12 Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Touching grass isn't for everyone. Some folks probably should stay locked in their rooms playing Temple Run all day.
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The Most-Searched Sexual Terms on the Internet
Prosthetic penis company Emisil dug into some search data and found that the most-Googled sex-related terms over the past year were “Does sex hurt?” (153 million searches), “Is sex good for you?” (265 million searches) and “Why do people have sex?” (270 million). Surely Google’s bullshit A.I. provided users with accurate and high quality answers.
A Guy Smashed an American Airlines Help Desk With a Hammer
After learning that he’d been sold a fake ticket by a scammer, a guy flew into a rage and wrecked the counter with a hammer they just had lying around.
What Do Americans Want to Kill the Most?
Google search data shows that the pests people are asking most often how to kill are flies, fleas and ants, while the flora they most want to rid themselves of are weeds, mold and grass.
Mozart’s Ethereal Last Words
Wolfie went out with an artsy, mysterious flair: “The taste of death is upon my lips. I feel something that is not of this Earth.”
The Bigger Your Car, the More Likely You Are to Kill Someone
A study of 7.5 million two-vehicle crashes found that an accident with an SUV is 66 percent more likely to cause a death than an accident with a compact car. Good thing there’s an absolutely horrific number of them on the road — 79 percent of new car sales in the U.S. last year were SUVs and trucks.
Kids Start Lying at Four Months Old
A survey of parents in the U.S., U.K. and Australia found that half of children are capable of “pretending” (aka lying) by 12 months, and that some even show this capacity at just four months.
A Tourist Got Caught Vandalizing Pompeii, and Has to Pay for Restoration
One year after a guy was seen on camera (but not yet caught) carving his girlfriend’s name on the Colosseum, another guy was apprehended after carving the letters “ALI” into a stone wall in Pompeii. He’s on the hook for whatever it costs to restore the property.
The $500,000 Dime
There are just two 1975 dimes that misspell San Francisco with an extra “s.” One of them was inherited by three farmer’s daughters 40 years ago, and has been sitting in a bank vault. The first one sold for $465,000, and this one is expected to fetch half a million.
What Are the Most Republican Products on the Market?
A YouGov survey has found that consumers consider 71 percent of brands partisan. Republicans are loyal to Ford, Cracker Barrel, Pillsbury and A&W, for example.
What Are the Most Lib-Coded Products on the Market?
On the other end of the spectrum, Democrats prefer Subaru, California Pizza Kitchen, Ben & Jerry’s and LaCroix.
What Are the Most Bipartisan Companies?
If capitalism can solve the partisan divide, it’ll do it through brands like KFC, Buffalo Wild Wings, La Quinta and Mike’s Hard Lemonade.
People Are Recreating ‘Temple Run’ in Actual Temples
The viral #templerunchallenge has people running recklessly through UNESCO World Heritage Sites, particularly Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.
