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
Fanboi
You thought I was older?
I’m so alone without you. To call up on the weekends with my cellular phone.
Yes, I thought you were in your twenties.
edited 12th Jul '14 4:22:46 PM by BaconManiac5000
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Fanboi
I have way too much free time to be in my twenties! 😆
I’m so alone without you. To call up on the weekends with my cellular phone.
Having a good time!
I fought the Lore, and the Lore won.
A long while back my ol' school took a field trip to the theater to watch Baby Geniuses. They didn't know what to expect at the time. Poor souls... The students came back complaining of migraines.
Later on another field trip was arranged to see the sequel. They didn't make it a half hour into the movie when the students demanded to leave.
I ain't even joking.
Not dead, just feeling like it.
Just...why.
Because GIFT.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
I fought the Lore, and the Lore won.
Why do I maintain faith in humanity?
Not dead, just feeling like it.
Do a barrel roll!
Because you want that stupid meme to die? 
edited 13th Jul '14 11:40:35 AM by Demetrios
Flora is the most beautiful member of the Winx Club. :)
whatever he can
"Baby Geniuses 3"
Proof that the world we live in is godless.
dead devotion
hiya, the name's scout.
There's such thing as third-hand smoke.
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TELL ME MORE
It's residual smoke that stays on carpets and clothes and surfaces and stuff like that.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Oh, that makes sense.
Basically canon
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13207 Wow, just... fuck. I have never been more ashamed of the Internet than I am now.
(Watch Tumblr pick this up and start making sweeping generalizations about how all men are so incredibly horny that they're two pairs of pants away from raping the girl sitting in front of them on the bus.)
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDS
I fought the Lore, and the Lore won.
'Cigaret' was the American spelling before largely dying out sometime in the 1970s. It's still (rarely) in use by some.
Not dead, just feeling like it.
I remember seeing that spelling in a very old Beetle Bailey book that I believe I no longer own.
A lot of pre-1970s stuff I've seen spells "Caffeine" without the final E, and "marijuana" with an H instead of a J.
edited 13th Jul '14 8:31:30 PM by BaconManiac5000
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
There was another school shooting in Seattle last month, and another one in Oregon on last Thursday.
\*sigh*
That's why I'm glad I'm living in a country that doesn't allow guns in the first place...
Basically canon
Lucky sumbitch. You don't have to go to college every day and worry that the guy sitting next to you is going to snap one day, bring a gun on campus, and start commiting murder-suicide.
June 10th, actually.
edited 14th Jul '14 1:23:32 AM by Midna
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDS
Happy New Year!
Yeah but all the poisonous spiders and Shark attacks does equal it out a bit.
And the snakes, so many snakes.
hashtagsarestupid
Basically canon
I guess when you live in Australia, the constant threat of a horrible death courtesy of the local fauna hardens you so much you don't need a gun to scare people away. "Colts are for pussies. I survived an inland taipin bite.
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDS
Hate to burst your bubble but about 5.2% of Australian adults own and use firearms.
Hopey is younger than me.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else