12 Random Bits of Trivia That’ll Get Stuck in Your Brain Like the Detritus That Won’t Come Out of the Bottom of the Garbage Can
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The Brand New EV With a Baguette Holder
The Renault 5 E-Tech Electric boasts that it’s “the very first car specifically equipped to carry baguettes from the bakers.”
Singing to Your Baby Could Shut Them Up
A four-month study of 110 parents found that singing tends to boost moods and decrease fussiness in infants. They’re working on a follow-up study to see if it also helps with adults’ stress and postpartum depression.
Time Flies Like an Arrow; Fruit Flies Like a Banana — And Cocaine
University of Utah scientists genetically modified fruit flies to make them addicted to cocaine, to help study addiction in humans.
Architects Had to Save a New York City Building in Secret
The Citigroup Center was dedicated in 1977, but within a year, its lead scientist realized that swapping out welded ts for bolts made it susceptible to crumbling under the pressure of strong winds. A crew spent three months working in the dead of night to shore it up.
Australian Cockatoos Have Learned How to Use Water Fountains
Sulphur-crested cockatoos are as common in some Australian cities as pigeons, and a bunch of them in Sydney have figured out how to use water fountains by watching humans do it. There are also reports of escaped pet cockatoos teaching the wild ones to speak Australian.
Historians Discovered an Extremely Rare, Extremely Old Apple Tree in Maine
An unassuming tree on an island in Maine is a Drap D’Or de Bretagna, which may be the only one of its kind in North America. Based on historical documentation, it’s thought to be at least 200 years old.
Shareholders Told Zaslav to Kick Rocks
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted by a wide majority to reject David Zaslav’s $52 million bonus, and those of other executives too. The bad news is: It was a symbolic vote, and those execs are, obviously, going to pay themselves regardless.
Revenge May Be Addictive
There’s a theory that achieving revenge has a similar impact on neural structure as a chemical addiction. Potential interventions include acting out the experience of exacting revenge in a closed setting, to attain closure without getting the full cerebral dose of vengeance.
Viral Slang of the Year
Mashable’s breakdown of the most viral internet slang of 2025 includes “aura farming” (the attempt to cultivate a vibe), “fanum tax” (sneaking a bite of someone else’s food) and “mogger” (someone so striking, they absorb all the attention in the room).
Major Beef Around a Major Dictionary
Frederick Furnivall, one of the cofounders of the Oxford English Dictionary, had a public feud with Nobel Prize-nominated poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. Swinburne called Furnivall’s Shakespeare Society “Fartiwell and Co.” and “The Shitspeare Society.”
What’s the Ocean’s Longest Fish?
The whale shark is neither whale, nor shark, but fish. The biggest one ever recorded was 62 feet long.
The Oldest Wheel of Parmesan Cheese Ever Opened
An Italian cheese broke the record by six years when it was sliced open after aging for 27 years.
