12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Wednesday, December 4, 2024
If you’re planning a trip to Japan, you can finally suck down a sweet bottle of chilled mayo.
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Guinness Discontinued the Longest Kiss Record Because People Were Getting Injured
After updating its safety regulations, Guinness decided that Longest Kiss record attempts were putting aspiring record holders at too much risk. It was an extreme endurance challenge, and people often fainted and were hospitalized while attempting it.
What Were the Rules?
Contestants didn’t have to be actively making out, they just had to have their lips touching at all times. They had to remain standing and awake, and could not use any kind of device to keep them together. They could not use diapers, but they could sip liquids from a straw, provided their lips were still touching.
So What Was the Longest Kiss Ever?
In 2023, Thai couple Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat won a Valentine’s Day kissing marathon at 58 hours 35 minutes.
ChatGPT Can’t Say This One Dude’s Name, and No One Knows Why
The internet has found that asking ChatGPT about a man named David Mayer yields the error message, “I’m unable to produce a response.” You can try to manipulate it into saying the name, but there are reports that the program crashes right as it is apparently about to type the letters. No one has been able to figure out who this person is.
A Guy May Have Murdered His Roommate Over a Sneeze
A Massachusetts man is accused of killing his roommate because the elderly man wouldn’t stop sneezing near his Thanksgiving meal.
A New Approach to Curing Paralysis
The lateral hypothalamus isn’t a section of the brain that’s thought to have any say in motor control. Nevertheless, scientists tried applying deep brain stimulation to the region, and it helped multiple paralyzed patients regain the ability to walk.
Mars, Inc. Reimbursed a Customer for a Smooth Mars Bar
A guy posted a picture of a defective Mars bar that was completely smooth instead of that signature, sultry, veiny texture. The company got in touch with him and gave him his two bucks back.
Enjoy a Chilled Mayonnaise Beverage
Japanese convenience store Lawson has just dropped Nomo Mayo, the “chilled drink mayo fanatics have long been waiting for.”
The Largest Iced Latte in the World
Dunkin’ just set the world record with an 11-foot-tall iced latte.
Spotify’s Most-Streamed Songs of the Last Few Years
In 2023, Miley Cyrus topped the charts with 1.6 billion streams of “Flowers.” In 2022 it was Harry Styles’ “As it Was” with 1.5 billion. 2021 was topped by Olivia Rodrigo, with 1.1 billion streams on “drivers license.”
Music as a Way to Manage Past Trauma
A group of researchers and music experts have found that while listening to music won’t change your memory, it can have an effect on how you feel about what you remember.
A New Antarctic Lexicon
University of Munich phonetics experts found that researchers stationed in the Antarctic are developing a brand new accent and vocabulary. They’re saying stuff like “doo” (snow bike), “fod plod” (to pick up trash) and “gonk” (to sleep).