Mindless Intel: 7 Fun Trivia Facts To Start Your Day Off Right

Trivia 1: Damn The Torpedoes!

During World War II, sailors filtered torpedo fuel through bread to make a drink called “torpedo juice.” This 180-proof grain beverage was known to get bubbleheads “as f-ed up as a bent shitcan.” 

Trivia 2: Ready-To-Assemble Bedtime Stories

IKEA has a podcast that helps listeners fall asleep by reading product names to them in a soothing accent. Move over, Zzzzquil … the Dutch want to corner the market on boring you to sleep, one pain-in-the-ass dresser at a time.

Trivia 3: Blame The Marsupial

Forensics have their work cut out for them if there’s a koala bear near a crime scene. Turns out koala fingerprints are almost identical to human fingerprints, occasionally causing confusion in some detective work.  

Trivia 4: Sit On The Throne

There is 200 times more bacteria on your computer keyboard than on a toilet seat in a public restroom. Why not just lick the remote control in a hotel room while you’re at it?

Trivia 5: Holy Halitosis!

If you’re concerned that your breath is foul, lick your wrist, let the saliva dry and give it a sniff. You will immediately get the answer you are looking for!  

Trivia 6: Super-Sized Fat Shaming

The first Ronald McDonald was former Today Show personality Willard Scott.  Unfortunately, the fast food chain fired him for being too obese. Oh, the irony!

Trivia 7: Beauty Is Pain

Botox, known in the scientific community as botulinum toxin, is the most poisonous substance known to man. Weaponized, a single gram can kill up to one million people. Ironically, an estimated one million Americans choose to get it injected in their faces every year.