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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And yet I've seen a knife called the Yoshi Blade that had no connection to Mario at all.
1000 chords and the truth
I think it's also word for excitement apart from being Yoshi's name.
But I'm not positive.
Louder than God's revolver and twice as shiny.
Hello Kitty is now a cat gijinka.
I'm okay with this.
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FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
Yoshi is also a name in Japan.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
I think that it's actually a fairly common name, judging by the fact that it pops up in quite a bit of anime. It must be the Japanese equivalent of "Bob", or something.
This is a signature.
It's illegal in Norway to prepare/equip a ship with the intent to commit robbery.
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'80s TV Action Hero
I bet the English are glad about that.
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Mweheheh
If chocobos actually existed, they'd probably be more closely related to chickens and other fowl than to palaeognaths like ostriches and emus. Also, there's an Asian bird that looks like a tiny version of Kevin.
It never occurred to me that Daft Punk uses samples from other songs, so it feels kinda weird listening to songs they sampled from like the intro to this
edited 30th Aug '14 5:22:30 AM by Ferret
Mweheheh
Google Street View has 2007 close-up shots of Livonia Mall, which was torn down in 2008.
World of Warcraft is very close to it's tenth anniversary.
I mean, holy shit, has it been TEN YEARS SINCE THAT THING CAME OUT?!
I feel old now.
"Just as planned."
Hello there. I remember back when we had a dedicated 100Mb/s pipe we paid thousands for so we could get stock prices quickly and with little fuss.
Don't start feeling old until you can remember being amazed at only paying £2,000 for what was then the fastest thing you could get.
edited 30th Aug '14 8:21:25 AM by RatherRandomRachel
"Did you expect somebody else?"
Doesn't the Warcraft franchise go back to the 90s?
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans released in '94.
Shin Megami Tensei was released on Andriod for 15 bucks.
"Just as planned."
Except not in English.
Uniocular
Will Smith is a Scientologist.
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
No he's not. He's non-religious.
Mad Scientist Wannabe
No, I'm pretty sure he's Scientologist.
Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
'80s TV Action Hero
Aren't all American actors scientologists?
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
The cat next door who would always destroy Snoopy's doghouse was named World War II.
So, who's got a camera?
From wikipedia:
Mad Scientist Wannabe
He does know that that principles of Scientology are "Give us money" "Psychiatry is the devil", and "we are all possessed by the ghosts of alien crabs", right?
Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great