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Every now and then, one is forced to interact with new people, be it at work or perhaps in a classroom. Most humans, even if pretty sociable, tend to struggle at making conversations immediately. Fortunately, humanity has put together a somewhat helpful method to end the awkwardness, the dramatically-named ice breaker.
Someone asked “What’s the ‘fun fact’ you use during ice breakers?” and people share their go-to piece of information. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote and perhaps save your favorite facts and be sure to add your own thoughts and examples in the comments section below.

#1

30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression 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….

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    #2

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression 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.

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    #4

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression 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.

    Idmaybefuckaplatypus , Michael Jerrard / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #5

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression Baby elephants suck their trunks.

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    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression 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.

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    StPaul9
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, ran back to be a hermit, not a prisoner if I recall, but it was in territory that the Papal States f******* hated, so he was safer as long as he didn't leave, so little more than a prisoner.

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    #7

    This is a limerick.

    (12+144+20+3×√4)/7 + 5×11 = 9² + 0

    If you're having trouble, it can also be written in English.

    "A dozen, a gross, and a score
    Plus three times the square root of four
    Divided by seven
    Plus five times eleven
    Is nine squared, and not a bit more."

    And yes, it does actually work out correctly.

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    #8

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression The inventor of match.com's wife left him for someone she met on match.com.

    GreyFoxNinjaFan , Anete Lusina / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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    #9

    More of a rhetorical question:

    Who’s the evil bastard who put an “s” in the word LISP?

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    #10

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression Due to the shape of the North American elk's esophagus, even if it could speak, it could not pronounce the word lasagna.

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    #11

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression Virtually all honey found in stores has been diluted with corn syrup, and is one of the biggest agricultural scams of all time. And all the "big brand" honey comes from India, and average 10% corn syrup.

    It's been that way for years, but it's only recently gotten enough traction for the US govt. to start investigating.

    Always buy your honey from a guy with a bee suit.

    headhunterofhell2 , Amelia Bartlett / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    Nina
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Luckily the EU has regulations for that kind of thing

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    #12

    Wholesome fact: Male mantises mate for life.

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    #13

    I was a witness on an episode of Judge Judy. I had some pretty awful neighbors and a very kind landlord, so I came along to be a witness to their property destruction and d**g use.

    They ended up cutting the few things I said, so I got the full experience and none of the notoriety. Judy is a lot shorter than she looks on TV btw.

    Edit: It's season 22, episode 198 for anyone who wants to check it out. "Hazmat Clean-Up, D**g Use, and the Police?!". I'm the nervous looking white guy sitting behind the old white guy landlord.

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    #14

    Your chances of getting struck by lighting on the way to get a lotto ticket are better than you winning the lotto.

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    #15

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression 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.

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    Tim Richards
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The odds of plugging it in correctly should be 50/50 going in blind, but actually it is .00013 percent. And the odds that you will have to flip it back over because you had it right the first time are roughly 99.045 percent.

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    #16

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression The government is hiding a billion pounds of cheese in a cave in Missouri.

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    Auntriarch
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can I have the directions for that please, asking for a friend

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    #18

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression 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.

    AffectionateAioli309 , Mathias Reding / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    Bret Sander
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I picked up a hitchhiker and after he settled in, he asked me, " aren't you worried about me being a serial killer?". I told him, "the likelihood of two serial killers being in the same car is statistically improbable".

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    #19

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression 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.

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    #20

    30 Fun Ice Breaker Facts People Use For A Lasting Impression The Eiffel Tower can grow six inches in the summer sun.

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    MaxMi
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The same sun have no effects on men, do not try this at home.

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