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We’ve seen the rise and fall of dinosaurs, dodo birds, and the Wonder Ball, but it seems the one thing that has inexplicably withstood the test of time (and is destined to endure forevermore) is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the introductory fun fact. We’re all intimately familiar with the \u00a0sensation, yes? It’s that jolt of panic when \u00a0your teacher\/Satan’s puppet says, “Let’s go around the room, and everyone give us your name and one fun fact about yourself!” at which point \u00a0you think, “This sure would be a good time for lightning to strike and kill me instantly.”<\/p>\n
You’d think<\/em> we’d have dispensed with this hilarious \u00a0nonsense in elementary school, but I’m here to tell you that the \u00a0farce \u00a0continues well into college. I had to scratch my brain and come up with a fun fact about myself at my first \u00a0job<\/em>.<\/p>\n And it’s not that I hate fun facts. \u00a0Nobody hates fun facts. They’re fun; it’s right in the name. But coming up with one, on the spot? Forget it. Everyone’s watching. You’ve immediately forgotten everything you thought you knew about yourself. It’s a lot of pressure, and \u00a0the only way you’re going to finagle a worthwhile fun fact out of me<\/em> in such a \u00a0state is if you snap my neck right then and there \u00a0so that I can die, come back as a ghost, shrug, and say, “Okay, well, I died one time. That was cool, I guess.”<\/p>\n I recently learned that some people have a single fun fact\u2014a go-to fun fact, if you will\u2014that they repeat as necessary. \u00a0It got me wondering\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 does everyone have a go-to fun fact? Should I<\/i> have a go-to fun fact? Probably. Then I wouldn’t \u00a0be having this whole crisis of identity \u00a0every time I have to cough up an icebreaker. \u00a0So what are your go-to fun facts about yourselves? Do you guys have one? Does it work wonders? And why didn’t any of you tell me this was something people were doing? I’ve been panic-blurting stuff like “I’m scared of the pulp in orange juice” and “When I was a kid, I had a hamster named Grandpa,” and losing friends because of it for \u00a0years.<\/em><\/p>\n WE THINK THIS IS SORT OF THE BEST QUESTION EVER. If you have<\/em> \u00a0go-to fun fact, then we REALLY, REALLY, REALLLLLLY \u00a0want to know what it is. Tell us below!! \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’ve seen the rise and fall of dinosaurs, dodo birds, and the Wonder Ball, but it seems the one thing that has inexplicably withstood the test of time (and is destined to endure forevermore) is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 continue reading<\/span>