun Fact – Hot Dog Hawker
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
WTF Fun Fact – Recycled Asphalt
Asphalt pavements are America’s most recycled product. Reclaimed asphalt pavement can be reused to make as high or higher quality pavement the next time. It can be recycled repeatedly and neither the aggregate nor the cement lose utility. – WTF Fun Facts