The Fun Fact Game

For this game, one player puts down either a person, place, or thing - fictional or nonfictional - and the next player says a fun fact about that person, place, or thing, and so on.

I'll start:

Rome

Early Christians were called "atheists" by Romans as they didn't pay tribute to pagan gods.

Jack Nicholson.

Jack Nicholson was born in Neptune City, NJ.

Grass.

Grass is green.

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Walt Disney.

Walt Disney created mickey

King kong

Was almost turned down by Universal.

Oscar Isaac.

Jack Black starred in a film called "King Kong".

The Atlantic Ocean

The name 'Atlantic' is derived from the legendary island of 'Atlantis', as described by Plato - one of the ancient writers.

Soft Ball

Is made of water

Kimbo Slice

Kimbo Slice played Josh's cellmate in prison in the Drake & Josh Christmas Special.

Popcorn

The unpopped kernels at the bottom of our bowl are called “old maids”.

Belgium

As of 2013, Belgium had a population of 11.2 million.

John Quincy Adams.

He was born in Braintree, MA.

Scooters

One tank of gas on a Vespa = 245 miles.

Bob Ross.

Bob Ross spent 20 years in the United States Air Force

Joseph Stalin

They have a lot of issues with explosions

Neil Patrick Harris

Is gay.

Batman

Was made to be Superman's opposite

Geoff Johns

He studied filmmaking and media arts at Michigan State University.

Great White Sharks

Is Stan Lee's son turned to the dark side.

Alderaan.

The largest Great White Shark ever recorded was caught in Cuba and measured 21 feet and 7,302 pounds.

Adele

Only one popular song

Vegeta

Vegeta's first appearance was in chapter #204 Goodbye Son Goku.

Winston Churchill

@leo-343 said:

Churchill wanted to start another war after WW2 was over, that's why nobody wanted him as Prime Minister again.

@stormshadow_x said:

They have a lot of issues with explosions

Neil Patrick Harris

@stormshadow_x said:

Only one popular song

Vegeta

Terry Crews.

I did not know that. Huh.

Terry Crews' middle name is Alan.

Fun fact, most Calico cats are female.

Deathstroke

First appeared in The New Teen Titans #2.

Bulgaria.

Capital and largest city is Sofia.

Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)

His image was inspired by a hot fudge sundae, and he was nearly named "Hot Fudge".

Bacon

Whoa! For real???

One slice of bacon is 43 calories.

The Twenty Dollar Bill.

Yep. Apparently it was the cherry on top that made him change his mind from that to "Red Skull".

The life span of an average $20 is just over 2-years.

Hippos.

Wow. That's pretty fascinating.

Hippos can run at up to 19 mph.

I'll just do another one for hippos since that was the last one mentioned. They are amongst the largest land mammals being only smaller than elephants and some rhinoceros.

Television.

Television was invented on September 7, 1927.

Luke Skywalker

That is really cool.

Tryese Gibson's breakthrough role was in the 2007 film Transformers.

Chocolate.

Cocoa Beans (Chocolate) were used as a means of currency by the Mayans, and thus, their gathering was regulated.

Pugs.

Chocolate was originally served as a bitter tasting drink as an aphrodisiac

Animal Crackers

Pugs have a lifespan of 12-15 years.

LG

LG makes electronics.

Jason Todd

The Jason Todd version of Red Hood appears as a playable character via DLC in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Cicada 3301

This is the Cicada 3301 logo:

Mario

Rose Wilson

Had a crush on Nightwing

Bart Allen

Has the ability of Eidetic Memory.

Greenland

Not really green

Denzel Washington

Is a famous black actor

R.L.Stine

R.L. Stine was actually in the newest Goosebumps movie, but not as R.L. Stine who was instead played by Jack Black.

David Bowie

Bowie’s left pupil was permanently dilated after being punched in the eye by his friend George Underwood (they were fighting over a girl).

Kurt Cobain