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
A tiger can swim 18 miles in a day.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Guillotines as a form of execution weren't ended in France until at least The '70s.
Edited by CanuckMcDuck1 on Apr 24th 2024 at 6:19:32 AM
Discombobulate.Louis IX of France was taught by his mother Blanche to be extremely catholic at a very young age. He was also a bit of an anti-Semite and even burned a Talmud once.
I belong to neither Heaven nor Hell. I am a woman self-possessed.In fairness, those tended to go hand in hand at the time. Not our best era.
"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remakeAnna Brisbin is the niece of Grey DeLisle.
She/Her | Currently cleaning N/ATurns out pink lemonade... is just lemonade that is colored pink. No extra ingredient besides the red/pink dye.
If you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.Apparently, some varieties of pink lemonade get their coloration from a small amount of fruit juice, so I guess that explains why some pink lemonade really does taste different (aside from the power of suggestion).
On a related note, I've just found out that red velvet cake really isn't just "chocolate dyed red" — there is some truth to this, in that red velvet cake contains cocoa powder, but not as much as chocolate cake does. (I'll admit I had my doubts about them being the exact same flavor, though it was interesting to find out why, exactly.)
Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.TIL of the existence of Skeleton Warriors, a fairly dark 90's Saturday Morning Cartoon that had 13 episodes, a couple games, and some action figures, but most importantly a concrete ending and an awesome theme song.
(And the skeletons are the bad guys, not the heroes. XD)
The Protomen enhanced my life."10q" is slang for "thank you"
i can't believe nor even fathom that he visited his friend! the audacity!There’s a Brazilian band called Incubus (besides the American one).
Peace is the only battle worth waging.I FINALLY found our what peerless means.
Discord: Waido X 255#1372 If you cant contact me on TV Tropes do it here.Frederick Barbarossa was excommunicated three times.
I belong to neither Heaven nor Hell. I am a woman self-possessed.Woody Woodpecker is really popular in Brazil.
Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.Captain America was not the first patriotic American superhero.
Ludacris & Monica are cousins.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Tumblr has VIDEO GAME WALKTHROUGHS. My bro didnt know this but he told me Gamefaqs is dead and no one uses it anymore and he was RIGHT.
Discord: Waido X 255#1372 If you cant contact me on TV Tropes do it here.There were characters who were part of a mafia on Sesame Street. No, really.
Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.That “n***a n***a n***a n***a n***a n***a n***a” song that’s become the subject of Memetic Mutation was released in 2007.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.Something tells me this isnt an innocen na, na, na, na, na song.
Discord: Waido X 255#1372 If you cant contact me on TV Tropes do it here.I learned that "Psycho Soldier" was the first video game to have vocals as part of the in-game soundtrack.
If you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.The stills of each Servant in Fate/Zero's first ending are based off actual irl art pieces depicting them. (Also please go give the song itself, "Memoria" by Eir Aoi, a listen because it is so so good)
FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Fire Emblem: The Blazing BladeOrangelinks work in the TLP even though Redlinks and Greenlinks don't
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure PurenessTIL Metal Walker started life as an LCD pedometer game, like Digimon or Pokemon Pikachu.
The Protomen enhanced my life.Navajo has a word for Hitler since it was used as an Allied cryptolect in WWII.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
The USA didnt get the original version of The Seven Samurai until PBS aired it in the 70s.
Discord: Waido X 255#1372 If you cant contact me on TV Tropes do it here.