A drug trafficker, nicknamed ‘Shorty’,was caught trying to escape a Rio de Janeiro jail by dressing up as his teenage daughter, who was scheduled to visit him that day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/brazilian-gang-leader-dressed-up-as-daughter
Instead of “Once upon a time,” many Korean folktales begin with “Back when tigers used to smoke…” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://folklore.usc.edu/?p=19796
In certain countries, like Belgium, Austria, Mexico, and Germany, there is no additional time added to one’s sentence for attempting to and escaping prison, because they believe it is human nature to want to escape. – WTF Fun Facts
If you pick up two objects at the same time that have the same weight but are different sizes, the larger object will seem lighter. This phenomenon is known as the Size–Weight Illusion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0042518
Two guys used their dead friend’s ashes as fishing bait and caught the words biggest carp. – WTF Fun Facts
The vending machines in Japan are set to dispense drinking water for free if the water supply gets cut off during a disaster. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://jpninfo.com/35476
History and prehistory are marked by the invention of records. Anything before written record is ‘prehistory’, any records are in ‘history’. – WTF Fun Facts
In 1987, a man convinced 2.8 million people to send him a penny each for his college education. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-05-13-9102120530-story.html
A New York City man was exonerated and released, after being held in jail for transporting child pornography, when porn star Lupe Fuentes flew from Spain to appear at his trial with her ID and passport proving her age. – WTF Fun Facts