Leave A Lasting Impression With These 45 Entertaining Ice-Breaking Facts

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Maryjane

• Published in Facts
• September 6, 2024

One is occasionally compelled to socialize with strangers, whether at work or in a classroom. Even those who are quite gregarious find it difficult to strike up a conversation right away.

Since we don't have much spare time, we normally try to make the most of it. We consume food and drinks, rest, repeat, and take a lot of quizzes. We're talking about true-or-false, simple-or-complex, and even emoji-specific rounds.

But then, let's be honest, a games night isn't really complete without your best friend or someone else insisting they can name every Kardashian child in chronological order during a drunken quiz. Fortunately, humanity has put up a fairly useful solution to end the awkwardness - the dramatically-named ice breaker.

"What's the 'fun fact' you use during ice breakers?" someone inquired, and individuals online exchanged their go-to knowledge. As you read, scroll down, and you'll need to settle in and digest these facts.

You can even memorize them and spice things up by infusing your own ideas and examples. So here's a list of some strange and entertaining facts, perfect for planning a fun-filled weekend itinerary.

Or maybe you can just gear up for a relaxing night in with your friends this weekend.

1. Over 99% of German Shepards are dogs.

2. What a story

the papal conclave (the vote thingy to decide who’s pope) in 1294 took so long that some hermit dude named Pietro sent a letter telling the cardinals to hurry the f**k up or God is gonna smite their holy a**es.

The cardinals (who were also lowkey fed up of fighting between themselves) were like ‘ok then, you should be Pope. We shall now call you Celestine the Fifth.’ And Pietro was like ‘oh s**t’. He ran away. The other cardinals were like ‘no, Celestine, don’t do that,’ and crowned him.

Pietro spent a few months then made a decree saying ‘popes can resign, also stop calling me Celestine for f***s sake’ then ran away. then the cardinals threw him in prison and he died. Poor bastard.

3. Hmm...

4. "Platpuses are not only mammals that lay eggs and have venom, but they also make milk without having nipples. They sweat the milk out of their belly and make a bowl shape for their babies to lap it up."

5. Nice one

Whenever my daughter has to tell a “fun fact” on the first day of school she says she was named after Thomas Jefferson. He was named a long time ago and she was named after him.

6. "Baby elephants suck their trunks."

7. "The average cloud weighs a million pounds."

8. The South Pole

I was stationed at South Pole in December of 2015. At station midnight on Dec 31st, I went out to the geographic pole marker alone. Because of this, I like to tell people I was the first person to reach the South Pole in 2016….

9. "Chances of getting dismembered and devoured by a total stranger are rare, so why not come over to my place and let me show you my trophy collection."

10. A Limerick

11. "The Eiffel Tower can grow six inches in the summer sun."

12. "The suffix “wich” is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning “place that has salt.” English towns with the suffix used to be salt producers."

13. Judge Judy

14. Lisp

15. Due to the shape of the North American elk's esophagus, even if it could speak, it could not pronounce the word lasagna.

16. "One time I plugged a USB cable in correctly on the first try."

Edit: I am 100% lying. This never happened but it’s my go to fact to get a laugh. Then I say I like dogs or something like that.

17. It's for life

18. "The government is hiding a billion pounds of cheese in a cave in Missouri."

19. "I have 120+ first cousins."

Answering a couple questions...

These are direct first cousins.

The older siblings had 10-14 kids each. The younger seem to have figured out either birth control or self control.

My mom and her siblings all had the same mom and dad.

My dad and his siblings all had the same mom and dad.

20. Sleep apnea

21. Cold coffee and warm beer have the same temperature.

22. The largest ice beeakers

23. Interesting

24. The most successful hunters

25. The autopilot invention

26. The fastest radio

27. The migratory bird act

28. The Lincoln assassination

29. Lego

30. A nutmeg monopoly

31. Wow

32. How many?

33. Interesting

34. Okay...

35. Terrible

36. The Boston strangler

37. A bottle of A1 sauce

38. A knighted position

39. What an information

40. Being the officiant

41. Sending a corn dog

42. Makes sense

43. Understanding money amounts

44. Hmm...

45. Flap your mouth

You know that moment when you're having a perfectly good lunch or supper with friends or family. Then, you find yourself watching helplessly while the conversation gradually veered off into topics like "culture," "art," or "the world."

Instead of freaking out, you can prepare yourself with these amazing icebreaker facts that will make you appear extremely knowledgeable. Do share these facts with your loved ones as well.

Maryjane