In 2015, a Chinese billionaire bought a US$170 million painting by with his credit card so he could use the points for free airfare. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/23/family-will-fly-free-for-life-after-170m-purchase-on-american-express-black-card/
A swarm of 20,000 bees once followed a car for two days because their queen was trapped inside the car. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.treehugger.com/animals/swarm-bees-follow-car-2-days-rescue-queen-trapped-trunk.html
In 2008, Dmitry Agarkov scanned in a credit card agreement he had received with much higher interest rates than advertised and changed all the terms to show 0% interest and no fees. The bank unknowingly signed and approved it and a judge later upheld the contract. – WTF fun facts
Source: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/08/14/man-who-outwitted-bank-ends-700k-lawsuit-a26770
Sea otters have loose skin across their chest which creates a pouch for them to store rocks and food. They use the rocks to help them crack open shellfish and clams. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://medium.com/center-for-biological-diversity/5-animals-with-pockets-d05c31cb6aa7
Dr. Seuss cheated on his wife while she had cancer. After finding out about the affair, she killed herself and Dr. Seuss married his mistress. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/24101/quick-10-10-grown-facts-about-dr-seuss
In 1983, a 61-year-old potato farmer Cliff Young won the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in overall and work boots. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young
The sea squirt starts as an egg, develops into a tadpole of sorts, then attaches itself to an object – boat hull, rocks, ocean floor and doesn’t move again. It then consumes its own brain as it is longer required. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/choke/201207/how-humans-learn-lessons-the-sea-squirt
Cocktails became popular during Prohibition because juices were needed to hide the taste of some of the ingredients in the moonshine like dead rats, rotten meat, wood tar, and others. – WTF Fun Facts
Ichiro Suzuki, baseball’s all-time hits leader, learned Spanish just for the purpose of trash talking opponents. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ichiro-learned-to-speak-spanish-just-so-he-could-talk-trash/