12 Trivia Tidbits to Sprinkle on Your Brainpan As A Garnish

Ricotta cheese's name means “recooked,” since it’s created by heating leftover whey from other cheeses.

Though many modern biscuits are baked only once, the word comes from the Latin biscoctum, or “twice-baked.” Biscuits used to be baked twice to achieve their crispy texture, and that process is still applied to biscotti.

The seminal sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451 first appeared in the March 1954 issue of Playboy. Meaning you probably actually have “read it for the articles” at least once.

It was “Luke Starkiller” until it was changed because, well, that’s a little aggressive for a hero.

In an officially sanctioned table tennis match, balls are required to be thrown at least 6 inches in the air before serving.

Fresh cheese curds should squeak when you bite into them. If they don’t, they’re at least a few days old.

It’s the Falabella, with a 30.4 centimeter tall specimen setting the record for smallest horse in 1978.

Rabbits can carry a potentially fatal disease called tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever.”

It might sound like a setup for a joke that’s not appropriate for the dinner table, but here's the real answer: a jenny.

It was an incredibly valuable color, and as such, it was reserved for nobility.

His name was Frederick Banting, and he received a Nobel Prize for it in 1921.

The bottom of Pennsylvania is the 40th parallel, the original Mason-Dixon Line.