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
Yeah, but Latin seems like the indo-european king of verb tenses, so I was surprised to see that it lacks this one, even more so because my language has it. And it's perfectly alive in colloquial language, unlike the synthetic pluperfect.
Streets Of Rage 3 has a pair of bosses named Mona and Lisa. I've had this game ever since I was a kid, but only realized yesterday that they resemble one of Masamune Shirow's cyber-whores.
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
I'm Only Sleeping
My mom was born on the exact same day as Scottie Pippen.
"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remake
'80s TV Action Hero
Scottie Pippen was an American basketball player. Apparently.
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
America plays a lot of basketball.
someone
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
You didn't know that until recently?
... I was creating a Running Gag, man.
'80s TV Action Hero
KIK-KACHUNK.
BANG!!!
Gag is no longer running.
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Bloody Fossil
Confirming gag is down, repeat, gag is down.
A different shape every step I take A different mind every step of the line
Oh, Gag.
Your life was short, but sweet.
You shall be sorely missed by all.
'80s TV Action Hero
Missed by all except, apparently, for one...
edited 14th Oct '12 9:50:30 AM by InverurieJones
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Bloody Fossil
'80s TV Action Hero
Indeed.
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Zzzzzzzzzz
Gun control is hitting what you aimed at.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
Apparently, the box office A-bomb The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure was inspired by, of all things, the Audience Participation segments of Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail.
(EDIT: Link hopefully fixed)
edited 16th Oct '12 6:52:46 PM by WillyFourEyes
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
Page Not Found.
...but REALLY?!?!
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
Yes. I was surprised, too.
(P.S. It appears that the wiki forum markup automatically puts a space after every comma, which rendered my URL like this:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/something-close-to-madness-case-file-24-the-oogiel,%2085088/
Just remove the "%20" and you should see the article.)
edited 16th Oct '12 6:55:33 PM by WillyFourEyes
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
You can also try a URL shortener like bit.ly or tinyurl.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
someone
Apparently in Japanese, "Santa Claus" sounds like "Thunder Cross".[1] That is somehow awesome...
In uffish thought
"Pyramids per teaspoon", as in how many times the weight of the Great Pyramid it would take to equal a teaspoon of a really dense substance, is a valid measurement.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
They should've called him Thundercross in Rise Of The Guardians.
someone
He should have a cross that shoots lightning. Very appropriate for a religious icon.
something
ETERNAL
Everything in poundland costs one pound.
I couldn't believe it for a second myself.
"You'd never do something as irrational as dying."
'80s TV Action Hero
Clue's in the name.
edited 18th Oct '12 1:27:29 PM by InverurieJones
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
(Neither does Finnish.)
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.