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
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CrystAAHHL is Canadian.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Flowers can be kept in the fridge, and it's actually good for them.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe were the lead actors in The Last of the Mohicans.
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Formerly G.G.
Moose can swim underwater for a short time. They also can be eaten by whales.
"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."
There's a Toribash Next and it's (supposedly) terrible?
I only ever knew of the original Toribash—
Today is Homer Simpson's birthday.
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CUTE DOGGO!!!
awwwww doggo.
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Cats were first domesticated at the end of the Pleistocene.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
SO MANY new Harrassment terms from the article Black Company
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Officially intimidated
You can see auroras in the southernmost areas of South Africa.
EDIT: In Argentina too!
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Mweheheh
The Anti-Defamation League runs a police academy.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
That guy who stays for the closing credits.
There's a Kansas City in Missouri, and the Kansas City in Kansas is named after the former.
Are we human, or are we dancer?
and there's Missouri City in Texas.
There is a site called The Internet Movie Cars Database. I knew of a similar on for firearms. Both nice resources to have for trivia heads.
I'm guessing mayyyybe Cape Agulhas? I think that's the southernmost part of South Africa…
On a related note, its name is apparently Portuguese for "needles". Cibrylls have trouble picking which avatar to use at times, so it changes on a whim at times~
Tobias/TJ (He/Him)
One time on a family road trip, we ended up finding out that Missouri has a lot of towns named after other places. There's a Mexico, Missouri as well, to name just one.
Edited by punkcrow on May 13th 2024 at 3:11:49 PM
Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
The Reconqueror
One of the most popular Mexican Regional music bands, Intocable (that could fill arenas with thousand of dancing couples hearing to them) where from Zapata... Texas O o
Speaking of Texas, I recently learned that the people that formed the Republic of Texas were pro-slavery people from the US south that originally went to Mexican Texas because they feared US would abolish slavery soon... only for Mexico to abolish slavery almost immediately after they settled in Texas, years before the US would.
The Reconqueror
This was the main reason why USA decided not to get the rest of Mexico.
Just think it, if USA took the rest of the Country the pro-slavery states would had been in a sandwich between anti-slavery states, so the Civil War would had been started earlier and probably with less possibilites for pro-slavery to grow more.
Indeed one factor that prevented pro-slavery to win was the victory of the Mexican Army against the French one in Puebla that prevented France to establish quickly a foreign government (this saved time for the Union to have a new enemy south of the Confederation).
Probably the American people celebrating Cinco de Mayo with tacos and margaritas was because of that. For the Mexicans it was only Tuesday.
Mweheheh
Jamieson Price is a professor at California State University, Long Beach.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Mother Glasc and her loyal butler
Today is the day Pope John Paul II’s assassination attempt happened.
Basically girl Beetlejuice and a big candle, but the skins are better than they sound.
Damnably Inscrutable
The musical version of Heathers never actually made it to Broadway. With how popular it is (and how similar it is to Mean Girls, a successful Broadway musical), I'd just assumed it was on Broadway.
fun fact: pro tip: breaking news: life hack: i can't find a good signature
Mother Glasc and her loyal butler
Martin Luther was a virulent anti-Semite.
Basically girl Beetlejuice and a big candle, but the skins are better than they sound.
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John Maynard Keynes too IIRC.
The Namib Desert’s 55 million years old.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
The memetic lyric "¿Qué dirías si esta noche te seduzco en mi coche?" ("How about tonight I seduce you in my car?") is from a song by bachata singer Romeo Santos. I always thought it was from a reggaeton song.
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