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WTF Fun Fact – What Do You Give A Queen On Her Birthday?

February 12, 2020 by WTF

On the Queen of England’s birthday in 2015, she was given a gift of £5,000 worth of stud sperm by horse breeder Christina Patino. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/queen-elizabeths-91st-birthday-2017-the-weirdest-gifts-her-majesty-has-ever-received_uk_58f9d670e4b00fa7de131965?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMsMKqa7WZh2e1b4AvCjvBnlo8F8SXTxHOXbAZUQa-_0614wgdq5kmE5z_C3kI4ABDDRsfduqi_luDaTXslk4-k-I07Z2h1i4lP24Vl0LGNyVkqhMeWJlV7qTNSPvGlp_B1Y8Y3cChiW-j3AiE1nomHeyADhfld92f_pLXtuWqpV

WTF Fun Fact – Judas Accidental Death

February 12, 2020 by WTF

Two actors have died while playing Judas in live Biblical plays by accidentally hanging themselves for real during the death scene. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/24/world/americas/brazil-actor-hanging/index.html

WTF Fun Fact – Ronald McNair

February 12, 2020 by WTF

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library in S. Carolina when 9yr-old Ronald McNair refused to leave. He later got a PhD in Physics from MIT and died in 1986 aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The library that refused to lend him books is now named after him. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNair

WTF Fun Fact – CDC Prepares For Everything

November 29, 2021February 11, 2020 by WTF

WTF Fun Fact - US CDC Zombie Preparedness

The US’s Center for Disease Control has a Center For Preparedness and Response which includes specific guidance for zombie preparedness. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/zombie/index.htm

WTF Fun Fact – Thomas Jennings

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by WTF

In 1821, an African American business owner named Thomas Jennings invented the dry cleaning process and was one of the first African Americans to be granted a patent. He used the proceeds from his invention to buy his wife and children out of slavery. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_L._Jennings

WTF Fun Fact – Half The Penicillin In The USA

February 10, 2020 by WTF

On March 14, 1942, Anne Miller, diagnosed with blood poisoning, was given a tablespoon of penicillin, one half of the entire stockpile of the antibiotic in the whole United States. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://time.com/4250235/penicillin-1942-history/

WTF Fun Fact – Top Oil Producing Country

February 10, 2020 by WTF

In 2013, the United States surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia and now produces more oil and natural gas than any other country in the world. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/04/us-oil-natural-gas-production-russia-saudi-arabia

WTF Fun Fact – John List

February 10, 2020 by WTF

John List killed his entire family in 1971. The murders were so precisely planned, it took a month for anyone to notice. He was finally caught in 1989, after a forensic artist created a lifelike bust of him which appeared on America’s Most Wanted. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List#Relocation,_arrest_and_trial

WTF Fun Fact – Missing An Enzyme

February 9, 2020 by WTF

According to research, up to 50% of the Asian population lack a specific enzyme found in the liver to metabolize alcohol. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860432/