Monthly Archives: August 2021

WTF Fun Fact – Skilly Wonka

Roald Dahl’s inspiration for the name of his fictional creation Willy Wonka came from a boomerang his older brother had … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Skilly Wonka appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

6 Ways to Find Fitness Motivation

Are you struggling to find the motivation to stick to a workout routine? Well, you’re not alone, whether you’re drained from a job, exhausted with a newborn, intimidated to start or outright lazy, the truth is motivation is easily lost when life gets tough or you don’t work at it on a regular basis. How… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – Massive Detached Reef Near Australia

In late 2020, scientists found a detached reef near the Great Barrier Reef that’s over 1600 ft tall (taller than … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Massive Detached Reef Near Australia appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

5 Life Pro Tips of the Week – Part 275

Here are this week’s Life Pro Tips. 1. If you need to quickly convert °C to °F, double it and add 30. Vice versa for °F to °C, subtract 30 and divide by 2. It’s not an exact conversion, but more of a temperature range. 2. If someone doesn’t appreciate something you do for them,…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #660

Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 659, click here 1-5 Kickass Random Fact 1. In his acceptance speech for the 1976 Best Album Grammy, Paul Simon jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year. Stevie Wonder had won Best Album in the previous two years and would go on to…… Read More »

Americans are consistently more…

Americans are consistently more confident than Britons in which animals they believe they can beat in an unarmed fight, with 8% thinking they could take out an elephant if needed. The post Americans are consistently more… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source

The U.S. military has used superstition…

The U.S. military has used superstition and pretended to be vampires and ghosts to scare enemies away. They dispersed scary horoscopes in Germany, staged vampire attacks in the Philippines, and in Vietnam blasted ghost tapes which consisted of spooky music and eerie voices. Only vampires worked. The post The U.S. military has used superstition… appeared… Read More »

In 1921 a submarine ran out of fuel…

In 1921 a submarine ran out of fuel some 190 Km from Hawaii during searching of a lost tug boat. The submarine had a week’s worth of ration on board and no radio communication. The crew make a sail by rigging up blankets. The submarine successfully sailed to Hawaii in a couple of days. The… Read More »

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What extra expenses can MPs claim if they have children

We’ve been asked by readers to check a viral claim on Twitter that says: “The £5,435 an MP gets to feed *each* of their children (on top of their salary) is more than the £3,087.96 a Universal Credit claimant gets each year.” The £5,435 an MP gets to feed *each* of their children (on top… Read More »

The Pfizer vaccine, teenagers and myocarditis

A video on Facebook with thousands of views makes a number of claims about children and the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine. A voice in the video says: “In children between the age of 12 to 17 year old that took the Pfizer vaccine, we have 9,246 adverse reactions to the Pfizer vaccine…863 of those were serious… Read More »