Play-Doh was not intended as a children’s toy at first. It was originally sold to help remove coal residue from wallpaper. When sales fell after WWII, it was remarketed as the toy modelling clay product known today. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Pigeon Accents
During WWII, there were pigeon experts who claimed to be able to identify a pigeon with a German accent. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/spy-pigeons-167097967/
WTF Fun Fact – Friendly Canadian WW2 Prisons
German WW2 prisoners of war were treated so well in Canadian prisons that many didn’t want to leave the country when released. Thousands of PoW’s stayed in Canada or came back years later. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/03/the-happiest-prisoners/
WTF Fun Fact – Crazy Finnish Ski Soldier
Finnish soldier Aimo Koivunen overdosed on amphetamines while escaping Soviet forces during WWII. After regaining consciousness, he skied more than 250 miles, survived a land mine, and lay in a ditch for a week eating only pine buds and a raw bird. When he was rescued, his heart rate was still over 200 bpm and he weighed only 94 lbs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/high-on-speed-and-delirious.html
WTF Fun Fact – Crow War Chief
Joseph Medicine Crow earned the title ‘War Chief’ by completing four tasks as a warrior during WWII: leading a successful war party on a raid, capturing an enemy’s weapon, touching an enemy without killing him, and stealing an enemy’s horse. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.military.com/army-birthday/badass-of-the-week-joe-medicine-crow.html
WTF Fun Fact – Polish Army Bear
A large cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking bear named Wojtek was enlisted in the Polish army during WWII. He was promoted to a corporal after his efforts during the battle of Monte Cassino. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Rogue WWII Spy
Juan Pujol García was a rogue spy during WWII. Britain’s MI5 declined his offer to be their spy and he went and spied on Germany anyways as a double agent. He lived in Lisbon and made up an elaborate network of fictional agents and reports based on tourist guides and other public sources. He is one of the only people to be awarded a medal by both the Axis and Allies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_Garc%C3%ADa
WTF Fact – Coco Channel a former Nazi Spy
Coco Chanel, the founder of fashion and perfume empire Chanel, was a nazi spy during WWII with the code name of ‘Westminster’ due to her connections with British high society. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.biography.com/news/coco-chanel-nazi-agent
the us army designed the t 13 beano grenade to
The U.S. Army designed the T-13 “beano” grenade to be similar in shape and weight to a baseball in order to leverage soldiers’ skills in the sport. However, there were problems with the grenade’s fuze design and the weapon was eventually scrapped after WWII ended..– WTF Fun Facts