12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Thursday, March 27, 2025
Have you ever noticed that marathon runners are a little off? There’s a reason for that.
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Which U.S. Cities Have the Most Green Space?
A study of parkland looking at factors like population, number of parks and total park area found that: Scottsdale, Arizona came in third with 1,280 acres of green space per 10,000 residents, Chesapeake, Virginia came in second with 27.3 percent of the city being designated park area and Anchorage, Alaska came in first with over 30,000 green acres per 10,000 residents.
Running a Marathon Literally Deteriorates Your Brain
A study found that the human body will start metabolizing myelin, which insulates brain cells, during a marathon. It takes about two months for the brain to recover.
Never Heard of the Small Business Administration? You’re About to Hear About It Nonstop
One small wing of the federal government (less than half a percent of the federal workforce) is making headlines, and probably won’t stop for a while. On top of having 43 percent of its staff cut, it’s now in charge of managing your student loans, since the administration is planning to kill off the Department of Education.
Bad News for Bayer
A jury ordered Bayer to pay $2.1 billion in damages to a man who sued claiming that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer. The company faces about 177,000 other lawsuits for the same thing. We’re not mathematicians, but that doesn’t seem very sustainable for Bayer.
Humans Were Harassing Mammoths for Millennia
Humans killed off the last woolly mammoths about 4,000 years ago, but an archaeological site in Austria has uncovered what appears to be an ivory processing plant, with evidence of people harvesting mammoth tusks as far back as 25,000 years ago.
Airline Safety Videos Are Getting More Expensive
As airlines compete to make more high production value, star-studded in-flight safety videos costing millions of dollars, a new study found that the more complicated and distracting the video, the less effective it is for making people actually learn what they need to do in an emergency.
The Fastest to 34
The Spurs’ Sandro Mamukelashvili set an NBA record by scoring 34 points in just 19 minutes.
A Goat Helped a Kangaroo Escape a Farm
South Carolina police had to collect an escaped kangaroo, and its owner later discovered that her goat had helped it by unlatching its gate.
How Many Dachshunds Is Too Many Dachshunds?
The record for the world’s largest dachshund walk was set at 897, at Regensburg, Germany’s Dackelparade.
Crossing the Country in a Perfectly Straight Line
“Straight line missions” are would-be influencer endeavors to cross great distances in a straight line, with one YouTuber in particular making a valiant effort to cross Wales without going off course.
Cross-Border Egg Smuggling Is Up Over 100 Percent
Customs officials say they intercepted 3,254 egg-smuggling attempts in January and February, a 116-percent increase from the same window last year. Smugglers face fines of up to $300.
Anti-Vax Dorks Are About to Run Out of Excuses
If you’re scared of big needles but you trust crystals (which, let’s be honest, is like 90 percent of the RFK Jr. crowd), scientists have developed the perfect drug delivery system. This new approach injects crystalized medicine under your skin, which then assembles itself into clusters that release slowly into the bloodstream.
