Trivia is a great way to gauge how much you know while also realizing how little you know. I wonder how much you know. Here are a few facts I learned:
Did you know Ezra Cornell rests inside Sage Chapel? It is surprising and personally creeps me out every time I think about it.
Did you know someone at Cornell invented the chicken nugget? This was a really cool fact I learned recently. Something people around the world enjoy as their favorite fast food item was invented here on campus; it really puts into perspective how great Cornell is.
Did you know that, on average, clouds weight 1.1 million pounds? Those floating white bundles of water vapor in the sky are super heavy.
One more: Did you know that the peregrine falcon is the fastest animal in the animal kingdom? When it does a hunting dive, it reaches speeds over 200mph. Contrary to what I have believed all my life, the cheetah is actually the fastest land animal.
This sounds counterintuitive, but doing trivia is a great stress reliever. We all know a lot more than we think, and even if it is not conscious knowledge, it is somewhere deep in our subconscious. The challenge is whether you can recall it and recall it correctly. Like any test, when doing trivia, you have to trust your intuition. After attending virtual trivia this afternoon, I was reminded of that: when in doubt, trust your instincts.
All of these fact are super interesting and trivia is a great outlet to learn them! But now that I know that Ezra Cornell rests inside of Sage Chapel I cannot really look at my testing location on Tuesdays and Fridays the same. I also like how you worded your conclusion to the trivia session. I had never really thought of trivia as trusting my intuition but that is a great way to put it!