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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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Hey guys...and gals...I was just browsing through an XKCD strip and ended up learning that Jimmy Carter was attacked by a swimming rabbit.

Courtesy link...

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

Demetrios King Arthur's Favorite Bird from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Some_Person He'll take the case! from Land of Maple Syrup and Hockey Since: Jun, 2015 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
He'll take the case!
#27077: Sep 25th 2018 at 6:27:04 AM

Jason Schwartzman used to be part of the band that did the theme song for The O.C.

Word's second most famous attorney with a bird-related name.
megarockman Since: Apr, 2010
#27078: Sep 25th 2018 at 8:13:37 AM

Kikuko Inoue has a daughter who is also a seiyu. They've done work together in Pokémon Generations.

Demetrios King Arthur's Favorite Bird from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Mweheheh
#27080: Sep 25th 2018 at 5:25:31 PM

The Budgett’s frog (the species featured in the “it is Wednesday, my dudes” meme) shrieks like a cat.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
WillyFourEyes I have seen the amateur, and it is me. (Old Enough To Drive) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
WillyFourEyes I have seen the amateur, and it is me. (Old Enough To Drive) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
#27083: Sep 26th 2018 at 6:39:21 AM

Paradox Interactive plans to adapt some of its most popular video games into board games — Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, and Hearts of Iron, to be specific.

Source: a PC Gamer article from 4 months ago, which I looked up after seeing an ad for the EU Kickstarter on Bulbapedia

Edited by WillyFourEyes on Sep 26th 2018 at 9:39:00 AM

I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ultimatum Disasturbator from Second Star to the left (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Disasturbator
#27086: Sep 27th 2018 at 4:37:18 AM

Green skies mean tornado weather

New theme music also a box
arimothereindeer Professional Professionalist from here to eternity, that's where she takes me Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
Professional Professionalist
#27087: Sep 27th 2018 at 5:20:54 AM

Lupin III The Italian Adventure falls under the western animation namespace on this site, due to the policy of putting it based on what country it premiered in first without question.

"Don't cry because it's over, cry because it happened."
Emperor_Ing The Senate from Lunar Area 32 Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
The Senate
#27088: Sep 27th 2018 at 5:22:15 AM

There is a petition to make Waluigi a global religion. It has 540 signatures.

How unfortunate that you are attempting to deceive me.
ReikoKazama Outspoken Cleric from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Outspoken Cleric
#27089: Sep 27th 2018 at 8:54:35 AM

[up] ...*facepalm* The End of the World as We Know It is looking really good right now tbh. Just... why?

Edited by ReikoKazama on Sep 28th 2018 at 1:57:04 AM

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
astrokitty Happiness is a cup of tea from Somewhere Out There Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Happiness is a cup of tea
#27090: Sep 27th 2018 at 9:16:12 AM

For the memes.

Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#27091: Sep 27th 2018 at 11:55:59 AM

Nintendo's stock went up around 2 points all because of the Bowsette meme.

TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Having a good time!
#27092: Sep 27th 2018 at 1:16:14 PM

[up]Ah, the wonders of the internet.

Blog link
ParaChomp Since: Oct, 2016
#27093: Sep 27th 2018 at 1:23:27 PM

[up]Now if only they understood it. I feel sad now...

Ultimatum Disasturbator from Second Star to the left (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Disasturbator
#27094: Sep 27th 2018 at 4:43:35 PM

> Nintendo's stock went up around 2 points all because of the Bowsette meme.

Did it?

On the other hand,I believe it because stocks are a volatile thing,on the other its a meme so I don't how it should it's investors

New theme music also a box
DrNoPuma Pums Iena (see my troper page) from Toon Town Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
Pums Iena (see my troper page)
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#27098: Sep 28th 2018 at 1:28:12 PM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-28/china-working-to-eliminate-uighur-people-detention-camp-witness/10308286

China has been doing some ethnic cleansing lately. I really hope this becomes more a of a big issue, because this is just another mark in their long list of atrocities.

WillyFourEyes I have seen the amateur, and it is me. (Old Enough To Drive) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
#27099: Sep 28th 2018 at 1:28:16 PM

[up][up][up] There are lots of scary clowns out there. (So I've heard.)

Edited by WillyFourEyes on Sep 28th 2018 at 4:27:50 AM

I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
burinnu Tell me something happy from Someplace Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Tell me something happy

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