A short fact that can be about anything, as long as it is interesting and fun. A fun fact can be told at any time and doesn't have to be relevant to anything. A true fun fact should be memorable and make people laugh. Beware: You should never repeat a fun fact that another friend has told, fun facts are only fun the first time they are heard.
In conversation:
Lauren: "Hey everyone, do you want to hear my fun fact of the day?"
Friends: "Yesss please tell us!"
Lauren: "If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee!"
Friends: "Wow! That was so much fun! You have really brightened up our day!"
A kind of fact that disguises itself as a "fun fact" but it is not fun at all.
Person 145: "Wanna hear a fun fact?"
Person 223: "Sure."
Person 145: "We are labeled as numbers because we are subjects for these made-up conversations."
Person 223: "That is not fun at all..."
Person 145: "But it is a fact."
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."