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WTF Fun Fact 12758 – Jason deCaires Taylor’s Underwater Sculptures

This artist is trying to save the oceans, one sculpture at a time. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12758 – Jason deCaires Taylor’s Underwater Sculptures appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Interesting Facts About The Everyday Life Of An Ambulance Driver

We live in a society where cases such as accidents, deliveries, and other health-related emergencies can happen at any time of the day. This is why it is expedient to have readily on-ground people who would respond promptly to such emergencies. However, an ambulance driver is a profession without which immediate response and rescue would…… Read More »

That Time a Group of Psychiatrists Pretended to be Mentally Ill to Prove a Point

In 1972, eight people presented themselves to 12 psychiatric hospitals across the United States. They had seemingly nothing in common save for a very specific set of symptoms, with all eight reporting hearing voices saying a single word: “thud,” “empty,” or “hollow.” They were all immediately admitted, seven being diagnosed with schizophrenia and one with… Read More »

How Hitler’s Flatulence Helped End WWII

After the Second World War, a common joke was that Adolf Hitler was the best general the Allies ever had. His string of disastrous decisions, from halting his forces around Dunkirk, delaying his invasion of Russia, and refusing to pull the 6th Army out of Stalingrad, handed the advantage to his enemies time and time… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 12734 – Man Wins Horse Race

A 37-year-old firefighter proved he’s faster than a horse. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12734 – Man Wins Horse Race appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

How do The Persians Teach Alexander the Great and When Did He First Become “Great”?

We’ve all heard of him. Alexander the Great has been for many centuries a household name in much of the world- an impressive feat for a king who’s been dead for two millenia and reigned only for a little over a decade. In western countries, his defeat of the Persian Empire in the 320s BC… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 12727 – Steven Jay Russell Escaped Prison Multiple Times

Steven Jay Russell escaped the law peacefully many times. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12727 – Steven Jay Russell Escaped Prison Multiple Times appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

I’ll Do It Myself- The Greatest Feat of Piloting in Space

On April 9, 1959, the newly-formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, introduced the world to a new breed of heroes: the Mercury Seven, America’s first astronauts. Selected from a pool of over 500 military test pilots, these men represented the best the nation had to offer, and its best hope in the intensifying… Read More »