Stefania Follini
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
This goo was worth a point in September 2025.
publication date: Thursday, September 4, 2025 (part of September 2025)
category: 
Science
clue: She didn't hear about Iran issuing a fatwa on Salman Rushdie, or Rain Man winning Best Picture, or Lucille Ball dying? What, was she living in a cave?
explanation: For 130 days in the spring of 1989, Follini lived alone in an underground cave in New Mexico, cut off from all signs of the passage of time in an experiment about the human perception of time. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and LaVonne Lemler
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