Random facts.
February 3, 2025 (Somehow, I missed the first day of the month) ;)
Babies born from January 1st are part of Generation Beta, a label for those born from 2025 to 2039.
A new study found that twenty percent of workers overall reported feeling depressed—and that number jumped to 35% for Gen Z.
The NFL remains America’s favorite thing to watch on TV—by far. Of the 100 broadcasts that had the highest ratings in 2024, 72 were professional football games.
When the Rams took the field for their first preseason game of the 1948 season, they exited the tunnel with hand-painted ram horns on their helmets. It was the first logo painted on an NFL helmet, and fans gave a five-minute standing ovation.
Defending champions Japan beat France to win the gold medal at the 2025 Pastry World Cup.
The world’s largest public gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela, is currently underway in India. Now in its third week, the six-week Hindu festival is expected to draw more than 400 million participants.
The average American spends the equivalent of three months per year on their smartphones.
The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Researchers at the University of Toronto have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the lightness of Styrofoam.
According to a 2024 study, omega-3 supplementation reduces aggression including both reactive aggression (in response to provocation) and proactive aggression (behavior planned in advance).
Starbucks is reversing its open-door policy after almost seven years, now requiring that people make a purchase if they want to hang out at its coffee shops or use its restrooms.
Major retailers in the U.S. closed 7,325 stores last year, the largest jump since nearly 10,000 stores closed in 2020 due to the pandemic. It’s predicted that retailers will close about 15,000 stores this year.
Belgium is set to ban disposable vapes this year. The country is taking the action in the name of public health and environmental protection.
Progresso is selling Soup Drops, a chicken noodle soup-flavored hard candy that resembles a cough drop.
Nine in 10 vehicles sold in Norway last year were electric.
Your car is likely monitoring your activity. Over 75% of car brands admit they can share or sell data collected from their vehicles’ drivers.
UNICEF says that 1 in 6 children worldwide, from Gaza to Sudan, live in a conflict zone.
The FDA approved Johnson & Johnson’s ketamine-derived nasal spray, Spravato, as the first stand-alone therapy for treatment-resistant depression—a condition where at least two standard treatments fail to improve symptoms.
The name “Bluetooth” comes from a 10th-century Viking king named Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson.
The C.I.A. has developed a chatbot that lets analysts talk with virtual versions of foreign leaders.
Two early drafts of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” sold at auction for more than $500,000.
Experts predict that 31.5 million Americans will be using GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound by 2035.
Meta is going to flood Facebook and Instagram with AI-generated characters with their own profiles that will share content and interact with users.
AI adoption is moving faster than corporate America anticipated. Workers are making use of the technology more quickly than employee handbooks can regulate the rules around it.
The moon’s temperature can range from about minus 148 degrees Fahrenheit to over 212 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 100 degrees Celsius to over 100 degrees Celsius).
According to a decade-long study of 40,000 US adults, people who were specifically morning coffee drinkers were 31 per cent less likely to die of cardiovascular disease—and 16 per cent less likely to die earlier of any cause at all—than those who drank no coffee.
A new study predicts the number of people with dementia in the US to double by 2060.
“Ultracrepidarian” is the name for a person who tries to offer opinions or expertise on topics which they are not actually knowledgable about. And the Internet is where you’ll find them.
Stay passionate!
