12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Wednesday, March 4, 2025
A computer accidentally named a baby in Nebraska and the government says no take-backs.
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A Japanese Ramen Shop Is Cyberstalking Customers Who Give Them a Bad Review
A restaurant that’s listed as the number two ramen spot in Kyoto posted CCTV footage of two unhappy customers to Instagram, offering over $600 to anyone who can identify them. The account went on to threaten “the safety of his family” and explain that “he’ll be killed right away.” To remedy it, the restaurant says, “The only thing he can do is come back, eat again, and write a good review with a photo.”
A Guy Successfully Sued a Movie Theater for Showing Too Many Ads
An Indian court ordered a theater to pay $320 in damages after a man claimed they showed too many ads and caused the movie to start late.
A Bizarrely Related Law Has Been Proposed in Connecticut
Democratic state senator Martin Looney decided a good use of the opposition party’s time would be to propose legislation that would force movie theaters to advertise the time that a movie actually starts, not the time that the trailers start playing.
You Can Buy the Promise of a Flying Car for the Price of About Three Cybertrucks
Startup Alef Aeronautics is selling flying electric cars that have the capability of going airborne for about 68 miles. Video of a prototype has gone viral, but they’re not in production yet. You can give them $300,000 and in turn receive a promise that they’ll start building them within one year.
A Citigroup Customer Was Briefly the Richest Person in Human History
The bank meant to credit a customer with $280, but accidentally sent them $81 trillion. The typo made it past two employees, and the money was in their account for hours before they could reverse it.
Luigi Mangione’s Fan Club Is Fanning Too Hard
Mangione’s lawyers have asked people to send no more than five photos at a time to his Shutterfly account, because they’re getting bottlenecked: “Please note that every photo that is received is screened and reviewed by law enforcement.”
‘Old Ladies’ in Massachusetts Are Going Garbage Fishing
A group of mostly elderly divers calling themselves Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage like to boat around Cape Cod’s 800-plus freshwater ponds and dredge up garbage from the murky depths.
Astronauts on the ISS Are Keeping Their Rooms Too Clean
Researchers believe that rashes and infections suffered by astronauts may be the result of too sterile of an environment, and suggest that some dirt and other organic matter could create a healthier microbiome.
Mount Vesuvius Turned at Least One Guy’s Brains Into Glass
Archaeologists have concluded that shards of glass found in the skull of a victim of the 79 A.D. eruption are pieces of his brain and spinal cord, which were vitrified in the extreme temperature fluctuation.
You May Be Able to Fight Off That Spoonful of Plastic in Your Brain With Antioxidants
Scientists who recreated the dangerous effects of microplastics in mice found that specific antioxidants, anthocyanins, helped reverse testicular and ovarian issues and improve fertility.
Will Stuffed Crust Save Domino’s?
Pizza Hut debuted stuffed crust pizza in 1995, and immediately sold $300 million worth. Papa Johns tried it in 2020 and their sales jumped by 30 percent. Domino’s is in some financial hot water, and they’re going to try the same stunt. They may not get as lucky, though, as three-quarters of their customers mistakenly believe they already offer stuffed crust.
A Random Phrase Generator Filled in the Blanks on a Baby’s Birth Certificate, and Now She Has the Weirdest Name You’ve Ever Heard
A father of a Nebraska baby has been fighting for over two years to get his daughter’s name officially changed from “Unakite Thirteen Hotel” to something less Elon Musk-y.
