Most Random "Facts" People Know (20 Tweets)

Twitter user @MsPackyetti kickstarted a viral thread with people sharing their favorite random facts. Fun facts can serve as a very effective means to break the ice at the next stuffy social gathering, or just as a way to expand your mental horizons. Definitely had no idea that the act of "cheersing" mugs comes from medieval suspicions that people were trying not to get poisoned, and would thus reassure themselves by spilling their drinks into each other's. Wild stuff, man.

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Via @MsPackyetti
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Via @la_natif
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Via @farisfair
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Via @TylerHuckabee
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Via @MyWayOrGreenway
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Via @Unknwnstuntman
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Via @DacolinDudley
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Via @mekkaokereke
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Via @thowe555
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Via @spdustin
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Via @StatMatt2718
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Via @MaaloufMD
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Via @Leorawp
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Via @AnikaNoniRose
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Via @beardjam
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Via @jacob_dahlke
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Via @SaffiEriksdottr
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Via @mattzollerseitz
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Via @linzlovesyou
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Via @Rightturn_only

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