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.
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
What I thought for many years was a very persistent acne in my chest, specifically five centimeters at the right of my left nipple, is a supernumerary nipple. In other words, I have three nipples.
135 - 158 - 273 - 191 - 188 - 230 - 300The large-ish bugs with the gangly legs that keep getting in the house are crane flies, not giant mosquitoes. Mosquitoes don't grow anywhere near that big.
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSBirds don’t fart.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Well now I've learnt that Australia isn't the only place to get the "big mosquito things"
The last thing you hear before an unstoppable juggernaut bisects you with a minigun.The infamous Cantina Band song from Star Wars is in a fictional music genre known as... Jizz.
Apparently you can format text in cursive, like here.
Rancis may look like a party on the outside, but he's all business on the inside. He has bright eyes and even brighter ideas..."I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly was written for Space Jam.
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSToday would have been Octavia Butler's 71st birthday. An old high school friend of mine introduced her to some of her books. (I'd no idea she was even remotely into sci-fi.)
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!That Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn for the Switch can be sold out. Welp.
...It's weird having so many websites and no way to properly display now, lol.It's an indie game, so I imagine the amount of physical copies in stores is pretty limited.
Bobby Hill and Pajama Sam are both voiced by the same woman.
Word's second most famous attorney with a bird-related name.Africa’s rainforests only formed around 12,000 years ago.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Koko the gorilla is dead.
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSPantera bassist Rex Brown was offered a scholarship from University of North Texas (where I currently attend) but declined.
The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.One of the furry artists I regularly commission has an Encyclopedia Dramatica article, focusing mainly on a bunch of art theft and tracing drama they were involved in as a teenager. Suffice to say, this artist got a lot better and sees everything chronicled on ED as an Old Shame.
In early 20th century America, using artistic license about nature in fiction was Serious Business - even the President got involved. I guess this article interested me because the way the controversy developed and eventually sputtered out made me think of flame wars, just way before the internet.
Earth is the only planet inhabitable by Nicolas Cage.Brooklyn Nine-Nine has never won an Emmy.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Double Dare (1986) is getting a reboot? And with Marc Summers hosting again? Man, we really are just reliving The '80s and The '90s all over again, aren't we?
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!Bacteria were once thought to be plants.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Bootleg toys can apparently get commercials made for them, if this is anything to go by.
Pokemon has gathered $51 billion since it started in 1996.
Yep,accoding to Wikipedia its the highest-grossing media franchise of all time,with Star Wars close behind it
New theme music also a boxJesuz Christo. :O
Stranger Things is filming in a largely abandoned mall in Atlanta. And they set up a bunch of storefronts in the mall... all of which are extremely accurate.
There's a pizzeria in Florida that offers Burmese python meat as a topping. I thought eating them was advised against because of the mercury content in their flesh.
Pinkie Pie and flugelhorns are a bad combination.