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
Naked gardening strikes me as an unwise activity.
Officially intimidated
And I've learned there's a thing called naked gardening.
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There's a 20-story building in Lubbock, TX, that got hit by an F5 tornado in 1970. The building survived, but it now has a permanent twist in the frame.
And its structural integrity isn't compromised?
Worldbuilding is fun, writing is a chore
There's a concept called overgeneral autobiographical memory that is closely linked with depression. Given how vague my memories have always been this actually helps understand what the fuck's going on with my mind a bit.
What does that mean?
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Mweheheh
The trailer for the Ghostbusters reboot is the most disliked movie trailer on YouTube (relative to the amount of likes).
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
It looks like shit. 'Nuff said.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Benedict XVI was not the first Pope to ever resign.
edited 30th Apr '16 3:41:58 PM by Aetol
Worldbuilding is fun, writing is a chore
Donald Trump kissed Satan and became overlord of all tortured souls in the first gate of Hell.
Still isn't out of the running. :P
Fly Air Madeline
Market Basket's store brand sodas are licensed from Polar.
"I'll show you all of Paris, I'll take you on a tour, we'll go up and up and up so high they'll long for an encore!"
Verizon employees have been on strike in areas of this country for months!
Do a barrel roll!
There's an annual tradition called the European Capital of Culture.
I think I've heard of it... some time ago.
edited 3rd May '16 9:50:43 AM by Aetol
Worldbuilding is fun, writing is a chore
Do a barrel roll!
we've never gotten ECC
fucking judges don't know culture even if a monet hit them in the face
It's alright. America's never gotten the ECC either. 
But that implies America has a culture! #SmugEuropeanism
People who think their country is better than mine offend me. #Offended American
edited 3rd May '16 2:49:58 PM by CDRW
I'm drawing a blank here. Which ECC are we talking about?
The European Capital of Culture!
An album, I assume.
"People always say that you should follow your dreams... so I'm going back to bed" -me