25 Trivial Facts to Help You Break the Ice

Whether you're looking to build your personal knowledge, proverbially scratch that itch of curiosity, or simply add a few more icebreakers to your arsenal, the following facts will help you do just that!

1) The first fatality suffered on the Titanic occurred nearly two years before the ship's infamous sinking when a 15-year-old worker died after falling off scaffolding during construction.

2) As of March 2018, decorated actor J.K. Simmons has served as the voice of the Yellow Peanut M&M since 1996.

3) Although Blockbuster once boasted more than 4,500 stores in the United States, its official website lists only nine locations left (as of March 2018), seven of which are in Alaska.

4) Despite featuring what appeared to be the cast dancing around a majestic fountain in New York City, the iconic opening credits scene from Friends was actually shot at Warner Bros. studio in California.

5) Grass patterns found on baseball diamonds are achieved via optical illusion. Professional grade mowers have rollers that angle grass blades a bit forward. Blades bent away from a viewer capture more light and appear paler, while blades tilted forward appear darker.

6) In regards to eating a chocolate Easter bunny, a recent study revealed that 3 out of 5 Americans prefer to take a bite out of the ears first.

7) Did you know? It takes an estimated 616 gallons of water to produce just 4 ounces of ground beef? That's more water than 2 cups of broccoli (11 gallons), 1 cantaloupe (160 gallons), 8 ounces of chicken (330 gallons), and 2 cups of brown rice (16 gallons) combined.

8) There is an approximate 51% chance of a coin landing on the same side it was launched if the given coin is simply tossed and caught (i.e. a coin with tails facing up when coin originally tossed has 51% chance of also facing tails up when caught).

9) Since 1989-90 (and as of March 2018), no television series has achieved a higher average Nielsen rating for a season than Roseanne (23.1).  The 22.0 posted by ER during the 1995-96 season was the closest a series has come.

10) There are approximately 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

11) A honeybee makes the ultimate sacrifice when stinging a mammal with thick skin. This is due to the bee's barbed stinger getting stuck and becoming unable to remove. The end result is stretching of the bee's digestive tract, muscles, and nerves, culminating into abdominal rupture and death for the bee.

12) Crocodiles can survive without consuming any food for up to three years.

13) April 2nd marks National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day. Did you know that the average American will chow down more than 2,000 PB&J sandwiches before graduating from high school?

14) Seahorses are one of the few animal species on the planet in which the males get pregnant and give birth instead of the females.

15) Firstborns receive roughly 3,000 more hours of attention from their parents between ages 4 and 13 than their younger siblings.

16) No word in the English language rhymes with pint, purple, silver, marathon, wolf, or dangerous.

17) A 2017 study concluded that Americans spend an average of five hours per day on mobile devices.

18) The creators of Modern Family once discussed making the show animated in fear it would lack appeal to children.

19) The average raindrop falls at a speed of approximately 7 miles per hour.

20) It takes approximately 5,882 aluminum cans to make $100 in scrap money.

21) On average, a person spends two weeks of their whole life sitting at red traffic lights.

22) At one point in time, you were the next person in the world to be born, and you'll eventually be the next person in the world to die.

23) India is the most well-read country in the world; spending an average of 10.7 hours per week.

24) A person suffering from anatidaephobia believes that somewhere in the world a duck is watching them.

25) Crocodiles kill more humans per year than tigers, lions, wolves, sharks and bees combined.