What interesting things have you only recently learned about?
To be clear, this is about things which have been true for some time and you only recently learned about, not things that only happened recently. In particular, recent deaths of celebrities and other high-profile individuals should go in the General RIP Thread
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So, what interesting things have you guys...and gals...only recently learned about?
Edited by Twiddler on Apr 8th 2023 at 1:07:55 AM
Basically canon
The Japanese equivalent of "water off a duck's back" translates to "water off a frog's face". Considering how different idioms can be between languages, I thought it was interesting this one is similar in theme.
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDS
Miyamoto Musashi
My horse riding instructor is a Gemini, and her birthday is tomorrow! (please note that it is currently May 31 where I am)
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There's a subgenus of bees known as vulture bees that make honey out of rotting flesh.
edited 31st May '18 10:22:56 AM by FawfulCrump
Mweheheh
The muskrat belongs to the hamster family.
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Sounds like an SCP.
Basically canon
Coral is actually an animal.
Isn't there literally an SCP that's a species of fly which makes its nests out of (living) human bodies?
Mweheheh
There are four species of anteater (the silky anteater, the giant anteater & two species of tamandua). I thought there were more.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Jer gets all the girls
Ginger Meggs is Australian.
Everybody's all "Jerry's old and feeble" till they see him run down a skyscraper and hijack a helicopter mid-flight.
In South Africa, there is now a new and inventive way to get rid of invasive plants: by using them as firewood for braais.
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
Lovely Legilimens
What's braais?
edited 4th Jun '18 8:21:00 PM by Demetrios
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
There are some places in the US and Canada that actually barbecue roadkill.
edited 4th Jun '18 8:39:50 PM by kyun
I knew that the most common lesbian pride flag you'll find online is pretty new, being adapted from the lipstick lesbian flag that was created in 2010.
I didn't know until just recently that the adapted flag only came into wide use around 2015, only 3 years ago.
Mweheheh
The honey buzzard is the Asian giant hornet’s only predator.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
The word "LEGO" is never actually said by anyone in The LEGO Movie.
edited 7th Jun '18 6:40:11 PM by FawfulCrump
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
The Philadelphia 76ers have promoted Brett Brown, the only constant in the confusing process known as "The Process", to general manager after chasing Bryan Colangelo out of the building for Sockpuppeting on Twitter.
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
Mweheheh
A girl I know (the one I talked about in the romance thread back in 2015) has ovarian cysts. 
Oak trees get struck by lightning the most because of their high moisture content, while beech trees get struck the least.
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
"Upstate New York" refers to literally any part of New York state that is not NYC.
Or Long Island.
Nazis did crystal meth to enhance their performance.
Miyamoto Musashi
There was an attempt to get a Boogerman HD remake of all things going. The Kickstarter never reached its goal. Probably for the best.
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Port Huron, Michigan (population 30,000) has only one Subway within city limits.
Having a good time!
Justify won the Triple Crown yesterday. My twelve year old self is bouncing off the walls right now.
Blog link
Happiness is a cup of tea
Apparently, Fallout:76 is gonna take place in West Virginia, of all places.
Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
Rhinos used to live in the Caribbean.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.