Skeleton Trivia for Wednesday, 2025-11-19
Please support your local mom and pop cetaceans
Hiya Skeleton Crew,
Just a heads up that I’m gonna try to keep posting through the Thanksgiving holiday. No guarantees, ’cause it seems like there’s always somethin crazy or other that pops up at the last minute to sidetrack my whole life. But since I missed a few days at the beginning of this month, I wanna try to make up for it a li’l at the tail end.
Answers to Last Time
- The gunk called ambergris—literally “gray amber” in French—is the whale non-poop that gets turned into perfume by extremely dedicated folks. It’s illegal to sell OR possess in the U.S., fun fact! (I found this out the hard way.)
- The wombat is famous [citation needed] for its cubic poop. I won’t embed a picture in case any of youse guys are squeamish, but here’s a pic on Wikipedia if ya were curious to see what it looks like.
Today’s Trivias
Trivia 1
We talked ambergris, but what other whale substance is involved in the definition of the (now mostly obsolete) science unit candlepower?1 Specifically, a candlepower’s defined as the light ya get from burnin a candle made of 76 grams of this oily waxy stuff at a rate of 7.8 grams per hour.
But so anyway, just to nip any accusations in the bud: I am NOT in the pocket of Big Cetacea!!! Ya gotta believe I’ve got more integrity than that, right? Nah—but ya wanna talk crooked? Go down to Cap’n Nemo Toad’s Seafood Shack! That fella’s got his tentacles in all SORTSA sketchy businesses.
Trivia 2
On the topic of weirdly arbitrary units: the number 158.3 has special significance in the NFL, where it happens to be the maximum value for what statistic? It’s been achieved 82 times in NFL history—most recently this year by Jalen Hurts & three times last year by Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson, & Jared Goff.
OK then
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee
1 I know what some of youse guys are sayin! You’re sayin, “Mister S, this is the SECOND whale substance question in two days! What gives?” To which I say: When it rains it pours, I guess? (Especially if by “rain” ya mean “weird whale goop”.) ⬏