Michel “Monsieur Mangetout” Lotito could eat glass, metal, rubber and more. The Frenchman once consumed an entire Cessna 150 airplane over a two year period. He ate an estimated nine tons of metal between 1959 and 1997. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Bank of England’s Gold
The Bank of England’s vaults can hold up to 400,000 bars of gold, making it the second largest in the world. However, they only own two gold bars and store the rest for the treasury. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Vaquita Porpoise
The Vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal and also the smallest porpoise. There are only ~10 left in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bacon Flavored Condom
Seattle-based company J&D’s Foods sells condoms that taste like bacon. They had previously sold bacon flavored lubricant as an April fool’s day promotion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/company-releases-new-bacon-flavored-condoms
WTF Fun Fact – Gigantic Semla Bun
Swedish bakery Bake My Day earned a Guinness World Record by baking a semla bun weighing in at 661 lbs. The semla bun contains 286 lbs of cream and 66 lbs of almond cream. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Churchill And Hitler Tea Party
In 1932, Winston Churchill agreed to have tea with Adolf Hitler at the Regina hotel in Munich. However, he was stood up and then stood up again for the re-scheduled meeting the next day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/10/film-churchill-hitler-tea-winston-nazi
WTF Fun Fact – Kestrel Arrested
In 2013, a Kestrel was captured with a tracking tag in Turkey and X-rayed on suspicion of being an Israeli spy, but was later released after officials concluded it was not a spy for Mossad. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Phonautograph
The phonautograph was invented by a Frenchman in the 1850’s and was the first device to record sound. Researchers played back these early recordings as sound for the first time in 2008. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89380697
WTF Fun Fact – Bazz the Beekeeper
A beekeeper in Australia taught his black Labrador to sniff out an infectious disease called American foulbrood that wipes out bee colonies. He then invented a dog beekeeper suit for the dog nicknamed Bazz the Beekeeper. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2013-07-03/beekeeper-dog/4795960