I had to do one of these in a university class and I never went to that class again. I never went to the first class in anything again. It strikes me as a social stratification exercise designed put you in your place and establish who the cool people are from the start.

I can peel a potato in such a way, that the peel stays in one long piece.

So one of my company's HR people does an occasional welcome email listing our new hires. For every one of them she includes a fun fact. Some of them are alright, others are stuff like... "Fun fact about Steve: He has type 1 diabetes!"

I actually hate these. It's like a pissing competition to not say the same thing as the previous person and all it does is make me look like an asshole.