When Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, he banned the board game Monopoly and ordered every set to be destroyed. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-10-04-9203300699-story.html
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WTF Fun Fact – Avoid Subaru WRX’s
Subaru WRX owners are the most likely in the US to have a prior speeding citation. Additionally, WRX drivers have 2.29 times the number of DUIs and 1.82 times as many at-fault accidents as the national average. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://eu.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2019/08/17/vehicles-cars-most-tickets/2016498001/
WTF Fun Fact – Less Nuclear Weapons
The number of nuclear weapons in the world is down from ~70,000 in 1986 to ~14,000 in 2020.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – No Polygamy No Alimony
Polygamist Brigham Young got out of paying alimony to one of his ex-wives by arguing that since polygamy was illegal – they were never actually married. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Smellfungus
A smellfungus is someone who is always finding faults or critiques everything. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smellfungus
WTF Fun Fact – Jedediah Smith
In the early 1800’s, explorer Jedediah Smith survived a Grizzly bear attack in the Black Hills. The animal tore off his scalp and ripped one of his ears off. He had a friend sew his scalp and severed ear back on. After 10 days, he was leading his expedition again. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Woman Spent 43 Years Disguised As A Man
Sisa Gaber Abu Douh is an Egyptian woman who ,after the death of her husband, disguised herself as a man for 43 years in order to make a living shining shoes for her daughter and grandchildren. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://egyptindependent.com/upper-egypt-woman-raises-daughter-disguised-working-man-43-years/
WTF Fun Fact – David Stalking Cat Avner
David Avner, a native American, had more than 14 plastic surgeries to make himself look like a tiger. He modified his upper lip and inserted stainless steel implants to create whiskers, filled his teeth, modified his ears, cheeks, forehead & more. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/dennis-avner-dead-cat-man-1435103
WTF Fun Fact – Klepetan The Stork
Klepetan is a male stork who has migrated from South Africa to Croatia every year for the last 20 years to be with Melena, a female stork who can’t fly after being shot by a hunter. She lives indoors until his return and they stay in a nest on a roof until he leaves. – WTF Fun Facts