12 Trivia Tidbits for Friday, July 26, 2024
If I’m not supposed to suck on those silica gel packets, why do they look like Zyns?
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You Can’t Burp in Space
The lack of gravity means that air, food and liquid are all chundering around in a big gross slurry in your stomach, so if you tried to burp in space, you’d just puke.
Your Parents Lied: You Can Swim Directly After You Sleep
The idea that you’ll cramp up and die if you don’t wait half an hour comes from a 1908 Boy Scout handbook that said, “You may drown — and it will be your own fault.” But the American Red Cross has found exactly zero correlation with “fatal or non-fatal drowning.”
Usain Bolt Was Holding Back
Usain Bolt’s record 9.58-second 100-meter race has stood since 2009. With the “perfect” body, acceleration and gait, it’s thought that a human could run it in as fast as 6.97 seconds.
Giant Corpse Flower Livestream
The giant corpse flower is known for two things: blooming only briefly every three years, and smelling like absolute shit. A hemp farm is currently livestreaming its giant corpse flower as it’s expected to bloom soon.
CrowdStrike Apologized With Uber Eats Gift Cards
After costing an estimated $5.4 billion in damages with their faulty software update, CrowdStrike has been sending its partners $10 gift certificates to make up for the overtime work.
Dieters Are Eating Silica Now
Silica gel packets love to tell you not to eat them, despite looking like Zyn packets. California grocery store Erewhon is selling a “Scandi Summer Blueberry Cobbler,” which includes silica among its CVS receipt of trendy nonsense supplements.
Grindr Is Blocked in the Olympic Village
Grindr hasn’t publicly commented yet, but users in Paris have reported getting a “no profiles found” message when in or near the Olympic Village. In the 2016 and 2021 Olympics, closeted athletes from “notoriously homophobic” countries were outed against their will via the app, so it seems like Grindr is trying to get out ahead of that this year.
A 72-Year-Old Huckleberry Forager Fought Off a Grizzly Bear
A Montana man was picking huckleberries in Flathead National Forest when a grizzly charged him. The man whipped out his handgun and shot it.
Team USA’s Worst Best Performance
The USA Olympic Men’s Soccer Team peaked in 1904, when they took home silver. The problem is, only three teams competed that year. Two of them were from the United States.
I Don’t Want to Jinx It, But We May Have a Literal Cure for HIV
The drug lenacapavir was found to be 100 percent effective in preventing HIV infection when taken twice a year. One big problem: it costs $40,000 per year in the U.S.
The IOC’s SLC Quid Pro Quo
It was announced that the 2034 Olympics will be held in Salt Lake City, after the International Olympic Committee convinced the state of Utah to block the FBI from investigating an ongoing Olympic doping scandal.
King Charles Got a Bonus
The idea that taxpayers pay for the royal family’s lifestyle isn’t totally accurate. They make their money from the Crown Estate, a portfolio of domestic and international real estate that they colonized fair and square. That portfolio had a great year, and thus, King Charles is taking home an extra $58 million.
