13 Pieces Of Outstanding Trivia To Make Talking To Strangers Easier
![13 Pieces Of Outstanding Trivia To Make Talking To Strangers Easier](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/3/816783_320x180.jpg)
How do you feel about talking to strangers? Have you ever pretended to be a shop mannequin just to avoid small talk? What? Oh, no, us neither--that's truly beyond the pale. We just thought YOU might have done something like that. Listen, let's not get hung up on this whole thing, alright?
The fact is PLENTY of people loathe chit chat with random passer-bys and the like. Catching up with cashiers? No thanks. Conversing with cab drivers? We'd rather walk. Jawing with passing joggers? We'll stay on the couch thank you very much.
The thing is, sometimes talking to strangers just can't be avoided. For those times? We certainly do NOT recommend you ask them open ended questions about themselves and their interest. No, dear reader, we recommend you immediately commence a full scale conversational assault with this assemblage of outstanding trivia.
Conversation stuck in a rut? Not sure what topic to bring up next? Just whip out one of these facts!
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![Prairie dogs have surprisingly elaborate and complex language systems. For example, prairie dogs make different alarm noises depending on the species of an approaching predator. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/6/816796.jpg)
![Nic Cage actually gave his role in The Wrestler to Mickey Rourke. - I resigned from the movie because I didn't think I had enough time to achieve the look of the wrestler who was on steroids, which I would never do, he said. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/3/816793.jpg)
![Seinfeld's Soup Nazi is based on a real-life person - Ali Yeganeh. Yeganeh was an Iranian-American chef who operated a soup stall in Manhattan and, kind of like the Soup Nazi, also had a pretty strict way to order soup. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/1/816791.jpg)
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![It's a tradition in Jewish circles to eat Chinese food during the holidays. The earliest written record of Chinese food being delivered to a Jewish institution on Christmas was in 1935, and it's been kind of a tradition at least since then (and probably earlier). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/0/816790.jpg)
![Chin tattoos for women have a special place in Maori culture. That kind of tattoo is called a moko kauae, and it's actually a physical way to manifest the owner's true identity. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/9/816789.jpg)
![Some owl species put mice in kind of DIY refrigerators. They freeze dead mice so they can eat them later and, when that time comes, sit on the mice to thaw them. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/8/816788.jpg)
![Elton John made a video at the Pinball Hall of Fame in 2004. ST Which wouldn't be too newsworthy on its own, but he didn't pay the owner (the sum was $500 and some concert tickets), and the owner is still angry almost two decades later. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/7/816787.jpg)
![Creedence Clearwater Revival's full Woodstock set only came out in 2019. The set wasn't released for five decades because, in the words of former frontman John Fogerty, it wasn't remarkable. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/6/816786.jpg)
![Jack White changed his surname to White in 1996, after marrying Meg White. Не was born Jack Gillis, and didn't change his name back once he divorced Meg (in 2000), or even after the ridiculous cover story that they were brother and sister was busted. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/5/816785.jpg)
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