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
"Ready & Steady", one of the most famous missing episodes and long thought to be a copyright trap on Billboard, has been found.
Mweheheh
Disney introduced a line of dolls based on their theme park rides.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Red Like Santa
Youtube is allowing people to become moderators.
Now known as Cyber Controller
Mweheheh
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame was nominated for a Razzie.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
For what?
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Mweheheh
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Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million (which was won by Twister). The other nominees were Mission: Impossible & Independence Day.
edited 22nd Sep '16 1:09:23 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
The Scarlet Witch
A troper I knew died a couple of weeks ago. 
Mweheheh
If you don't mind, please may I ask who?
The Scarlet Witch
Shane Bane Neumann. He was a pretty nice guy.
"Thanks for the lesson. But I don't need you to tell me who I am."
@"Ready 'n' Steady"
oh god i remember hearing about this like a month ago
it was so glorious
also i swear i thought i put this in the thread but i guess not
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
Why The Hunchback of Notre Dame? That movie was amazing.
I like to keep my audience riveted.
Mweheheh
Terry Jones has dementia.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
You Give Me Fever
Spiders are ingrates. You let them stay in your room, you give them a steady supply of bugs, do they show the least bit of gratitude? No!
That's why he wants you to have the money. Not so you can buy 14 Cadillacs but so you can help build up the wastes
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
Just out of curiosity, how should they express their gratitude for it to register?
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
The man behind the slaughter
I imagine it would be not biting you.
I learned the CEO of Pepsi and Youtube Are women.
"Take your weapon; strike me down with all of your hatred, and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete."
The urban legend of the one million dollar NASA pen is also wrong for the reason that average price of R&D for a single product cost 1.5 million dollar back then. The takeaway is that normal people don't understand economics.
You Give Me Fever
That, and by not packing up and leaving before all its food is eaten. Slobs they are.
That's why he wants you to have the money. Not so you can buy 14 Cadillacs but so you can help build up the wastes
Mweheheh
Spider-Pig (or, more accurately, Spider-Ham) was an actual thing in Marvel Comics.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
D1 die exists.
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
It's a ball, I presume.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Actually it's a Mobius Strip
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
Yeah, I actually Googled it and saw that that's what it is. (Well, there was also a ball with a 1 on it but I'm not sure if that's meant to be a D1.)
edited 25th Sep '16 4:22:04 PM by BestOf
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Arnold Palmer died.
Jose Fernandez just died.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
The released photo
of the Jumanji remake looks utterly silly, abhorrent, and typical Hollywood as you can get. It's almost like a video game. .... and where are the child characters??