Researchers found that removing trays from college cafeterias reduced the amount of solid food waste by nearly 20%. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-removingtrays-dininghalls/removing-trays-from-dining-halls-cuts-food-waste-idUSBRE8A114T20121102
The oldest known musical composition to survive in its entirety is a song called the Epitaph of Seikilos. It was found on a grave in Turkey. Its lyrics “While you live, shine / Have no grief at all / Life exists only for a short while / And time demands its toll.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-oldest-known-piece-of-music
Despite Millennials often being seen as a ‘promiscuous’ generation, they have less sexual partners than previous generations and are having less sex than their parents did at the same age. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://time.com/4435058/millennials-virgins-sex/
Pepperidge Farms produces over 140 billion goldfish crackers each year and nearly 560 million Milano cookies.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cspdailynews.com/snacks-candy/pepperidge-farm-rolling-out-35-new-products
People who work in silence are slower and less proficient than those who listen to music while working. Video game music itself is designed to keep you motivated and finishing tasks without stealing your focus. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work
Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi in the 1984 classic Karate Kid, was 2 years old when he contracted spinal tuberculosis and was confined to a bed in a sanitarium for 9 years. When experimental medicine finally cured him, he was sent to live in an internment camp in Arizona with his family. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://people.com/archive/after-a-lifetime-of-misfortune-karate-kids-noriyuki-pat-morita-battles-his-way-to-a-happy-ending-vol-25-no-26/
Voted one of the world’s best restaurants, Osteria Francescana, has a menu item called ‘the crunchy part of the lasagna’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.osteriafrancescana.it/
In early 2019, after McDonald’s sued Irish fast food chain Supermac for trademark infringement, a judge ruled McDonald’s Big Mac trademark was not valid in the EU because they were unable to prove that they had used the Big Mac trademark their. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tasty-result-for-supermacs-with-david-and-goliath-big-mac-win-37716672.html
The iconic game Goldeneye 007 for the Nintendo 64 gaming system was created by a group of only 9 people, 8 of which had never worked on a video game before. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://uproxx.com/gaming/goldeneye-n64-facts/