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

Christopher Lee knew JRR Tolkien and actually made comments and recommendations during the filming of the Lord of the Rings films, especially regarding characterization.

Also, Lee was a British spy and was probably the real life James Bond.

That guy is now even more awesome in my book.

There are no In-N-Out places in the east because the only ones that exist must be within a day's drive of their meat plant.

Huh.

I always heard that they had to be able to grow palm trees there.

According to Wikipedia, no In-N-Out location can be more than a day's drive from a regional distribution center.

They need to make some near Oregon, because there weren't any up there.

What Rossy said.

Legend of Korra is being moved to digital, according to the creator.

Meaning, it's being sent to the guillotine.

Digital = guillotine? That doesn't sound ironically demeaning at all.

edited 24th Jul '14 9:12:19 PM by Shota

Weird Al is 54.

I thought he was in his 40's.

Weird Al's been popular since what?? The early 80's? And his voice barely changed!!!

Forrest Gump and Monsters vs. Aliens have equal scores on Rotten Tomatoes.

Some mental health authorities are pondering changing the definition of terms associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder because of how they gets used for any trauma in some areas.

I seem to remember a while back they were talking about tightening it up so it only applied to those who'd been exposed to danger themselves or witnessed someone else in danger, though the definition of 'danger' was quite broad.

edited 25th Jul '14 7:26:12 AM by InverurieJones

You can stub your thumb.

Yes, I learnt this the hard way.

edited 25th Jul '14 11:04:58 AM by Spinosegnosaurus77

Penn and Teller did an episode featuring Cato Institute. That group of people who think every NASA employee should be given the death penalty. Fuck those guys.

@Spino Owww that sounds like it would hurt.

edited 25th Jul '14 11:54:24 AM by phantom1

In the older Civ games you don't lose when your capital falls. I mistook a barbarian raider and his two horsemen for a red diplomat and guards and lost Babylon early on. Sumer now rules my Babylonian Empire.

At first I thought this was a joke, but there actually is a Ferrari World in Abu Dahbi

I learned two things today: The difference between the "Cause of death" (the immediate proximate physical reason the person died, like heart attack, asphyxiation, and so on) and "Manner of death" (Natural, Accident, Suicide, Homicide, or Undetermined) in an autopsy report or death certificate, and what the cause of death would be listed as, for someone who went through an industrial wood chipper: He has suffered "Total Morselization"

edited 25th Jul '14 5:53:33 PM by Madrugada

Sounds...disturbingly tasty.

Melinda May is Mulan.

There are a strange amount of portrayals of the Greek Cleopatra as being African. I only just noticed when playing Civilization Revolution and meeting Egypt. A quick Google search revealed that this is a common mistake.

edited 26th Jul '14 2:39:22 AM by Blackcoldren

Speaking of Egypt, people have been giving mummies the Twilight treatment since the late 19th century. Mostly through songs.

edited 26th Jul '14 2:21:50 AM by Mort08

It seemed to be fashionable in the '90s. Don't know why, as she was a Ptolemy through and through.

The brand name of my little brother's ADHD medication is Concerta. The same drug, methylphenidate, is sold as Ritalin, but Concerta is specifically used for extended-release tablets.