12 Random Facts That Are Likely to Leak Out of Your Ears Without the Proper Emulsifier

A guy dropped his AirPod on a German train, and while reaching for it, got his arm stuck under an armrest. His hand swelled up, and an emergency crew had to dismantle a seat, a luggage rack and saw through the armrest to free him.

A quarter costs 14 cents to mint and a dime costs six, while a penny costs three cents and a nickel costs 13.

Haribo had to recall bags of Happy Cola F!ZZ after a family reported feeling all funny when they ate some. Samples of their bag were taken, and cannabis was found inside. It’s unclear if weed somehow got into actual Haribo candy, or if there was some mix-up on the consumers’ end.

Japanese names are written in Kanji, which are adapted from Chinese script, and may have several different pronunciations. A new trend has parents naming their kids things that look cute in Kanji, but can leave hospital and school workers clueless on how they’re actually pronounced. A new law will ban people from naming their kids “Kitty,” “Pudding” and “Pikachu” without writing out the phonetic pronunciation.

A feud between two Amazon influencers (a phrase that would never be uttered in a just world) is coming to an end as both the plaintiff and defendant have asked the judge to dismiss the case. The two influencers, Sydney Nicole Sloneker and Alyssa Sheil, grew their followings by promoting the same white, cream and beige products, and the former sued the latter for stealing her hideously sterile style.

Scientists have developed a substance using resilin, an extremely elastic protein that allows fleas to jump incredible distances, that repels 100 percent of bacteria it comes in with.

Newly discovered fossilized pollen indicates that flowers have been around for at least 123 million years. For reference, primates came along 55 million years ago, and dinosaurs emerged 245 million years ago (and died out 66 million years ago). Sucks to be an early dinosaur and never see a flower.

At the same time that chains like McDonald’s are reporting a dip in purchases from middle- and low-income consumers, the CEO of Campbell’s says that people are cooking up more soup than at any time since the early pandemic: “Consumers are cooking at home at the highest levels since early 2020 and turning to our brands for value.”

A new species of bacteria, Niallia tiangongensis, has been discovered in a Chinese space station. The strain has adapted to heal itself of radiation damage.

128 of the FAA’s 290 towers are understaffed. The most dire situations are in Morristown, New Jersey (57.9 percent staffed), Waterloo, Iowa (56.5 percent) and Rochester, Minnesota (47.8 percent).

The chief scientist for the company that made the bold claim that they used genetic engineering to bring back the dire wolf form extinction has itted they just kind of genetically Photoshopped the common grey wolf.

99.999 percent of all terrestrial gold exists in a molten state in the Earth’s core, but examination of Hawaiian volcanoes indicates that some of it is leaking out.