12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Conkers is a noble sport. Or at least it was, until now.
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The King Just Started Having Lunch for the First Time, and It’s Freaking Him Out
King Charles has, reportedly, been too busy every day of his career to indulge in what commoners refer to as “lunch.” As such, he only recently came in contact with cling wrap, which caused him to “tremble” and “shriek.”
What’s the Most Valuable Company in the World?
It's currently Apple, valued at $3.46 trillion, but chipmaker Nvidia is closing in on them, at $3.3 trillion.
The Conkers World Has Been Rocked by Scandal
An 82-year-old man who’s been competing in the World Conker Championships since 1977 finally took home the grand prize. But after the runner-up accused him of foul play, the champ was found to have a metal conker in his shirt. They haven’t yet been able to prove he used it in competition.
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Started Bad, and Got Worse Than Anyone Could Have Predicted
The movie had a dismal opening weekend, but followed it up with a historically bad one. It dropped 81 percent in box office sales in just one week, the worst dip of any comic book movie in history.
Jupiter Is a Big Jelly-Filled Doughnut
Astronomers have observed the gigantic red storm on the surface of Jupiter “wobbling like jelly,” and can’t figure out why. None of them are brave enough to posit that the whole planet is a big ol’ doughnut.
Bath & Body Works Is Sorry About the Klandle
After social media posts went viral pointing out that a new candle from Bath & Body Works looked like it had a bunch of KKK hoods on it, the company pulled the product and apologized.
Finally We Know THE Best Highway Convenience Store
The American Customer Satisfaction Index has finally put to rest an age-old rivalry of convenience stores. The results put Sheetz at number five, Murphy USA and Buc-ee’s tied for third, QuickTrip at number two and Wawa, rightfully, in the number one spot.
Pointless Website of the Day: Complicated Math for No Reason
Math Encrypt is a site that asks you to enter any whole positive integer, and it will whip up a mind-bogglingly complicated equation that represents the same value.
Skrillex Is an Anaphrodisiac
A scientific study found that Skrillex’s song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” keeps mosquitos distracted in a way that causes them to mate less frequently.
A Panda Truce
After China recalled their pandas from the U.S. a couple of years ago amid tensions between the two countries, they’re finally starting to lease them out again. Two three-year-old pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are on their way to Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian National Zoo, where they will likely remain lifelong virgins.
How Many Times Will Your Heart Beat in Your Lifetime?
A healthy adult will have a BPM of 60 to 100 beats per minute, so 100,800 is a healthy amount of beats for one day. That’s around 36 million beats per year. So, in general, you’re looking at around 2.85 billion heartbeats in a lifetime.
What Did People Used to Call Scarecrows?
If you think about it for three seconds, “scarecrow” is a stupid name for the spooky little mascot farmers put in their fields. People used to have more fun with it! At other times in history, people would refer to it as a blencher, a potato-boggle, a moggy, a jack-of-straw or a hobidy-booby.
