12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Thursday, March 20, 2025
While Elon Musk was showing off an army of remote-control robot bartenders, his biggest competitor was revolutionizing electric vehicle batteries.
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How Far Did Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore Travel?
The astronauts whose eight-day work trip turned into a nine-month ordeal just landed back on Earth. While they were up there, they traveled 121 million miles and circled the Earth 4,576 times.
Volkswagen’s Sausage Sale Is Booming
The numbers are in: the curry sausage that VW produces out of Wolfsburg, Germany had record sales in 2024, unloading 8.5 million links. Don’t ask about the company’s net profit, which fell by 30 percent.
Investors Think Google Overpaid on Its Biggest Purchase of All Time
After shelling out $32 billion for digital security company Wiz (doubling what it paid for Motorola), its stock unexpectedly dipped four percent.
The App That Forces You to Touch Grass
Touch Grass is an activity tracking app that goes beyond just rubbing your nose in your screen time. It forces you to go outside and take a picture of yourself touching actual grass to unlock other apps on your phone.
A Tesla Competitor Just Released an EV Battery That Can Charge in Five Minutes
As Tesla tries to save itself with fake tech demonstrations and desperate flash sales on the White House lawn, Chinese company BYD just announced what appears to be a legitimate EV battery that can charge in about as long as it takes to fill a gas tank. The two companies were basically tied in total value until recently, when Tesla roughly halved its value and BYD roughly double its own.
A Map of the Longest Place Names in Europe
One of BrilliantMaps.com’s brilliant maps is a visual layout of the longest place names in Europe, from Finland’s Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä to Italy’s San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore.
Mount Everest Climbers Are Looking to Replace Sherpas With Drones
A new $70,000 drone may be used to carry heavy equipment from base camp to Camp 1, cutting a seven-hour hike down to a 15-minute flight.
Who Invented the March Madness Bracket?
There are two competing and apparently credible claims: A Postal Service worker from Kentucky alleges to have used his softball league’s bracket to take bets in 1978, while a Staten Island bar claims to have set up a betting pool using the bracket in 1977.
Humans Have More in Common With Electric Eels Than We Thought
A new study found that cells around our organs and skin generate a tiny pulse of electricity when they’re injured. This information could be helpful in developing revolutionary methods for healing wounds and cell damage.
The Youngest Person to Break the Four-Minute Mile
Sam Ruthe, a 15-year-old out of New Zealand, ran a 3:58.35.
The Worst U.S. Cities for Allergies
If you suffer from seasonal allergies, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America says you’ll want to stay away from Oklahoma City, New Orleans and Wichita.
105 Days With a Titanium Heart
Scientists have been trying to perfect the artificial heart, to buy time for patients on wait lists who desperately need a donor heart. An Australian man just set a record, surviving with a titanium heart for 105 days before finally receiving a donor organ.
