No matter your age, there's always something so satisfying about learning

new, interesting fun facts. Even better when you get to share those tidbits in
conversation. Lull, avoided. People, delighted. it's a win-win.

Trivia exists for every interest, too. Maybe you’re a wordsmith and will be
fascinated to learn that a fear of long words is called
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia — or that the longest English word
is way longer than that one. Think: 189,819 letters long.

Then there are fun facts that will remind you just how different — and quirky
— people are all around the world, doing things you wouldn’t even think to
make up for movies. Like how a woman in the U.K. once called the police
when her ice cream didn’t have enough sprinkles. Or that someone purchased
a lock of Neil Armstrong’s hair for $3,000 in 2004. Perhaps you want
something a little more … useful? Well, while Rhode Island is the smallest
state in the U.S., Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.