12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Tuesday, May 6, 2025
If you love what you do (collect bites from venomous snakes like they’re baseball cards), you’ll never work a day in your life.
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Human-Made Infrastructure Is Slowing Down the Earth’s Rotation
As humans have begun building bigger structures over the last few decades, the sheer masses of the projects are actually impacting the planet. China’s Three Gorges Dam, completed in 2006, is estimated to slow the Earth’s rotation by 0.06 microseconds per year.
Sperm Have a Temperature Preference
A study has found that sperm switch into a hyperactive state and go absolute cuckoo-bananas in warm temperatures, suggesting they kick their swimming into high gear when they make it into the female reproductive tract.
Fecal Transplants May Be a Cure for Alcoholism
In the first human trial meant to study alcohol addiction, transplant of fecal microbiota (poop bacteria) was found to significantly reduce craving and consumption.
What Are the Most Beautiful Words in the English Language?
Linguists have nominated a few words and phrases, like “murmuring,” “ailurophile” and the dark horse “cellar door.”
A Snake Venom Connoisseur Made an Antivenom From His Own Blood
Tim Friede is a Wisconsin mechanic whose hobby from 2001 to 2019 was getting bit by snakes. He’s now a director of a biotech start-up, and they’ve used his blood to create an “unparalleled” antivenom.
Venom and Antivenom by the Numbers
Friede set out to bring attention to the 140,000 snake bite deaths and 450,000 injuries that occur every year. He was bitten by 200 different snakes, and injected himself with the venom of 700 more. The antivenom made from his super blood is expected to protect against 19 different snake bites, and could rise to the top of the $600 million antivenom industry.
Quick, What’s the Grossest Thing You Could Find in a McNugget?
A mom of four regaled her TikTok followers with the tale of her daughter biting into “something hard” while eating McDonald’s, and finding what appears to be a human tooth.
A New Oldest Living Person Has Been Crowned
Five months after achieving the title, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas has passed away. The new oldest person is 115-year-old Ethel Caterham. She says her secret is “never arguing with anyone,” which isn’t very girlboss of her.
How Long Would It Take to Clean Up $80,000 in Dimes?
A truck with 800,000 dimes crashed on a Texas highway, and the cleanup took 14 hours.
The Pulitzer Prize Has Never Been Revoked, But One Person Has Returned It
Journalist Janet Cooke won the prize in 1981 for her story about an eight-year-old heroin addict who, it was later revealed, never existed. Cooke eventually returned it, and they awarded it to the runner-up.
A.I. Companies Are Intentionally Staffing Neurodivergent People
Up to one in five people in America may be neurodivergent, but that population is underrepresented in the workforce. Some companies, including A.I. training projects, are now intentionally hiring neurodiverse teams to tap into “varied thinking styles.”
The World Record for Single-Hand Toilet Paper Stacking
Multiple record-holder David Rush stacked 10 rolls of toilet paper in a lightning-quick 5.38 seconds.
