In 1161, the Bishop of Winchester was the largest brothel owner in the UK and his prostitutes were known as the “Winchester Geese.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Liberty of the Clink – Wikipedia
Weird
This is our weird but true facts category. These may be a little odd and a little strange, but they are all most definitely true facts! If you are looking for weird fun facts then start scrolling!
WTF Fun Fact – Pizza Or Vomit Flavor?
Jelly Belly once tried to make a cheese-pizza flavored jelly bean. The taste was so bad that they shelved it and later used it as the basis for the vomit flavored Bertie Bott’s jelly bean instead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Does Jelly Belly Create Its Weird Flavors? | Mental Floss
WTF Fun Fact – Divorce Via Text
In 2003, Malaysian courts ruled that a man could divorce his wife via text message, as long as it was clear and unambiguous. The case included the following text message sent by Shamsudin Latif: “If you do not leave your parents’ house, you’ll be divorced”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Malaysia permits text message divorce
WTF Fun Fact – Dead Grasshopper In Famous Painting
Vincent van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” has a dead grasshopper in the painting which blew onto his wet paint while he was painting. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Sweaty T-shirt Test
Researchers conducted sweaty t-shirt tests to see if smell impacted the choice of a mate. Men wore t-shirts for two days and then women were tested on which smell they liked. Women preferred the smell of men who were genetically similar but had different immune systems. Inheriting different immune systems would give offspring a survival advantage. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Evolution: Library: Sweaty T-Shirts and Human Mate Choice (pbs.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Deaf Flights
“Deaf flights” were prescribed by doctors to cure hearing loss in the 1920’s and 30’s. Stunt pilots would take unsuspecting passengers up in planes and terrify them with loops, barrel rolls, and dives. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Doctors Once Prescribed Terrifying Plane Flights to “Cure” Deafness | History | Smithsonian Magazine
WTF Fun Fact – Next-In-Line Effect
The next-in-line effect is the phenomenon of people being unable to recall information concerning events immediately preceding their turn to perform. It may explain why people often forget names of people right after being introduced. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-in-line_effect
WTF Fun Fact – The Mayor, Mimes, and Bogota
When Antonous Mockus, a mathematician and philosopher, became mayor of Bogotá, he hired 420 mimes to improve both traffic and citizens’ behavior. The mimes would ridicule bad drivers and also mock pedestrians who didn’t follow crossing rules. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Academic turns city into a social experiment – Harvard Gazette
WTF Fun Fact – Fabergé Potato
Peter Carl Fabergé, creator of the 50 Imperial Easter eggs known as Fabergé eggs, also carved a single Fabergé potato from pinkie-brown agate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Caroline Scheufele on a Fabergé potato | The Economist
WTF Fun Fact – Sakte-TV or Slow TV
Slow TV, or very long coverage of mundane, ordinary events, is very popular in Norway. The national broadcaster NRK has regularly shown programs such as a 379 hr boat voyage, 60 hrs of choirs singing, and 12 hrs of knitting. Shorter shows include a lecture on Norway’s past 200 years in 200 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Slow television – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Joints For Jabs
Those having received at least 1 shot of the Covid-19 vaccine were eligible for a free marijuana joint in New York City and Washington D.C. thanks to “Joints for Jabs.” The organization behind the 4/20 event hoped to help counter vaccine hesitancy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ‘Joints for jabs’: free marijuana for vaccinated New Yorkers – France 24
WTF Fun Fact – Cryonics
In Scottsdale, Arizona at Alcor’s facility rests at least 168 “patients” and 90 pets, all frozen in tanks of liquid nitrogen with the hope of being revived one day. It costs $200k for a whole body or just $80k for a head only. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: This Company Will Freeze Your Dead Body for $200,000 (nbcnews.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Dating Profiles Secret Ingredient: Guacamole
A new study by the online dating site Zoosk, which analyzed 3,733,185 dating profiles and 364,609,566 first messages, found that mentioning “guacamole” in your profile resulted in a 144% increase in messages received. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Mentioning Guacamole in Your Dating Profile Makes You More Attractive (insider.com)
WTF Fun Fact – How Ancient Egyptians Mourned A Cat
Ancient Egyptians loved their cats so much that members of a household would shave their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when their cat passed away. They would only stop mourning once their eyebrows had grown back. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Worship of Cats – King Tut Boston (kingtutexhibition.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Sexy Primes
Sexy primes are prime numbers that differ from each other by 6 e.g. 5 and 11. The term “sexy prime” is a pun stemming from the Latin word for six: sex. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Sexy prime – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Most M&M’s Stacked
The Guinness world record for the tallest stack of M&M’s is 4 and was first achieved by Italian Silvio Sabba on 21 December 2016 and later by Brendan Kelbie in 2020. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/94349-tallest-stack-of-mms
WTF Fun Fact – David Beckham’s Leg Insurance
In 2006, David Beckham took out an insurance policy for his legs and looks for £100 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Going Out On A Limb – Lloyd’s
WTF Fun Fact – Hillbrow Defenestrates On NYE
On New Year’s Eve, residents of the Hillbrow suburb in Johannesburg, throw unwanted furniture out their window to celebrate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Hillbrow’s New Year tradition: Why locals throw furniture out of windows (thesouthafrican.com)