12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Friday, March 7, 2025
There’s a startup that wants to bring back the woolly mammoth, but it’s starting by making mice woolly first.
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How Long Does It Take for a Full Bottle of Water to Evaporate?
Someone on TikTok has been running an experiment, and announced his bottle was officially dry after 1,902 days.
Germany’s Matchmaking Tree
The Bräutigamseiche, or Bridegroom’s Oak, is a huge old tree with a hole up high where people can either deposit or read love letters. It has its own postal address and gets dozens of letters delivered every month. Visitors can choose to respond to a letter writer if they like what they read.
Which Sex Positions Burn the Most Calories?
One personal trainer (and holistic fitness start-up CEO, so, take this all with a grain of salt) has calculated how many calories you’ll burn after 30 minutes of sex. If you’re doing missionary, the top will burn 143 calories to the bottom’s 44, doggy will burn 118 in front and up to 211 in back and cowgirl will burn up to 172. If there are more positions than that, we haven’t heard of them.
Heat Ages You on a Molecular Level
A study has found that extreme heat can actually speed up your biological age, causing your cells to deteriorate more quickly.
The Supreme Court Says We Can All Eat Shit
The highest court in the land ruled against the EPA, weakening rules that limited the amount of raw sewage that’s allowed in our drinking water. Better than fluoride though, right?
Gnawing on Wood May Be the Next Big Health Craze
A study found that chewing on something harder than chewing gum, like a wooden popsicle stick, increased the natural antioxidant glutathione (and also improved memory while it was at it).
The Food and Beverage Industry Keeps Adding Booze to Your Favorite ‘90s Drinks
First it was hard SunnyD, and now Kraft Heinz is introducing a “vodka refresher” with Crystal Light sprinkled in.
Electric Cars With Tiny Helipads
Chinese EV maker BYD is adding roof-mounted drone launchpads to all their cars. The devices can follow your car at up to 33 miles per hour.
Monopoly Is Removing the Fun Part and Replacing It With Screen Time
Monopoly App Banking is a new version of the game where you do all the banking on an app, instead of handling paper money and doing math.
A Thief Swallowed Almost $1 Million Worth of Jewelry to Evade Arrest
A guy pretended to be shopping on behalf of an Orlando Magic player in Florida, then ran off with a few pieces of jewelry. Police tracked his car back to Texas, where he was taken into custody shortly after slurping down $770,000 worth of evidence.
A De-Extinction Start-up
Colossal Biosciences’ mission is to bring animals back from the dead, including the dodo and the Tasmanian tiger. They recently gene edited some mice to increase their cold tolerance, creating what they’re calling “woolly mice” en route to resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
Another, Pervier Set of Scientists Has Made Strides in Keeping Animal Species Alive: 3D-Printed Penises
Scientists have 3D-printed rabbit and pig penises and surgically implanted them, allowing them to successfully reproduce just a few weeks after their operations.
