Beginning in high school, Luca Iaconi-Stewart spent 9 years and ~10,000 hours building a 1/60-scale model of a Boeing 777 out of manila folders. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Crocodile Teeth
When a crocodile loses a tooth, it is quickly replaced by a new tooth. They can go through 8000 teeth over a lifetime. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Origin Of In The Limelight
The origin of being “in the limelight” comes from the days before electricity when theatres had to produce spotlight by directing a flame at calcium oxide or quicklime. This was known as a limelight. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/where-did-the-phrase-in-the-limelight-come-from
WTF Fun Fact – The Wrong Fish
A recent study found 1/3rd of the fish sold in restaurants and grocery stores in the US is mislabeled and misrepresented. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://oceana.org/sites/default/files/National_Seafood_Fraud_Testing_Results_Highlights_FINAL.pdf
WTF Fun Fact – Donut, Doughnut, Canada
Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-doughnut-unofficial-national-sugary-snack
WTF Fun Fact – Soviet Space Pistol
Up until 2007, the Soviets had a three-barrel (2 shotgun and one rifled) space pistol in their Soyuz capsule in case they were stranded in the Siberian wilderness upon re-entry. The TP-82 also had a detachable butt-stock that was a machete. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TP-82_Cosmonaut_survival_pistol
WTF Fun Fact – Messy Kitchen More Eating
A recent study found that a messy kitchen causes people to eat more. The chaotic environment causes people to feel out of control and to subsequently eat more. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/messy-kitchens-could-make-you-eat-more-180958146/
WTF Fun Fact – Largest Search Engines
YouTube is the second largest “search engine”, right after Google. It’s bigger than Bing, Yahoo!, and Ask combined. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.tubics.com/blog/youtube-2nd-biggest-search-engine/
WTF Fun Fact – Illegible Mail
The USPS has ~1,700 employees in Utah whose sole job is to read illegible addresses which the machine can’t read. They process 5 million pieces of mail daily with some employees averaging 1,600 addresses an hour. – WTF Fun Facts