Wild Facts I Had To Fact-Check Twice Before Believing

The article presents a set of “wild facts” the writer says required verification, spanning food, advertising history, and animation. It claims that Chilean sea bass was renamed “Patagonian toothfish” in the late 1970s to appeal to consumers and later entered mainstream culture after being mentioned in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. It also says the name “Betty Crocker” was created as a fictional persona in 1921 by the Washburn-Crosby Company to make the brand feel more personal, with “Betty” later represented through customer letter responses and a long-running radio program. The piece further notes that Disney released the 1995 short Runaway Brain, which it describes as darker than expected for Mickey Mouse and reportedly nominated for the 1996 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, though it has remained obscure.