English is the most commonly spoken language – but only because so many people learn it as a second language. Click to read the full fact.
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WTF Fun Fact 12766 – Hashtag Octothorpe
You use an octothorp more often than you realize. Click to read the full fact.
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There is a term related to the art…
There is a term related to the art of hotel toilet paper folding called “toilegami”. The reason for this hotel practice: “Hotels want to give their guests…confidence that the bathroom has been cleaned (so) the maid will fold over the last piece of toilet paper. It is subtle but effective”.
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WTF Fun Fact – Yreka Yrella
In Yreka, California, a bakery operated for 100 years called the Yreka Bakery, which formed a palindrome. When the business … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – TV Pickup
“TV Pickup” is a phenomenon wherein a large percentage of the population in Britain all simultaneously turn on their electric … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – And in Movie Credits
“&” and “and” mean different things in movie credits. Two writers’ names joined with “&” means they collaborated, while “and” … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – Ayapeneco
The Mexican language Ayapeneco (the name Ayapaneco is an imposition by outsiders, those who speak it call their language Nuumte … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – Cain’s Jawbone
The 1934 mystery novel Cain’s Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers is printed with its 100 pages out of order. To … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – Percontation Point
The percontation point, a reversed question mark and later referred to as a rhetorical question mark, was proposed by Henry … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – Why Upper Case and Lower Case
The origin of upper case and lower case comes from printing presses which manually set letters. Small letters, which were … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – Army Of Frogs
A group of frogs is known as an army, chorus, or colony. A group of toads is a knot or … Read More & Source
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