12 Trivia Tidbits About Pop Culture And More For This Wednesday, April 16, 2025

A Georgia man called 911 while rushing home to investigate what he thought was a break-in, but it took three separate calls to finally get through. When he did, he said he heard the dispatcher mumbling, “Uh-huh... McGriddle... uh-huh.”

St. Augustine, Florida’s Capybara Cafe operates just like a cat cafe, with animals mingling with customers consuming actual food, except instead of kittens it’s a bunch of gigantic, mellow rodents.

A 71-year-old Nevada man argued that the seven unregistered tigers he kept in his home were prescribed by a doctor to treat his PTSD. The ADA, for the record, only recognizes dogs and miniature horses as official service animals.

Kenyan authorities intercepted a wildlife smuggling ring that involved putting 5,000 queen ants in little two-ant homes that were designed to sustain the insects for two months and go through airport security undetected.

Eight people were sentenced to prison after their eel larvae smuggling ring was broken up by authorities who keep comparing it to a sophisticated drug heist.

Some members of the Sorbian community in Schliefe, Germany are descendants of Slavic tribes that settled there over a thousand years ago, and they’ve been keeping up a tradition of delicately painting eggs for at least that long.

A semi-truck that was carrying about $112,140 worth of eggs caught fire in Illinois and burned to the ground.

A study found that only about 60 to 70 percent of twins shared environmental allergies, despite identical twins sharing 100 percent of their genes.

In 2023, someone known only as The Joker figured out that they could virtually guarantee a $60 million profit (from a $95 million jackpot) in the Texas Lottery by simply purchasing around 25 million tickets.

An ancient amber carving of a bear was unearthed by people digging up peat in Poland in 1887. It was likely worn as a charm by an Stone Age hunter, and its translucent orange color makes it resemble a modern gummy bear.

Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend helped design the Blue Origin flight suits, and said they’re both elegant and “bring a little spice to space.” Meanwhile, Katy Perry said, “Space is going to finally be glam. We are going to put the ‘ass’ in ‘astronaut.’”

There’s no way the modern economy could support the classic $5 footlong subs of yore, but Subway is still hung up on their signature dish, so they’re offering 12-inch troughs of Mexican food — $5 footlong nachos.