12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Thursday, February 6, 2025
Imagine being told you’re too fat to tranquilize, then the Department of Fish and Wildlife successfully lures you into a trap with chicken and peanut butter.
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Who Talks More, Women or Men?
A study has found that, between the ages of 25 and 65, women speak on average 3,000 more words per day than men. What men lack in content, they also lack in substance.
The Intruder Bear That Was Too Fat to Tranquilize
A family that evacuated their home during the Eaton fire returned to find a 525-pound bear had taken refuge in their crawl space, preventing them from turning their utilities back on. The Department of Fish and Wildlife decided that “chemical immobilization of the bear was not an option,” so the bear was lured into a live trap with apples and chicken.
A California Mammal Was Just Photographed for the First Time, 100 Years After It Was Discovered
The Mount Lyell shrew is known as the state’s most elusive animal, and someone was finally able to take a picture of a live specimen for the first time.
Apes Can Tell If You’re Stupid
A study found that apes can draw a conclusion about whether another person or ape has certain knowledge, and will intervene if they don’t. Three bonobos watched a researcher play the cup game (a grape or a Cheerio was hidden under one of three cups). When it was clear that the researcher already knew which cup, the apes were chill. But if it was clear he was flying blind, the apes would try to tell him which cup it was under.
The Most Suburban American Crime Ever Committed
Someone broke into a South Carolina outlet mall by busting down the doors to the Salty Dog, then cutting holes in the wall to access a Sunglass Hut and a Claire’s. About $1 million of merchandise was stolen (mainly in sunglasses).
Rubies and Emeralds Get Their Colors From the Same Element, But a Slight Difference in Crystal Structure Causes a Major Difference in Hue
Chromium makes up about 1 percent of both crystals, and accounts for their respective red and green hues. In rubies, chromium is surrounded by oxygen ions, which cause every color but red to be absorbed into its crystalline structure. In emeralds, the introduction of silicon and beryllium cause the structure to absorb everything but green.
The World’s Oldest Newlyweds
Bernie Littman (100) and cradle robber Marjorie Fiterman (102) hold the record for the oldest combined age of newlyweds, at 202 years and 271 days.
Three People Took a Subway Train for a Joy Ride — And Then Returned It
MTA workers found an R train slightly out of place on a storage track, where it had been left locked up but unattended. They were puzzled until social media video surfaced of three people whipping it around the tracks “at a high rate of speed.”
Finally: A Cologne That Smells Like Your Crustiest Aunt
Miller High Life, the world’s foremost authority on attractive scents and flavors, is making a cologne that smells like a dive bar.
A DEA Officer Indiana Jones’d a Brick of Cocaine
A cop was sentenced to 17 years in prison after being caught dealing drugs he’d stolen from evidence lockers. In at least one case, he gingerly swapped a brick of cocaine with a similarly sized brick that he’d 3D printed.
ACAB Means Fu Zai
A corgi named Fu Zai has become an internet sensation in China, but unfortunately he’s a copaganda psyop. There is some justice in the world, as Fu Zai was denied a year-end bonus for sleeping too much and peeing in his water bowl.
Two Siblings Hit Game-Winning Buzzer-Beaters in the Same Weekend
Stanford basketball player Jaylen Blakes drove down the court and hit a step-back jumper to upset North Carolina on a Saturday, and the next day his sister Mikayla scored off a rebound to put Vanderbilt over Tennessee for the first time in six years.
