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In the early 1900's, Marshall Field's department store used professional scapegoat's or "fired men" who would take the blame and be fired to appease disgruntled customers. – WTF Fun FactsSource: h...

In 2016, a British man crowdfunded a ten hour film of paint drying in order to force the British Board of Film Classification to watch it. It was a protest against the BBFC requiring independent film...

Kano Jigoro, the father of Judo, asked to be buried in his white belt to be remembered as a learner and not the black belt master that he was. – WTF Fun Facts Source: https://randygravitt.com/are...

An economist named Stefan Mandel and his investors won the lottery 14 times (the largest jackpot was $27 million) by calculating when the jackpot was worth more than the cost of buying every possible...

After his son tragically died in an accident caused by a pothole, Dadarao Bilhore took it upon himself to fill potholes around Mumbai. Using sand, gravel, and cement collected from building sites, he...

A recent study found both humans and domestic dogs receive a dramatic increase of oxytocin, the bonding hormone, from the other when staring into each other's eyes. – WTF Fun Facts Source: https://w...

Setenil de Las Bodegas is a place in Spain where 3,000 residents live, work, and play in a gorge beneath a huge,rocky outcropping - their homes are built into the rock underneath. – WTF Fun Facts So...

Bananas have a curved shape because they reach for the sunlight when they grow. This unique process is known as 'negative geotropism'. – WTF Fun Facts Source: http://www.dole.eu/dole-earth/farmtour...

Michelangelo was the third sculptor to work on the famous statue of David. The piece of Carrara marble itself is of mediocre quality, stood out in the elements for ~25 years, and was known as the Duc...

Pistachios split themselves open when they are ripe in a process called dehiscence. This trait has been selected and specifically cultivated with different varieties having various rates of dehiscen...