45 Random Bits of Trivia to Pull-Start Any Conversation Like A Rickety Old Lawnmower

Drag out that rusty old convo from behind the shed and get ‘er goin’ would ya, bud?
45 Random Bits of Trivia to Pull-Start Any Conversation Like A Rickety Old Lawnmower

Its dusty. Its cobweb-ridden. It hasnt been useful in years, but were not going to let that small talk with your dad rot for another second. 

So while he rambles on about the weather, the Yankees and that one interesting thing that happened 30 years ago, you can loudly and confidently interrupt him with a highly interesting fact. Youll probably scare him, but that might be the little jolt he needs. A gem like, “The Earth is actually farthest from the Sun in July” should save the convo — and your relationship overall.

Pikmin

CRACKEDc Nintendo's hit real-time strategy/ puzzle game, Pikmin, was born from a tech demo featuring Mario. Dubbed as Super Mario 128, the demo featur

Moscow

Moscow weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting. CRACKED.COM In 2005, Mayor Yuri Luzhkov proposed fining the city-funded weathermen when their forecasts are wrong. This was the same mayor that dispatched cloud-seeding planes to the skies.

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Guano

There was a war over bat poop in 1864. CRACKED COM Spain started a war with Peru and Chile in 1864 by taking over an Island for its strategic source of guano, which at that time was an important ingredient for gunpowder.

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45 Random Bits of Trivia to Pull-Start Any Conversation Like A Rickety Old Lawnmower

The Fugitive

THE FUGITIVE was set in Illinois, but the dam from which Dr. Richard Kimble made his famous jump is near Robbinsville, North Carolina. CRACKED.COM

Richard II

In Game of Thrones, JOFFREY is a villainous boy king who comes to a sticky end. He's a lot like Richard II, who ascended to the throne of England at t

Walking Around in Circles

According to science, people definitely walk around in circles when lost. The proposed explanation is that that's the result of the brain trying to create a meandering path, but making lots of small errors that happen to favor one particular direction - which turns the path into a circle. CRACKED.COM

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Jason Momoa

Jason Momoa Became A Total Dude Bro For Conan The Barbarian. CARU CARLINS MOMOa Momoa figured the best way to prepare himself to play a barbarian (whi

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey was hired by a country club in Texas to set up sand traps in a golf course. Не was later given a gun to shoot armadillos when those critters began eating the grass at the golf course. GRACKED.COM

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Expensive Music Videos

Directed by Mark Romanek and featuring an excellent sibling dance-off, this $7 million clip combined cutting-edge special effects with really, really shitty ones - the spaceship looks like a George Foreman grill. CRACKED

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The Expanse Easter Eggs

easter eggstra meanings and references THE The Simpsons EXPANSE $6X 00 There are a couple of references to the popular American sitcom, with a notable one in season 5 when Amos passes a vendor that is clearly selling some Khlav Kalash cuisine in the background. CRACKED.COM

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Game of Throne Birthdays

THE STARK CAMP HAD CUPCAKES. Nikolaj Coster- -Waldau celebrated his birthday on the set, in chains. CRACKED.COM

Finales

There is no Bob Newhart, there is only Bob Newhart CRACKED.COM In the final scene of Newhart in 1993, Bob Newhart's Dick Loudon wakes up from a dream, only to realize he's actually been Dr. Robert Hartley -- the star of The Bob Newhart Show, which had ended 15 years earlier --

The Earth’s Distance from the Sun

The Earth is farthest from the Sun in July Low density of incident rays (northern winter) Earth Night Day Sun Equator High density of incident rays leouthorn cummer In the Northern Hemisphere, we have summer in July because of the tilt of the Earth's axis, not because of the Earth's general proximity to the Sun. CRACKED.COM

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