13 Bits Of Trivia To Break The Ice In Any Conversation

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13 Bits Of Trivia To Break The Ice In Any Conversation

We've all been there: you're at your first overnight summer camp, around a bunch of strangers, and some camp counselor bro in a polo shirt and puka shell and cargo shorts necklace is all like: “alright kids! It's time to do some ice breakers!” Then we grew up, entered adulthood, and realized that the aforementioned bro? He's got a suit and tie on, and he's you're boss now, as in the person signing your paychecks, and he has 100% leaned into icebreakers as a totally rad and cool thing that doesn't cause anyone anxiety.

Fortunately for you, we here at Cracked understand that anxiety very much, in case the details in that previous paragraph didn't make it obvious what we've been discussing with our therapists lately. That's why we're here to give you a whole mess of interesting facts that will make anyone at your new job (or sleepeaway camp, if we ever get time machines and you wanna settle old grudges) say “wow, what an interesting person!”

If you go to the town of Chicxulub Puerto, Mexico, you’ll be able to visit the site where the dinosaur-killing meteor fell. Here’s the full story, plus 14 others:

In London, they built a clear glass pool as a bridge between two buildings. The pool is 115 above the street, is 82 feet long and 10 feet deep, and it bridges the space between two residential apartment buildings. CRACKED.COM

Source: CNN

Wiz Khalifa made himself unwelcome in Colombia by glorifying Escobar. On a visit to Medellin, he left flowers at Pablo Escobar's grave - - the mayor called him That scoundrel and said he's no longer welcome there. CRACKED.COM

Source: CNN

The crater from the meteor that killed the dinosaurs is in Mexico. Specifically, the center of the crater -- where the meteor hit - is buried about two-thirds of a mile beneath the town of Chicxulub Puerto. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

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