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

x5 The fairy penguins are found on Gabo Island (pronounced Gay-bo) and have a nightly pride march parade on Phillip Island.

Game of Thrones has its own Facebook action symbol, and it's the Iron Throne.

Apparently 'wolf' comes from a variant of the PIE word for 'dangerous'.

And words seemed to change rather oddly back in the PIE days. Like the Germanic languages tossed the word for fox (Wlop) out the window in favor of tailed one (Puksos->Fuhsaz), and then they tossed out the word for tail (Puk) and replaced it with the word for a tail-hair (Dok->Tagla).

I've been mentally pronouncing the word "falchion" wrong.

I will probably continue intentionally getting it wrong because I think "falshion" sounds cooler than "falkion."

It has just occurred to me that the Krusty Krab is an old wooden lobster trap.

And there's a real-life version of it in West Bank, Palestine.

Today, I noticed that 'Proto-Indo-European' can be abbreviated as 'PIE'.

-gets a fork-

A country music singer whose music I really enjoy (specifically, Kristian Bush of Sugarland) is a fan of Warehouse 13.

My friend is a songwriter.

In Super Smash Bros. 4, the "Congratulations!" font at the end of the credits sequence changes based on who you were using. Mario series and spin-off characters use the "Mario Font", realistic characters (Zelda, Fire Emblem, etc.) use a serif font, and everyone else uses a sans-serif font.

The "guaranteed kill" RPG blast radius in Battlefield 3 is 75 cm.

Since I hardly ever run into any vulnerable jeeps or the likes, launching rockets at potential environmental hazards is my best option, asides from going full Team Fortress.

My mother drinks chocolate milk directly from the carton.

Alice Cooper is apparently a really nice guy.

Lisbon is the capital of Portugal.

Ah. I used to think that it was just a major city, like what New York or San Francisco is to U.S.

My college buddy can paint REALLY well!

Audubon is discontinuing their hummingbird adoptions.

You can add funds to a Microsoft account with Bitcoin.

Lisbon is apparently in Portugal.

There are Lisbons in twelve US states, and two in each of Ohio and Washington.

Also learnt there is a Yolo County in California. Which used to have a Lisbon which was renamed Arcade.

edited 14th Apr '15 10:24:23 PM by Luthen

There is a Turkish city named "Batman".

Today on Pottermore, I've learned that:

1. Florean Fortescue, the owner of the ice cream parlor, is the descendant of an ex-Headmaster. He knows a lot about magical artifacts. He would've been the one to tell Harry the whereabouts of the Horcruxes, which is why Voldemort kidnapped the parlor owner. However, JK scrapped this idea because she felt that Phineas Nigellus would be a better character to give clues to Harry.

2. Why are cauldrons easy to carry around when they're made of pewter or iron? Because magic. Also, a cauldron would've been one of the Horcruxes.

3. No, a Muggle like you can't brew a potion, because you need a magic wand to provide it with its magical properties.

4. There was going to be a vampire professor in Hogwarts.

edited 15th Apr '15 9:55:46 AM by TroperNo9001

...I just wanted to say that Twilight Sparkle geeking out over Harry Potter is so RIGHT.

—R.J.

There's a particular golf course near London, and I had no idea it's relatively easy for me to get a hole-in-one on a particular par 4 hole, in part because I have the power needed to each most of them.

And I also never knew until now that I could get a hole-in-one like that.

Club Penguin doesn't let you name your penguin 4chan.

edited 15th Apr '15 4:45:50 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

Anesthesia makes your nose itch.