12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Tuesday, October 22, 2024

A scientific study had subjects wear a cap that delivered “gentle electrical voltages” deep into the brain, showing promising results as a treatment for depression.

Newly-hung signs at Dunedin Airport’s drop off area read, “Max hug time 3 minutes. For fonder farewells please use the car park.”

For the 10th year in a row, Chicago has topped the official list of America’s Top 50 Rattiest Cities.

Early 19th century “dandyism” called for slim silhouettes, so men would often cinch up a corset to make their breeches fit better. King George IV almost passed out at his coronation because he’d squeezed his guts into a corset.

Scientists are drilling into volcanoes to study magma flow in the hopes of turning geothermal energy into the next big source of sustainable energy.

A guy poring over an 1890 edition of The Daily Mail discovered a ghost story called “Gibbet Hill” that predates “Dracula” by seven years, and has apparently never been documented in any of Stoker’s biographies or bibliographies.

A Doritos pop-up restaurant at Crypto.com Arena is serving flamin’ hot crumble-dusted sushi.

When carving the inscription over Lincoln’s head, the artist turned the F in “FUTURE” into an E, so it read “WITH HIGH HOPE FOR THE EUTURE.” They filled it in with democracy-grade white out, but you can still see it if you know to look for it.

As chocolate becomes more expensive due to climate change, chocolate companies are trying to figure out how to continue outselling non-chocolate candies. Ferrero plans to test out a Butterfinger that’s coated in salted caramel instead of chocolate.

A team of scientists in China have determined that a clutch of fossilized eggs unearthed in 2021 contains the smallest known dinosaur egg: the 29-millimeter egg of a non-avian theropod.

A study of registered baby names has found that Emma, Amelia and Olivia are the most popular girls’ names of the year, while Oliver, Liam and Noah top the boys’ list.

This website combines a common Halloween adjective (i.e., sexy or scary) with a random Wikipedia article for a bizarre, but undeniably unique Halloween costume, like “Gothic Coral Springs Charter School.”