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
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
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
The webcam was invented because 3 faculty members at Cambridge University wanted to see the coffee levels in the break room so they didn’t waste a trip there to find an empty pot. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://tipsgeneral.com/how-to/geek-trivia-what-did-the-first-web-cam-monitor.html
A woman from Stockholm, Sweden, attempted to smuggle 75 live snakes onto an airplane by placing them in her bra. She also had six lizards under her shorts. – WTF Fun Facts
The language of the Ewok’s in Star Wars is Tibetan with some pieces of Nepalese. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/star-wars-cast-greatest-untold-stories/26/
In Shanghai, you can get Coffee mellow, which is a coffee served with a cloud of cotton candy. The coffee vapor rises and dissolves the cotton candy which rains sugar into the cup. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://mymodernmet.com/sweet-little-rain-mellower-coffee/
When faced with a life-or-death decision about choosing to move to a new hive, Honey Bees collectively fact-find and then decide democratically. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/science/28scibks.html
Research done by the University of York has shown that dogs actually like the silly, high-pitched voice their owners use to talk to them. “Dog-speak” is important in building a bond between a dog and their owner say scientists. – WTF Fun Facts