12 Trivia Tidbits for Friday, July 12, 2024

Simone Biles is in possession of 2,000 Infinity Gauntlets
12 Trivia Tidbits for Friday, July 12, 2024

Imagine getting kicked out of the Olympics because you got too drunk for the gun fight. 1968 was a wild time, man.

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Gene Editing Your Gut Biome

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In a world first, scientists have been able to edit the genes of gut bacteria inside of a living mouse. Considering your gut biome is often considered your second brain, this could have some pretty far-reaching effects.

The First Performance-Enhancing Drug That Led to an Olympics DQ Was Beer

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The 1968 Mexico City Games were the first Olympics to institute drug testing. Pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall sucked down two beers to calm his nerves before the pistol shooting event, of all things, and later blew over the allowed limit of .04 BAC.

A Bitcoin Mine May Be Causing Mass Illness in a Texas Town

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Granbury, Texas is the site of a huge Bitcoin mining operation, and locals are reporting mass migraines, nausea and vertigo they believe may be related to the constant, dull, rattling hum that comes from the mine.

Time Moves Faster on the Moon

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One of the strangest, least believable quirks of physics is that observers experience time slightly differently based on the gravity fields around them. And so, time on the Moon goes by about 0.0000575 seconds per day faster than on Earth.

America’s Fastest Growing City Is a Gigantic Retirement Home

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Georgetown, Texas has been the fastest-growing U.S. city for three years in a row, thanks to the 17,000-occupant planned community of Sun City. Residents carefree lifestyles are funded by millions in pensions and generational wealth. One member, saying the scariest part as if its cute, summed it all up: We have more fun than our daughter!

Three Mile Island Is SO Back

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An energy company is in beyond preliminary talks to rev the infamous Pennsylvania nuclear power plant back up, after it very famously, very nearly Chernobyld in 1979.

High-Altitude, High-Stakes Cleaning Crew

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Local Sherpas began a multi-year cleanup of the camps and paths leading to the Summit of Mount Everest, which the worlds rich idiots have left littered with trash and dookie. Theyve already retrieved 11 tons of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton.

U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Has Nearly Doubled Their Crystals

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The designer of the team’s uniforms declared, The more crystals, the more impact, after upping the crystals-per-uniform from 6,400 at the Tokyo games to 10,000. Imagine the power of a Simone Biles wearing 2,000 Infinity Gauntlets.

A First-Edition Frankenstein Was Up for Sale, But You Missed It

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The only privately-owned first edition of Mary Shelleys Frankenstein sold at auction for $843,750.

Is That 100 Snakes in Your Pants?

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A man attempting to pass from Hong Kong to mainland China tried to saunter through the nothing to declare gate, despite looking a whole lot like he had something to declare. Officials stopped him and found 100 snakes in his pants.

'Inside Out 2' Is at the Top of the Charts

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Inside Out 2 just became the highest-grossing Pixar movie of all time at $1.25 billion. Brace yourself for a decade of spin-offs for every age, every mammal and probably Grogu and Groot while theyre at it.

Only Three Things Have Been Recovered From the Great Pyramid

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Two of the so-called Dixon Relics, recovered (i.e., stolen) by Waynman Dixon and James Grant, are in the British Museum. The third relic was miscatalogued and has been lost. Theres a wooden plank, a stone ball and a copper hook. Its thought they were either used by construction workers, or theyre tools to help the kings soul get out like its one big escape room.

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