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If you are looking to make conversation at a party, you need some topics that get people chatting. Politics is an obvious choice, but odd little tidbits of information usually are less controversial. Here are a few that always work.

1. Twitching Rabbit Noses – Think of a rabbit and those cut twitching noses probably comes to mind. Well, the rabbits are not trying to be cute. They depend on their sense of smell to sniff out danger.

2. Women, Sex and Chocolate – In an odd twist, scientists have discovered a weird fact about women, sex and chocolate. Eating chocolate and having sex result in the same, exact brain functions in a woman!

3. When you hear people talk about gemstones, they always talk about the clarity of the stones. In truth, there is only one gem that is pure. Yep, only one. It is the diamond. It is made of carbon and only carbon. No word on whether it contributes to global

4. Fingerprints of Lions – Every lion is unique just like human beings. With humans, you can tell from our fingerprints. With lions, it is the whiskers. No two sets of whiskers are the same on any lions.

5. Families in China – There are well over a billion people in China. Given that fact, you would expect there to be a lot of families. Yes and no. There are a lot of families, but only about 200 total family names.

6. Who Was Mona Lisa? – The famous painting of Mona Lisa has an odd quirk about it. The painting was not named Mona Lisa. The real name is La Giaconda.

7. Rice Varieties – Rice is rice, right? Nope. While you might think of brown and white rice as your choice, there are actually 15,000 different varieties.

8. Hippo on the Run – Hippos are big, heavy beasts that look slow and meandering. In truth, they are fast, fast, fast. How fast? They can outrun you, me and any other human being.

9. Reese Witherspoon and Her Dog – Actress Reese Witherspoon has a thing for dogs. Well, one dog in particular. She owns a bulldog. She named it Frank Sinatra!

10. Korean Kids – Is there a difference between living conditions in North and South Korea? You decide – the average six year old in South Korea is three inches taller than the same child in North Korea.

It is always good to learn that you don’t know everything under the sun. It is, after all, a big sun. If you are looking for odd little humorous things about the world, just dig into the various information sites on the web.

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