Up until 1858, all British Passports were written in French. The International Civil Aviation Organisation standard today recommends that, where the language of the issuing state is English, French or Spanish, they should supplement with one of the other languages. – WTF Fun Facts
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 – Bigfoot And Dogs
The anthropologist Grover Krantz, who was infamous for believing in Bigfoot’s existence, donated his body to the Smithsonian on the condition his dogs were kept close to him. The museum honored his request. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://remains417.rssing.com/chan-35265043/all_p3.html
WTF Fun Fact – Upside Down Pineapple
An upside down pineapple in your grocery cart, or as a bumper sticker, or an upside down door knocker indicates the person is into swinging. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://onairwithryan.iheart.com/featured/ryan-seacrest/content/2019-01-11-do-you-know-what-an-upside-down-pineapple-means-tanya-tests-it-out-/
WTF Fun Fact – Physiggoomai
The ancient Greek word for a person aroused by garlic is Physiggoomai. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Anthropology & Earwax
Anthropologists can partly determine the ancestral routes of different people and how those ancestors got to where their descendants now live by examining earwax. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/29620/determining-migratory-patterns-early-humans-%E2%80%94-earwax
WTF Fun Fact – Professor Fails Everyone & Quits
A professor at Texas A&M Galveston failed his entire class and quit, because he thought that all of his students were disruptive or dishonest and therefore didn’t deserve to pass the course. This was his worst in his 20 years of teaching. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.click2houston.com/news/professor-at-texas-am-galveston-fails-entire-class
WTF Fun Fact – French Meowing Nuns
In 1844, there was a case of hysteria in a French convent of nuns. One started meowing and after a week all the nuns were meowing harmoniously in the afternoons. It didn’t stop until neighbors called soldiers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://archive.org/details/epidemicsofmiddl1844heck/
WTF Fun Fact – Koumpounophobia
Koumpounophobia is the fear of buttons. Steve Jobs was afraid of buttons and therefore wore turtlenecks and a number of Apple’s product designs are button-less because of his aversion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apples-steve-jobs-hates-buttons/
WTF Fun Fact – Koro Epidemic
There is a well documented Koro (or genital retraction syndrome) epidemic that occurred in Singapore in late 1967.Men believed they were going to die from their penis shrinking after eating bad pork. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://theindependent.sg/the-day-the-shrinking-penis-epidemic-struck-singapore/