20 Trivia Tidbits To Eradicate Boredom

New Mexico is older than regular Mexico.

When you enjoy this list of interesting facts, then I have done my job properly. When you get to the end, and you are smiling or at least chuckling, then I have succeeded in entertaining you, my dear reader. And if I have entertained you, then I can die happy. If not, then I will be forced to die with a frown on my face. So enjoy this list of interesting facts. It was written by a man who once wrote an entire book about how he could never die because he had never had his favourite food: a big bowl of Maltesers. Now he has died and his life's work is here for you to enjoy. So sit back and enjoy my favourite facts. If you do, then I will have achieved my life's ambition. But if you do not, then I am still happy. I have tried to entertain you. That is all that matters to me now.

Octopuses

NPR

This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friends…

Floydian Slip 

Mercury could be just the core of a much larger planet.

Space

Steam was created to get around ‘Counter-Strike's problems.

Wired 

A whistleblower was found dead in 1974.

Legacy

Stand up right now and squeeze your buttcheeks together - for your health!

Medical News Today

Too much wine saved Spain from being invaded by the British in 1625.

Alpha History 

A show about metal detectorists left props found by real metal detectorists.

BBC

A halfway house run by an old woman became a house of horrors.

LA Times 

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