12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Tuesday, October 22, 2024
“Breakdance bulge” isn’t nearly as dope as it sounds.
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Which Teams Have Faced Off in the World Series the Most?
The Yankees and the Dodgers have met in the World Series a record 11 times, and this year will make 12.
The Extremely Niche Injury That Only Breakdancers Are Getting
Breakdancers can sometimes develop a tumor on their scalp from all that spinning, known as “headspin hole” or “breakdance bulge.”
2023’s Least Original Pet Names
According to pet insurance data, Max, Luna and Bella were the most popular dog names in America, with 5 percent of all dogs sharing the name Bella.
A Guy Smuggled Cocaine Into Canada via Fish
A British food distributor described as “a greying pensioner with a bad heart who had no criminal record at the time of his arrest” was convicted of smuggling cocaine into Canada in his frozen fish shipments on behalf of a gang. The star witness who got him convicted was a mobster named Carmine Guido.
The World Record for Dog Walking
A Canadian man set a world record by taking 38 dogs on a .6-mile walk.
A Fraudster Made Millions by Renting Cars and Then Selling Them
A dude rented 1,100 cars in Italy, sold them all and made $30 million before fleeing the country.
The World’s Oldest Paperboy
An 82-year-old British man has been running his family’s paper route since he was 12, and has finally decided to retire after 70 years on the job. He’s thought to be the oldest ever in the biz.
Rich Idiots Are Trying to Guess Their Embryos’ IQ
Biotech start-up Heliospect Genomics says it can tell which of your embryos is going to be a high-IQ Redditor and which would be a low-IQ beta, for just $50,000 per 100 embryos. Studies have shown that their methodology isn’t at all sound, but several couples have already purchased their services.
The World’s First BBQ Museum
Kansas City, Missouri's Museum of BBQ will teach visitors about the history and science behind BBQ, and will of course offer the usual pop-up museum bullshit like a ball pit made of big fake baked beans.
The Architect of the Stanford Prison Experiment Has Gone to the Great Prison in the Sky
Psychologist Philip G. Zimbardo, the man behind the oft-cited, oft-misunderstood, never-replicated Stanford Prison Experiment, just passed away at age 91.
College Kids Beat Boeing in a War Technology Competition
A group of four college students invented a device that can knock out drones using sound waves, winning a competition to create a viable anti-drone weapon that Boeing was also competing in.
A Dog Saved Its Owner’s Life After Almost Getting Him Killed
An 84-year-old man, who lives in a cabin in the woods, saw that his glucose levels were low, but his dog really wanted to go out, so he took him for a walk before tending to himself. The dog took off into the woods, and as the man followed, he passed out and broke his hip. Thankfully, the dog ran to a nearby road and waited there until a car came along. He led the driver into the woods back to the injured man, who had been lying on the ground for hours.