12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Thursday, November 14, 2024
Good news: There’s a National Toy Hall of Fame. Bad news: Balloons got snubbed.
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REI Is Blacklisting Liars
REI has always had a pretty lenient return policy, but heading into the holiday season, they’re tightening up the ship, including blacklisting .02 percent of their members for “past abuse” of their policy.
What’s the Real Reason Everyone in Old Photos Has Resting Ghost Face?
There’s a myth that people found the act of getting their photo taken to be such a huge honor, they didn’t want to cheapen the moment with a grin. In reality, it took several minutes to capture the image, and it’s hard to hold a smile for that long.
The World’s Highest Skating Rink
The highest-elevation skating rink in the world is nestled in the mountains of Kazakhstan. Medeu Alpine Ice Rink sits at 5,548 above seal level, and is about the size of two football fields.
The U.S. Navy Finally Found ‘The Dancing Mouse’
The World War II destroyer USS Edsall was nicknamed “The Dancing Mouse” by Japanese forces who repeatedly failed to sink it. The ship dodged thousands of attacks from the sea and the air, before sustaining a single fatal blow and sinking to the bottom of the Indian Ocean. The Navy has just confirmed that it’s located the wreckage.
‘The Line’ Has Becomes More of a Period
The CEO of Neom, the $500 billion city once called The Line, quit after the structure was downgraded from 105 miles long to a frankly embarrassing 1.5 miles. Nadhmi al-Nasr once said, “I drive everybody like a slave,” and indeed he‘’s killed a bunch of workers in his thus-far failed city.
How Many People Have Died in Neom’s Construction?
A documentary found that an astronomical 21,000 migrant workers have already died, with an additional 100,000 having gone missing.
A ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Flub for the Ages
A contestant decided to solve when the board looked like: _ _ _E _OURSE_F A ROUN_ OF A_ _ _AUSE. Instead of “give yourself a round of applause,” he guessed, “Treat yourself a round of sausage.”
A.I. Continues to Miss the Mark
People are sharing screenshots of the most bizarre, inaccurate, heartless summaries of important missives made by Apple’s A.I. Breakup texts have been summarized as “Apology for subpar communication; life busy; not ready for a relationship” and “not feeling romantic spark; apologizes for ending things.”
Science Says: Sound Body, Sound Mind
A study found that muscle contraction releases myokines, molecules that are crucial to stimulating nerve cell growth.
Spirit Airlines Can’t Catch a Break
Just days after a raccoon fell out of the ceiling in a Spirit terminal at LaGuardia, a gang in Haiti shot a Spirit plane on the runway in Port-au-Prince. The FAA has halted all U.S. flights to and from Haiti for 30 days in response.
The Latest Inductees to the National Toy Hall of Fame
The big winners of 2024 include My Little Pony and Transformers.
Who Got Snubbed?
Among the finalists who got beat out were Hess trucks, Pokemon cards, Apples to Apples and freaking balloons.
