Discussion Thread: Memorable Google Challenges

Once upon a time, it was possible to argue about pointless facts for hours on end. Now we all carry around super computers that give us instant answers. I ran into one such information challenge last weekend at my family’s early Thanksgiving. For unknown reasons that have been lost to time (and Busch Light), the conversation turned to whether or not it was worth it to eat a mouse in a survival situation. We all tossed out numbers for how many calories we thought you could get from a mouse. We used The Price Is Right rules: If you went over, you lost. We shouted out all kind of numbers in the triple digits. As usual, we were all losers. The actual answer was a mere thirty calories. Eating a mouse is definitely not worth it, especially if you consider how much energy you would use up trying to cook one. Those two sticks aren’t going to rub themselves together.

Since then, we’ve been seeing mice everywhere. I spotted one at the gym, and my mom saw one at work. Thank goodness we know not t…