To celebrate the 85th anniversary of Donald Duck’s birthday, the largest special stamp was created at 4.11 m² by The Walt Disney Company Italia, in Lucca, Italy, on 30 October 2019. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-stamp-special
In the 1970’s, Chrysler advertised their luxury cars as containing ‘Corinthian leather’ with Ricardo Montalbán as the spokesman. On Late Night with David Letterman, Montalbán playfully admitted that the term meant nothing. The leather was actually sourced from New Jersey. – WTF Fun Facts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/