12 Trivia Facts That Touch Upon Pop Culture, Science, And A Burrito

General Mills’ net sales have dropped by seven percent in recent months, with its CEO calling it a “slowdown in snacking.” Other snack companies (and even dog treat brands) are seeing similar cutbacks. Americans seem to be cutting out snack foods as their budgets tighten and the foods become more expensive.

Scientists were able to replace a gene in mice associated with Dravet syndrome, a form of epilepsy. Symptoms were alleviated, and there were no adverse side effects.

Tiktok has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and will now send out Amber Alerts to its users where applicable.

The French government has floated the idea of distributing manuals to citizens to instruct them on how to weather threats from armed conflict to climate disaster.

Edible Brands has locked down Edibles.com, where they’ll sell edible THC products and hemp drinks.

A study found that krill, which are a primary source of nourishment for the remarkably fast swimmers, have evolved the ability to sniff penguin poop in the water, and absolutely freak the heck out. Or, more scientifically: “A small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill.”

Self-described “King of the Cactus Pirates” Andrea Piombetti was caught with thousands of Chilean cacti, some of which were centuries old, in his Italian home, but the statute of limitations ran out while his trial was still going on.

Aside from being brightly painted, ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed with scents like rose and beeswax.

American runner Shelby Houlihan claimed that a tainted burrito was responsible for her testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug leading up to the Paris Olympics. In her grand return to the sport, she earned silver in the 3,000 meters at the World Indoor Championships.

In 2024, the James Webb Space Telescope found JADES-GS-z14-0, which is currently the farthest galaxy from Earth that we can see. It takes 13.4 billion years for light to reach us from there, giving us a remarkable look into the universe’s past.

A.I. developer Noam Shazeer left Google in 2021 after they refused to release a chatbot he’d created. Three years later, Google lured him back in with a $2.7 billion licensing deal for his start-up, Character AI.

Two weeks after a man was caught swallowing $770,000 worth of Tiffany diamond earrings, they’ve finally worked their way through his system and have been recovered by authorities.