President Abraham Lincoln had to write a letter to the King of Thailand politely declining his gift of elephants and stating his preference to use steam engines instead.–WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Bamboo Covered Taj Mahal
During World War 2, the Taj Mahal’s dome was covered with bamboo scaffolding by the British government to make it difficult for German and Japanese bombers to identify it.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/69399/the-taj-mahal-under-camouflage
WTF Fun Fact – Lifeguard Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan’s first job was a lifeguard at Lowell Park. Over the seven summers he worked there, he saved 77 people from drowning. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://legacy.npr.org/news/specials/obits/reagan/timeline.html
WTF Fun Fact – Assassination Finally A Federal Crime
Despite the assassinations of three US Presidents, (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley) killing or attempting to harm a President wasn’t a federal crime until 1965, two years after JFK’s death. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/20/us/jfk-assassination-5-things/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – Where Do Hummingbirds Come From?
Hummingbirds are currently only found in the Americas, but the oldest known fossil (at 30 million years old) of a hummingbird-like species was actually discovered in Germany. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Toast Artwork
Adam Perry, drummer for the Bloodhound gang, makes elaborate artwork out of his daughter’s breakfast every day. He felt sorry for her having to eat two slices of white toast every single morning due to severe allergies. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pepsi’s Navy
In the late 1980’s, Pepsi briefly owned 17 diesel submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer, all because of a $3 billion trade agreement with the USSR in which they exchanged soda for military equipment. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.redkalinka.com/Russian-Blog/78/_The-day-Pepsi-became-a-great-military-power/
WTF Fun Fact – Temperature Dependent Sex Determination
The sex of all baby turtles depends on the temperature at which the eggs are incubated, this is called temperature dependent sex determination. A group of eggs laid at the same time is called a ‘clutch’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Alligator snapping turtle facts
WTF Fun Fact – How Scribes Vent
Medieval scribes would frequently scribble complaints in the margins of books as they tediously copied them. Examples include “As the harbor is welcome to the sailor, so is the last line to the scribe” or “Let me now be blamed for the script, for the ink is bad, and the vellum defective, and the day is dark.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/the-humorous-and-absurd-world-of-medieval-marginalia