30 Specialty Bits of Trivia Prepared by a Bespoke Trivia Mixologist
Shaken, stirred, whatever. We’ll sip these facts either way
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Well, we’ve done it. After all these years of fact-based analogies, we feel that a trivia mixologist is by far the best one. Think about it. What better way to mix up a batch of random facts than to toss them all in a shaker and spill them into a list?
Actually, now that we think about it, shaking up dice in a Yahtzee cup is pretty damn good, too. Hmm. Looks like the “best analogy” hunt continues.
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![The British monarchy directly funded and profited from slave trade. The Royal African Company, founded by King Charles II, brought more enslaved African people to the Americas than any other institution. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/3/1038073.jpg)
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![The Daily Telegraph accidentally revealed secretive D-Day beaches and code-names through their crossword puzzle. I is 60 . g 3 4 23 5 9 A 18 20 On Saturday, May 27 it was Overlord, codename for the whole operation. On May 30 Mulberry, codename for the floating harbors used in the landings; and finally, on June 1, it was Neptune, codeword for the naval assault phase. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/6/1038066.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A top British official who investigated lockdown parties held one of his own. Specifically, he was supposed to investigate lockdown parties being held in government ... ... and then it turned out they held one in his office. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/0/1038060.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD Iran might impose sanctions on the US over its treatment of Black people. BLACK LIVES BLACK MATTER 400YFRS OF SLAVERY AND STILL NO JUSTICE LIVES MATTER RE Apparently, the Islamic Republic of Iran has serious concerns about police brutality against Black people in the United States. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/9/1038059.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD A top-ranking chess player was promised a night of passion with a porn star. A Russian porn star gave that promise to lan Nepomniachtchi, if he beat Magnus Carlsen and became world champion (which, alas, didn't happen). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/8/1038068.jpg)
![A really lucky guy in WEIRD WORLD North Carolina bought two lottery tickets that were identical. 2 3 4 P 8 10 11 12 13 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 28 Не did it by accident, but it worked out 22 23 25 26 amazingly well for him-he won two 27 28 22 29 30 31 33 34 35 C 29 30 37 38 39 40 41 42 jackpots. 36 37 45 46 47 48 49 4 A 5 6 CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/7/1038057.jpg)
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