From history to presidents to, well the oddest facts I could find, this week's 'WTH' is eclectic!

Enjoy, amaze your friends with your new found facts, and share. Yep, number 4 is a good one.

 

 

1. Today is the 30th birthday of the little 3 legged stool that sits in the middle of your delivery pizza. It's called a 'pizza saver' and is meant to keep the top of the pizza from touching the box. Originally, it was meant to protect other foods from box tops.

2. Labrador Retrievers can carry an egg in their mouths without breaking it because their can expertly control their jaw muscles.

3. In many towns in Alaska, people use planes like most of us use public transportation. It's the only way to travel at times.

4. Vibrators were created by doctors back in the 1700's to relieve hysteria in women. Doctors got many wrist and hand injuries because of them!

5. Why is the stork the Vlasic Pickle mascot? Because the company wants pregnant women to choose the brand when they get cravings.

6. The guy in jail in the Monopoly game has a name! 'Jake the Jailbird'.

7. In Thailand the number '5' is pronounced 'ha'. So, people there type '555' to laugh on a text.

8. The discovery of fish farts in the 1980's led to a Nobel prize! They were originally thought to be a Russian sub in Swedish waters and almost caused a war between the two countries. You can't make this stuff up.

9. Marshmallows were created to make a soothing sore throat remedy, the juice of the marsh mallow plant, more palatable for kids. Egg whites and sugar were added.

10. Abe Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. He lost only one of his 300 plus matches. That wasn't in our history books!

 

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