Up until 2000, Walmart took out life insurance policies on their employees and kept the payouts when they died, a practice known as “dead peasant insurance.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.wfsu.org/post/walmart-sued-collecting-life-insurance-employees
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 – Old Chewing Gum
Archaeologists found “chewing gum” in western Sweden believed to be 9,000 years old, made of resin sweetened with honey, and the tooth marks showed it had been chewed on by a stone-age teenager. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://apnews.com/749119838d8f7f04689315c9cf728e5d
WTF Fun Fact – Millenials Stay Home
Millennials between the ages of 18-34 are more likely to live with their parents instead of a spouse/partner. This is the first time this has been true of this age demographic since record-keeping began in the 1880s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials#Peter_Pan_generation
WTF Fun Fact – Mummy Elmer McCurdy
In 1975, the mummified body of bank robber Elmer McCurdy was found in an amusement park by a TV crew. It had been mistaken for a wax mannequin, and was only found out after a man moved it and its arm fell off, exposing human bone. Elmer died in 1911. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Ethiopian Calendar
The Ethiopian calendar is ~7 years behind the Gregorian calendar due to them having a 13th month of either 5 or 6 days (in the case of a leap year). They celebrated the new millennium on Sept. 12, 2007. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/ethiopia/articles/why-is-the-ethiopian-calendar-7-years-behind/
WTF Fun Fact – Bonaparte’s Part
Napoléon Bonaparte’s penis was removed from his dead body during autopsy, displayed at a museum, and eventually sold for $2,700 in the 1970s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/napoleon-s-penis-size-confirmed-channel-4-documentary-calls-the-artifact-very-small-9235101.html
WTF Fun Fact – Wythnos
In Welsh, the word for week is wythnos, which literally means “eight-nights”. Historically, the week started and ended with night. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-day_week
WTF Fun Fact – Baby Burial Headgear
According to new findings, in one ancient South American culture, some babies wore burial headgear made from other children’s skulls. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/21/americas/ecuador-infants-heads-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – Frankenstein’s Heart
Mary Shelley’s favorite keepsake was her dead husband and poet Percy Shelly’s heart. After the death of her husband, the Frankenstein author carried his heart with her in a silken shroud for almost 30 years until she died in 1851. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65624/mary-shelleys-favorite-keepsake-her-dead-husbands-heart