Things you didn't know until very recently...

It is, however, a dead language, as it has no native speakers.

I learned that the US government has interrogation records of Hitler's dentist, Dr. Hugo Blaschke, in which he criticises Hitler mainly for being a frustrating patient who let his military offensives get in the way of his dental hygiene. (Nothing to say about the crimes against humanity - he was also the official dentist of the Waffen SS.)

Apparently, a Costco executive threatened another executive with death if he raised the price of Costco hot dogs from $1.50. Understandable.

Michelle Obama was in an episode of iCarly.

Cobalt, the element, comes from the German Kobold Ore, literally "goblin ore". So called because it was thought to be useless (and gave off arsenic fumes if you tried to smelt it) until cobalt was discovered in the 18th century.

So yeah, its name comes from the same place as those whacky little guys from TTRPGs.

Solaire has an amiibo. Complete with him doing the PRAISING THE SUN pose.

which is why I'm mad kobolds aren't blue in D&D 5e. That's like having Will-o-the-Wisp in a game but not have it be a flame.

Hatsune Miku once collaborated with Magic: The Gathering.

Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko is one of 2 anime that have their own Troubled Production pages. And I also learned this anime had Takeshi Shudō of Pokemon fame as the main writer.

He also created Lugia.

Wow that's awesome, RIP Takeshi Shudo.

Aragog from Harry Potter and General Veers from Star Wars were both played by the bad guy from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Julian Glover.

Edited by Angry_Clown on Mar 25th 2024 at 3:33:41 PM

James K. Polk's middle name was Knox.

James Cameron has tested whether Jack could’ve realistically survived Titanic. The verdict: maybe, but there are a lot of variables at play & it might’ve put Rose in danger too, which isn’t in-character for him.

There is an MLP character based on and voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic. And he ends up with Pinkie Pie, of all people.

During the Boxer Rebellion, there were a group of foreign diplomats with some troops stuck in China, that had to fight their way out together, where for the lack of any common language, they had to co-ordinate mostly in French, because most of the officers knew some French, but the command was technically held by a German officer who was not in the country, the highest ranking officer was Japanese but the Europeans didn't respect his authority. Americans were also there, but at that point had not established a reputation in international war so were treated on the level of the Italians and Austrians. Russians had artillery shells, but forgot to bring a cannon.

And his name is Cheese Sandwich.

“Coach” is a Hungarian loanword.

While playing Akihiko Sanada in Persona 3 Reload, Alejandro Saab based his performance in a certain scene on his feelings after the passing of his friend Billy Kametz. He confirmed this in a YT comment, of all things.

• Berserk has made it rather difficult for other Japanese Dark Fantasy works full of copious sex and violence to gain traction, as it utilized all of the tropes of the genre to such a degree that many will be accused of attempting to ride Kentaro Miura and Kouji Mori's coattails. Case in point: Redo of Healer became immensely controversial for its glorification of sexual violence, Cheat Slayer only lasted one chapter due to its graphic content and mean-spirited treatment of other works, and even the more successful imitators such as Goblin Slayer tend to be a bit more Lighter and Softer.

From Genre-Killer, this chills me to the bone. As I am familiar with Goblin Slayer but not Berserk (I know the basic plot of Berserk and how bleak it is) this ASTOUNDS ME. I dont think I could ever be able to stomach Berserk if Goblin Slayer can be said to be Lighter and Softer.

On a genuinely Lighter and Softer note, the Teen Titans Go was successful and one of the few 2D animated movies made in America post The Princess And The Frog.

Edited by AegisP on Mar 26th 2024 at 11:21:33 AM

Is it more or less than what happens in Ninja Scroll?

I dunno. Ninja Scroll had a VERY beautiful scene that I loved though, and so did Berserk so while I will never sit down and watch either they had warmth and humanity at least.

Ridley Scott almost passed on Hannibal because he thought it was about the Carthaginian general & would be too similar to Gladiator.

The Fairly OddParents! aired on Jetix / Disney XD in Latin America.

H. P. Lovecraft’s infamous cat was named by his father.

A pope dug up the corpse of the previous pope, his enemy, put it on trial, found the corpse guilty of blasphemy, and chucked the body into the Tiber River. It's called the Cadaver Synod.