12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Mars has escaped its enclosure, and dudes are finding out their girlfriends are just real-estate agents in disguise. What a week.
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Moon Bricks That Self-Heal With Bacteria
Scientists have developed bacteria that may be used to fill in cracks that develop in bricks made from Moon dirt (if humans survive long enough to start building permanent structures up there).
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Somehow Didn’t Flop
The internet dunked on the film since the first trailer dropped, but recent reviews sounded oddly promising, and the film managed to make $157 million over its opening weekend, when it was projected at around $80 million. That’s the best opening for any video game-based movie.
A Promising Development in the Abolition of Animal Testing
A new 3D-printed material made of living cells may replace actual living animals, specifically in testing cosmetics that contain potentially harmful nanoparticles.
We Have Good News and Bad News, Re: Billionaires
Over the first two days after Trump announced his tariffs, the world’s 500 richest people lost $536 billion. Jeff Bezos lost $23 billion, Mark Zuckerberg lost $27 billion and Elon Musk lost $31 billion. The bad news is, they’re still billionaires, and they’ll ultimately be fine.
A Surgeon Was Fined $10,000 for Sharing a Picture of the Worst Penis He’d Ever Seen
A New Zealand surgeon took a picture of a patient’s swastika penis tattoo and shared it with some friends on WhatsApp. The patient was hospitalized after his homemade pipe bomb exploded in his hands.
Mars Attacks
Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center is home to a display of gigantic inflatable planets called “Celestial Bodies.” The 30-foot model of Mars broke free from its enclosure and rolled around the capital for a day.
Scientists Peter Pan-Ified a Toad
Scientists are planning to field-test a new genetically modified “Peter Pan cane toad” that has had a gene removed from its DNA, causing it to remain in its tadpole state for its whole lifespan, swimming around and consuming invasive species in the water.
A Guy Gave a Can of Diet Coke to an Uncontacted Tribe
An America has been arrested after sailing to North Sentinel Island, leaving a can of soda for the people who live there and, of course, filming a video for his YouTube channel. The last guy who went there was killed, but no such luck this time.
A Rogue Hawk Is Targeting Bald British Men
A hawk described as “hormonal” dive bombed at least 50 bald guys in Flamstead, Hertfordshire before finally being captured.
A First-Time Mom at the Age of 97
An endangered 97-year-old tortoise named Mommy just had a set of four hatchlings for the first time in her life. She’s lived in captivity since she hatched and was stolen from the Galapagos Islands by some guy from Pennsylvania in 1932.
The Best College Town in the United States
Thrillist says of all the towns that subsist on the fresh young blood of stressed-out college kids with disposable income, the 10 best include State College, Pennsylvania, Madison, Wisconsin and Boulder, Colorado.
A Real Estate Firm Running a Girlfriend Grift
Thirty-one men in China say their girlfriends convinced them to buy apartments in the Huizhou area, but they later found out they were victims of a 15-woman gang who would pretend to date men in order to sell real estate.
