Big League Chew created its biggest ever pouch for Shaq. It was 24″ x 18″, over 15 times the size of a regular pouch. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bigleaguechew.com/news/shaq-pouch-featured-on-the-nba-on-tnt
Big League Chew created its biggest ever pouch for Shaq. It was 24″ x 18″, over 15 times the size of a regular pouch. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bigleaguechew.com/news/shaq-pouch-featured-on-the-nba-on-tnt
Australian Coral-Leah Kemp’s first attempt at growing a pineapple resulted in a record setting pineapple at nearly 14″ in length. It took two years to grow. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-02/monster-pineapple-garners-fame-for-vital-cause/9390166
Author John Le Carré is credited with coining a number of terms for his fictional intelligence agency (terms like mole, honey trap, and asset babysitter), which have become common terms used in real intelligence agencies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.oregonlive.com/books/2015/11/how_john_le_carre_reinvented_t.html
Researchers found that California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew up rattlesnake skin and smear it on their fur to mask their scent from predators. – WTF Fun Facts
Pixy Stix started out as a drink mix called Frutola in the 1930’s. Then inventor J. Fish Smith turned it into a candy by selling it in a cup. It wasn’t until 1950 when Sunline, Inc. purchased it that it was sold in the straw we know today. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.truetreatscandy.com/the-secret-life-of-the-pixy-stix/
A 2017 study found that moving high school start times back to 8:30am would result in an $83 billion annual gain to the US economy a decade after implementation as a result of higher academic performance of students, reduced car crash rates, and other factors. – WTF Fun Facts
The Devilish Cunning Panther was a man-eating male Indian leopard which killed over 150 people, all women and children, in the Central Provinces of British India in the early 20th century. He would kill every couple days and sometimes travel 20-30 miles before the next attack. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_of_the_Central_Provinces
In 2008, Nestle played an April Fool’s day prank on consumers by announcing that the name “Butterfinger” had been retired and that the new name “The Finger” was in effect immediately. They even distributed 200,000 Butterfinger bars with “The Finger” wrappers to 7-Eleven stores. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080401006597/en/BUTTERFINGER-R-Name-Change-an-April-Fools-Day-Prank-to-Celebrate-Launch-of-New-Butterfinger-Comedy-Network-on-Yahoo%21
Art historian Gergely Barki rediscovered a long-lost painting being used as a prop while watching the movie Stuart Little with his daughter. The painting was later sold for just under $300k. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-30467820