11 Trivia Tidbits For Your Sunday
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“Knowledge is power.” -Everyone You Ever Met
It's trite but kinda true, and it's our business around here. Filling up your brain with cool knowledge and the occasional poop joke are our twin north stars. So in this set, you'll find one but not the other. You can probably guess which one. OR CAN YOU?
That being said, this baby traverses the gambit from refusing to join the Manhattan Project to a sport built around swinging around the top bar on the playground, which is a sport we enthusiastically support. Along the way you'll also encounter facts about how many glasses of water the U.S. drinks daily to the historical significance of the yo-yo.
So yeah, knowledge is power - the power we like to give to the people - people like you. So dive on in and power up, the next time you need an arcane fact to keep the conversation moving you'll be glad you did.
![When you were a kid, did you ever dream of swinging completely around the top bar on the playground? Estonia took that impulsive thought and turned it into into a legitimate sport called kiiking. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/9/816539.jpg)
Source: Atlas Obscura
![Even Nike didn't fully realize how big of a cultural phenomenon the Air Jordan shoe line would become. Nike's sales goal for Air Jordans was $3 million over 3 years. They made $126 million the first year alone. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/5/816535.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![The Earth's rotation slows by somewhere around 0.002 seconds every century. Going by that rate, if Earth still exists 180 million years from now, each day would be 25 hours long. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/3/816533.jpg)
Source: Forbes
![Chameleons get the most publicity when it comes to color-changing lizards, but they're not the only ones. Bearded dragons are also able to change colors for both temperature regulation and social signaling. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/8/816538.jpg)
Source: ScienceDaily
![A lot of people won't get the opportunity to see an armadillo outside of a cartoon or a ZOO. So it might surprise you to learn that armadillos come in multiple colors, including pink, red, gray, and yellow. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/0/816530.jpg)
Source: National Geographic
![During the time that Alcatraz Federal Prison was operational, 36 different men attempted to escape the island. Most were caught, some were shot, and 5 remain officially listed as missing and presumed drowned. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/2/816532.jpg)
Source: Alcatraz History
![The yo-yo is one of the oldest toys in history, possibly the second recorded toy after only the doll. Records of the first yo-yos can be found in Greece and China ranging from 500-1000 В.С. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/6/816536.jpg)
Source: GreekReporter
![Wheat is grown year round, but it's not actually the same kind. There's spring wheat and winter wheat. They're different species, with their own characteristics. For example, spring wheat makes better pizza dough. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/1/816531.jpg)
Source: The Kitchen Whisperer
![That glass of tap water you chug thirstily in the middle of the night is only a drop in the bucket. According to the American Water Works Association, the United States drinks over 1 billion glasses of water a day. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/9/816529.jpg)
Source: DoSomething
![Long before he rose to worldwide infamy as a fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini was not a nice kid. During his years as a schoolboy, he stabbed two classmates and a girlfriend. Boys will be boys! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/7/816537.jpg)
Source: History
![Lise Meitner famously refused to join the Manhattan Project, saying I will have nothing to do with a bomb! She avoided one of history's grisliest legacies, and her tombstone reads A physicist who never lost her humanity. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/4/816534.jpg)
Source: Atomic Heritage Foundation