Rick Rescorla saved all but 6 of his 2700 employees during the 9/11 attacks by directing people down the stairs using a bullhorn and encouraging them by singing Cornish songs. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Apple Jacks Inventor
William G. Thilly, the inventor of Apple Jacks cereal, is now a professor of biological engineering at MIT and invented the cereal while he was a summer intern. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Head Banging Bee
The blue-banded bee (Amegilla murrayensis) head-bangs flowers 350x a second in order to obtain pollen. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/australian-blue-banded-bees-headbanging-flowers-03518.html
WTF Fun Fact – Pilots Asleep In Europe
Over 50% of pilots surveyed in the U.K., Norway, and Sweden admitted to have fallen asleep while flying a passenger plane. A third of them stated that when they woke up, they discovered that their co-pilots had also fallen asleep. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Gold Find On Dog Walk
An Australian man and his two daughters found a gold nugget weighing 624 grams (worth ~$35,000) while walking their dog. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12230581
WTF Fun Fact – Dead Geckos Still Stick
A dead gecko can stick to a surface for up to 30 minutes after its death. Research has shown their sticking force is passive and just as effective dead or alive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/death-will-not-stop-geckos-sticking-walls/
WTF Fun Fact – ABC’s Of Virgina Liquor
The only place that can legally sell hard alcohol in Virginia are ABC Stores. They are owned and operated by the state, employing ~4000 employees in ~370 stores, generating hundreds of millions in revenue for VA. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Alcoholic_Beverage_Control_Authority#Stores_and_products
WTF Fun Fact – Delia Bacon
Delia Bacon wrote a 682 page book backed by minimal research trying to prove that Shakespeare didn’t write his plays. She showed up night after night at the church where Francis Bacon was buried trying to get access to his tomb where she thought he hid proof of his authorship. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://scandalouswoman.blogspot.com/2008/04/delia-bacon-woman-who-hated-shakespeare.html
WTF Fun Fact – Bruno’s Casque-headed Frog Poison
Bruno’s casque-headed frog (Aparasphenodon brunoi) is so venomous that 1 gram of its venom could kill 80 people or 300,000 mice. – WTF Fun Facts