SKILLS THAT ARE SURPRISINGLY EASY TO LEARN

Reddit asked, “Which ‘wow’ skill is secretly super easy to learn?” Some of the responses:
– “Learning the sky. Both day and night. Anywhere on earth, day or night, using the sky, I know the cardinal directions. I know most constellations. I know what most of the fuzzy patches visible to the naked eye are in the night sky and can explain them to people. I can give a basic weather forecast by looking at cloud types.”
– “I learned how to make basic balloon animals and swords in a few hours and now all the kids at family parties love me.”
– “Lock picking. Was always impressed by it, and then I learned it and realized how really insecure most padlocks are.”
– “Being able to tell people what day of the week any given date falls on.”
– “Basic electronics repair – very often it’s just a wobbly solder joint.”
– “Splitting an apple in half with your bare hands.”
– “Balancing things on your finger tip. The key is to look at the very top of the object.”
– “Rubik’s Cube. Learned it over 40 years ago and still impress people every time!! I’m not one of those 30 second solvers (wish I was) but always a minute or two.”
– “Origami. Once you learn the basic folds, a lot of origami is just a combination of basic folds.”
– “Very loud whistle. Looks like black magic until you try it for 10 minutes and suddenly you’re summoning taxis like a wizard.”
– “Parallel parking. I could teach you in ten minutes.”
– “Plugging a tire is faster and easier than putting on the spare.”
– “Doing a backflip on ground is surprisingly easy if you are in somewhat good shape.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you have a “wow” skill? Is it easy to learn?