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Nominate someone or yourself with their most interesting fact.
Submissions are openThrough September 28 at 11:59 PM CT
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2025 MIP AWARD WINNER
Dr. Jerry Heise
Chief Science Officer, Mighty Cricket
“As sheriff of the Monsanto seed police, I directed covert teams and FBI sting operations to take down international seed smugglers.”
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YOUR MOVE
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Nominate yourself or someone endlessly interesting. Give us their best, weirdest, most impressive true story.
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THE FIELD
Meet the Nominees
Every approved fact submitted so far. Read them all before you vote.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Key Dates
NOW TO SEP 28Submissions Open
SEP 29 TO OCT 2Voting Open
OCT 3 · ~9:17 PMWinner Announced
THE 2026 MIP TROPHY
One lucky (interesting) person takes this home on October 3rd.
Who earns it? That's up to the room and the vote.
THE 2026 MIP AWARD
Winner announcement coming shortly
The votes are in. The trophy is polished. Stay tuned.