Yearly Archives: 2022

What’s That Weird Vehicle…

What’s That Weird Vehicle From the 1930s?Source

WTF Fun Fact – Operation Flagship

Operation Flagship was a sting operation in 1985 that sent out letters offering free Washington Redskins tickets to wanted fugitives. … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Operation Flagship appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact – Why Clockwise

Clocks run “clockwise” because it is the way shadows move across a sundial in the Northern hemisphere. The first clocks … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Why Clockwise appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

25 Crazy Headlines of the Month – Part 215

Here are this month’s crazy headlines. 1-5 Crazy Headlines 1. A wealthy Silicon Valley town has blocked new affordable housing projects by declaring itself a ‘mountain lion habitat’. – Source 2. Ted Cruz tweets about rising Cancun flight costs ahead of another Texas winter storm. – Source 3. Church sues the city of Brookings for…… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – Eskimo Pies Save The Day

In 1922, Americans were consuming ~1 million Eskimo Pies a day that resulted in the rise of the cost of … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Eskimo Pies Save The Day appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

In 2012 wanting a dad was…

In 2012 wanting a dad was the tenth highest requested Christmas gift by children in the UK. The post In 2012 wanting a dad was… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source

25 Kickass Random Facts List #709

In 1890, as part of a program to bring all the birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America, 60 starlings were released in New York’s Central Park. There are now over 200 million European starlings across the US, causing billions in crop damage and deadly hazards at airports. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – Simon O’Grady Says

“Simon” in the children’s game “Simon Says” is different in other countries. In France it’s Jack Says, in China it … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Simon O’Grady Says appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Rishi Sunak wrong to say we’ve had a ‘colder than usual’ winter

“We have had a colder than usual winter so we have used up more of our own stores of gas here at home.” Rishi Sunak MP, 4 February 2022. In The Sun newspaper, Chancellor Rishi Sunak claimed some of the recent steep rise in energy prices can be put down to the fact that “we… Read More »

Vaccinated Brits won’t have AIDS by the end of February 2022

An article shared on social media falsely claims that by the end of February everyone in the UK who has received a Covid-19 vaccine will have Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It also wrongly alleges that “‘vaccine’-related myocarditis” has a 50% five year fatality rate in children. The article was originally written by UK blog The… Read More »

GP’s article overstates the number of Covid-19 deaths in children

An opinion article in the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) which claims “we’ve lost at least 133 children to Covid in the UK so far” has been shared on Facebook, and shared widely on Twitter, including by the Independent SAGE members Dr Kit Yates and Dr Zubaida Haque. A child’s death is a tragedy… Read More »