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
Mweheheh
Carrot Top is worth $75 million.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Disasturbator
Jail and Prison are two different things,basically they're short term (Jail) and long term and possibly forever (Prison)
I had always assumed they two words for the same sort of punishment but actuality it's the length that makes the difference
New theme music also a box
Mweheheh
Baboons have eaten people’s dogs.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Tell me something happy
A penguin was knighted in Norway once.
I'm in your fanfiction, correcting your spelling.
Mweheheh
The Gulf of Mexico contains more than half of the world’s offshore oil rigs.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Fits in Heavy's pocket!
Kelpie can also refer to horses, not just a breed of sheep dog.
The last thing you hear before an unstoppable juggernaut bisects you with a minigun.
Do a barrel roll!
The stair car appeared in Captain America: Civil War. XD
Today is the 47th anniversary of Walt Disney World, as well as that of its first park, the Magic Kingdom. 
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Edited by Demetrios on Oct 1st 2018 at 12:16:34 PM
Flora is the most beautiful member of the Winx Club. :)
Mweheheh
Rob Schneider is an anti-vaxxer.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Professional Professionalist
Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist used to be called Inspector Zenigata.
"Don't cry because it's over, cry because it happened."
Mweheheh
Millie Bobby Brown raps.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Outspoken Cleric
Mega Man 11 is out.
Yeah. I'd actually forgotten the release date for that thing. I'm dumb.
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Do a barrel roll!
I don’t know who that second person is
In the name of being honest
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Last emperor of Ethiopia, world pioneer in multilateral diplomacy, modernised the country (twice), abolished slavery, introduced its first written constitution, deified by the Rastafarian faith, and a playable leader in Civilization V. No biggie.
There's a downright unsettling number of people who use the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe as the backdrop for their Tinder profiles. O__o
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nahh
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:58:57 AM
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
Mweheheh
Several languages regard blue & green as the same color.
I assume you browse r/trashy?
Disasturbator
Stumble Upon closed down on June 30th
New theme music also a box
Tell me something happy
Humans can't detect the sources of low-frequency sounds very well, which is why we're so bad at audiolocation and why you only need one bass speaker for most sound systems.
I'm in your fanfiction, correcting your spelling.
Mweheheh
A weasel the size of a leopard lived in Kenya six million years ago.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
In the name of being honest
The Hawai'ian king Kalākaua tried to set up a pan-Polynesian confederation (drawing up plans to intervene in the Samoan Civil War against Germany at one point) and establish a dynastic union with the Empire of Japan through marriage.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
Just learned the existence of the Brown Paper Bag Test:
Man it is a fucked up world we live in.
Mweheheh
Lina Medina (the youngest confirmed mother in medical history) is still alive.
That reminds me of the Family Guy toll booth scene.
Professional Professionalist
There was a live action Inspector Zenigata tv show.
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
I was only five months old when Escape from New York was released. I thought it was released later than 1981, given Escape from L.A.'s 1996 release date.
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!
Mweheheh
A libertarian running for Congress in Virginia is seriously advocating “a system that classifies women as property, initially of their fathers and later of their husbands” (his words).
ETA: The party kicked him out.
Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Oct 4th 2018 at 12:19:19 PM
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
I just found that Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li's movie website/blog is still up
. It's not the totally tubular Space Jam website
, but it's still interesting to see peoples' thoughts on the movie as they were making it!
The Protomen enhanced my life.