During WWI, there was limited supplies of cotton, so doctors used sphagnum moss for bandages. It can hold 22x its own weight in liquid and is a natural antiseptic. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-humble-moss-helped-heal-wounds-thousands-WWI-180963081/
McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets come in four official shapes: bell, bone, boot, and ball. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2051151/why-mcdonalds-chicken-mcnuggets-come-only-4-shapes
A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department. Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets. He now sells nearly 150 hot dogs a day. – WTF Fun Facts
Asphalt pavements are America’s most recycled product. Reclaimed asphalt pavement can be reused to make as high or higher quality pavement the next time. It can be recycled repeatedly and neither the aggregate nor the cement lose utility. – WTF Fun Facts
Contrary to what was depicted in the Jurassic Park movie franchise, velociraptors were no bigger in size than turkeys. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/velociraptor-facts.html
The numbers on a roulette wheel when added together sum up to 666. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.casino.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-a-roulette-wheel/
A seven year old Indian boy complaining of jaw pain was treated in a local hospital and found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/01/asia/india-boy-teeth-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
The record for the most kids born to a single mother is 69. Russian Valentina Vassilyeva labored 27 times and gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-mother-ever?fb_comment_id=84106
Movie theatre popcorn has an average markup of over 1200% percent. A bag of popcorn costs roughly $.37 and can sell for upwards of $5. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.rd.com/advice/saving-money/10-outrageous-markups-youd-never-guess-you-were-paying/