12 Trivia Tidbits for Sunday, June 2, 2024

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, has one very unique characteristic. It’s the only body besides Earth whose surface boasts liquid rivers, lakes and seas.

According to the Code of Canon Law in the Catholic Church, communion wafers must be made of only two ingredients: wheat flour and water.

Of the human senses, hearing is the fastest, able to react to stimuli within only three milliseconds. Sight comes in around 25, touch around 50, and smell and taste are much longer, into full seconds.

There is only one ATM on the entire continent of Antarctica. It’s located at McMurdo Station, a research facility. It’s a Wells Fargo ATM, and dispenses American dollars.

IPAs, or India Pale Ales, got that name because the style of beer was invented to survive long sea voyages to India and back without spoiling. Sweeter beers like porters would go bad, but the high levels of hops and alcohol content would keep an IPA in much better shape.

Women in the Victorian era would suck on lemons in order to redden their lips.

The first ever speeding ticket was issued in Dayton, Ohio in 1904, which must have been both annoying and highly confusing for the recipient: Harry Myers.

Given that the most common name for farfalle pasta here in the state is “bow-ties,” you’d be forgiven for thinking that’s the meaning. Farfalle actually means butterflies.

A chameleon’s tongue is approximately two times as long as its body.

Despite being maybe the number one best known poison in the world, cyanide doesn’t smell as noxious as you’d assume. It’s often described as having the scent of almonds.

Before he invented quintessential red drink Kool-Aid, Edwin Perkins sold a liquid concentrated drink mix called Fruit Smack. The powdered version, however, proved much more successful.

No, it’s not Poe. Charles Dickens had a beloved pet raven named Grip.