12 Shards of Trivia That Grant Great Power When Reunited

In a style choice right out of the Old West, General George Patton was known for carrying two pearl-handled revolvers on his hip.

Want a quick class in how density can affect our idea of weight? Though it may not seem that way if you’ve held both, softballs are actually about an ounce heavier than baseballs.

There’s 20 options for the first move in chess: Eight pawns that can each move one or two spaces, and two knights with two possible moves each.

It’s thought to be arachnophobia, or fear of spiders. If you’re a sufferer, you’re welcome for me keeping the image to an empty web.

It’s basalt, which makes up most of the Earth's oceanic crust.

If you look up the patent for what we know as a yo-yo, you’ll see instead its original name: the whirligig.

Giraffes give birth standing up, so the first thing their newborns experience is a 6-foot fall to the ground.

The word “dachsund” is german for “badger dog,” because they were first bred to hunt badgers. I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to take on a badger in their own tunnel, so my respect for them just went way up.

It's the gluteus maximus, or to the layman, the butt.

A traditional New England milkshake is just milk and flavored syrup, no ice cream. If you want what you call a milkshake, you have to order a frappe.

Surprisingly, it's humble Canada. Of course they never bring it up, those sweethearts.

It’s hearing, which has a time resolution of only 3 milliseconds, leaving sight’s 25 millisecond reaction time coughing up dust.