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n. unimportant matters; facts that are not well known

Sometimes the little details are important, key parts of some grand plan or new discovery…but sometimes they’re not! Sometimes little bits of irrelevant information just get stuck in your memory, leaving you with a list of facts that are frequently very interesting, but apparently useless. They’re nothing important; they’re just trivia.

Trivia isn’t always useless, though! People who play a lot of trivia games may find it very useful, but outside of that, sometimes a piece of apparently irrelevant information can be the last piece of the puzzle that saves the day. Sometimes it’s very important to know that, for example, the orca whale is an occasional predator of moose. On the other hand, sometimes the trivia is the only thing you can remember, in the middle of a very, very important situation, and that’s not good at all.

How do your characters feel about trivia? Do they remember every little thing, no matter how unimportant? Hold parties where trivia games are the centerpiece, or pass the time on road trips by sharing fascinating facts? Or do they find trivia irrelevant, maybe even obnoxious, and roll their eyes whenever someone mentions it?

Write a story about trivia.

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