Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next Party

May 19, 2017 | Miles Brucker

Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next Party


24. South Park

Celebrities who ask for roles in South Park are often given extremely obscure roles. Jay Leno voices Mr.Kitty, Cartman's cat. George Clooney voiced the dog Sparky in South Park. What can’t he do?

Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next PartyWikimedia Commons

23. Like Snowflakes

Tigers have striped skin as well as fur. A tiger’s stripes are like fingerprints and no two have the same pattern. Take my word for it; don’t get close enough to confirm this.

Gut Feeling FactsPexels

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22. Icy Irony

Many expensive perfumes contain whale poop. More specifically it contains ambergris which is a waxy substance produced in the intestines of sperm whales. Its fragrance is said to be like bottling the smell of the ocean when you arrive for the first time on a vacation.

Perfume EditorialShutterstock

21. Glutton For Punishment

Currently, more people in the world suffer from obesity than hunger.

Human Attraction factsShutterstock

20. Say Cheese

Mice can fit through a hole the size of a ballpoint pen. I now carry a chair around to stand on at all times.

Memorable Patient Experiences factsPixabay

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19. You Should See A Specialist

The average hummingbird has a heart rate of more than 1,200 beats per minute.

Win on Jeopardy quizWikipedia

18. Peel Me

Bananas share 50% of their DNA with humans. You’re looking a little yellow there.

Banana Popsicle EditorialShutterstock

17. Chill Out

The human body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring a gallon of water to a boil.

Worst Things Guests Have Ever Done FactsPixabay

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16. What’s The Deal With Airplane Food?

Our sense of taste and smell are cut down by 50 and 20 percent during flights. This is why airplane food doesn’t taste so great. At least that’s what they want you to believe.

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15. Beat The Odds

Statistically, 54 million people who are alive right now will die within 12 months. Bet you’ll be more careful now.

Russian Empire factsShutterstock

14. V Dub

A Volkswagen Beetle is the same size as a Blue Whale’s heart. Its arteries are wide enough to swim through.

Blue WhalesPixabay

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13. Slow And Stupid

Sloths are sometimes known to grab their own arms instead of a tree branch, which can lead to fatal falls.

Happy, sloth relaxing in chair and eating Hibiscus FlowersGetty Images

12. Time Is Money

It would take 2,511 years to have more money than Bill Gates if you made $1 per second. I’m willing to try this, quick everyone give me a dollar a second!

Apple factsFlickr, OnInnovation

11. Bless You

You can’t sneeze in your sleep because the brain shuts down the reflex.

Craziest Excuses factsFlickr

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10. Humans Of The Sea

Dolphins not only have names for each other, but they can call out for each other specifically.

Aquaman FactsShutterstock

9. The Big Apple

Roughly 1,600 people are bitten by other humans in New York City every year. I see now where the big apple nickname came from.

Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next Party

8. A Girls Best Friend

It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.  When storms form, the planets produce lightning like here on Earth. lightning causes methane in the atmosphere to decompose, producing hydrogen and elemental carbon. As the carbon falls towards the planet, it may bond together forming graphite, and as the pressure builds up closer to the planet's core, that graphite may be compressed into diamond. If you’re trying to save money on a wedding ring, I know a place.

Quiz: Sounds Fake But TrueMax Pixel

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7. The Perfect Plan

Cotton Candy was invented by a dentist. Sneaky bastard.

Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next PartyMax Pixel

6. City Of Metal Angels

There are more cars in Los Angeles than people. Go for the beaches, stay for the exhaust fumes.

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5. Fun House

Bubble wrap was originally created as wallpaper. Every wall would be popped the first day!

Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next PartyPixabay

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4.The new you

Your entire body replaces itself every seven years.

Human Body QuizFlickr

3. Happy Accident

After WWII cocoa was extremely rare in Europe and was very expensive. An Italian pastry maker, Pietro Ferrero, wanted to extend his cocoa ration so he created a paste from hazelnuts and mixed in some of his precious cocoa. He formed it into a loaf and that could be cut into slices and served on bread.  His son Michael improved the recipe and produced the first jar of Nutella.

Fun Facts To Tell At Your Next PartyFlickr

2. We The North

The Northern Hemisphere holds 90% of the world’s population.

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1. Why?

Bompas and Parr, a high-end English jam company, has released Occult Jam which have many varieties which contain extremely strange ingredients. Some of the varieties include milk jam infused with Princess Diana's hair, absinthe and pineapple jam with sand from the Great Pyramids or plum and oak jam with wood from the British warship The Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar..

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