An economist named Stefan Mandel and his investors won the lottery 14 times (the largest jackpot was $27 million) by calculating when the jackpot was worth more than the cost of buying every possible number combination for that lottery. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/03/27/he-won-lottery-times-using-math-his-biggest-jackpot-still-came-down-luck/
Michelangelo was the third sculptor to work on the famous statue of David. The piece of Carrara marble itself is of mediocre quality, stood out in the elements for ~25 years, and was known as the Duccio stone before Michelangelo sculpted it into a masterpiece. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-the-gregorian-calendar
Nearly 50% of all Brazilian models are from Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, while only 6% of the Brazil’s total population lives there. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/03/brazil.alexbellos
Since 2000, each member of the cast of Friends has been making $20 million per year thanks to syndication royalties. The studio WB is making nearly $1 billion each year. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://moneyinc.com/heres-much-friends-cast-still-makes-syndication/
The cockchafer, also known as a Maybug or doodlebug, is a European beetle which has three species: common, forest, and (the rarest) large cockchafer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer
In the early 1900’s, Marshall Field’s department store used professional scapegoat’s or “fired men” who would take the blame and be fired to appease disgruntled customers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://slate.com/culture/2015/10/steve-jobs-movie-was-the-customer-is-always-right-really-coined-by-a-customer.html
Bananas have a curved shape because they reach for the sunlight when they grow. This unique process is known as ‘negative geotropism’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.dole.eu/dole-earth/farmtour/bananito/hotspot/banana-curved.html
Pistachios split themselves open when they are ripe in a process called dehiscence. This trait has been selected and specifically cultivated with different varieties having various rates of dehiscence consistency. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio#Botany
In an early alternative version of The Three Little Pigs by Andrew Lang, the pigs were named: Browny, Whitey, and Blacky. The antagonist was also a fox instead of a wolf. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Little_Pigs