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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

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#27351: Nov 24th 2018 at 4:43:06 PM

It's just that statement alone feels wrong,I'm aware there are citations and I dont care about the number

I dunno

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
#27352: Nov 24th 2018 at 5:23:48 PM

Regardless of how accurate it is, bringing it up to shut down animal activist concerns kinda smacks of Hitler Ate Sugar.

And now I see that the current image of that trope page is a picture of Hitler playing with a dog, lol.

Edited by FawfulCrump on Nov 24th 2018 at 7:26:39 AM

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#27353: Nov 24th 2018 at 5:36:00 PM

It's mostly because a lot of extreme vegan and animal activists commonly invoke comparing animal slaughter to the Holocaust. This really is a big case of Critical Research Failure due to how the Nazis were big anti-animal abuse activists themselves. Heck, even when people point it out to them, they try to turn to vegan alternative sources to make it seem like the Nazis didn't advocate for better treatment for animals. I think the reason why people point out this detail, because it shows that just because you are for animal rights doesn't mean that it will make you automatically a better person or advocate for human rights.

https://scontent.flas1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46979364_1904259289689398_8673700434390548480_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_eui2=AeE1AoPNle93PX5fLvQZa_jTpSNBjAEqPHCFbnETYcqQQmUKFg1cbwFjvquIzbSMGfGrqiv1cI6MPHmIFV9H6-Cv8pAKJzUcf-KUBwuj056hZw&_nc_ht=scontent.flas1-1.fna&oh=b379119bca4a5f3a1add171debbf8100&oe=5CAABFA6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights_and_the_Holocaust

Edited by firewriter on Nov 24th 2018 at 5:36:51 AM

Teemo from Nottingham, UK (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: In another castle
#27354: Nov 24th 2018 at 10:54:21 PM

4chan now has a separate domain for the work-safe boards.

DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Katdo fnich my beloved Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
fnich my beloved
#27356: Nov 25th 2018 at 8:38:48 PM

"Running in the 90s" has nothing to do with Sonic the Hedgehog.

still cringe, just slightly better at hiding it
eagleoftheninth Shop all day, greed is free from a dreamed portrait, imperfect Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Shop all day, greed is free
#27357: Nov 25th 2018 at 9:39:35 PM

When Ibn Battuta visited China in the 14th century, he mistook crumbling sections of the Great Wall for the ancient barrier built to seal in Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj in the Qur'an).

One day, we will read his name in the news and cheer.
kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#27358: Nov 26th 2018 at 11:55:59 AM

How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a sequel.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#27360: Nov 26th 2018 at 12:53:17 PM

According to wikipedia he appeared in an illustrated poem called The Hoobub and the Grinch,so I guess he means that

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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#27362: Nov 26th 2018 at 1:28:00 PM

Well it technically is,the poem isn't really related

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
ReikoKazama Kersplat! from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Kersplat!
#27364: Nov 26th 2018 at 3:30:59 PM

It is entirely possible for me to get to Cygnet on foot.

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Croc: Legend of the Gobbos HD
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Having a good time!
#27366: Nov 26th 2018 at 4:54:02 PM

[up]Didn't know that for sure until now, but I had my suspicions.

Although pumpkin pie was a thing in seventeenth century England, it didn't really catch on in it's current form until the nineteenth century in the US. See here for more.

Edited by TolkienOtaku on Nov 26th 2018 at 5:54:53 AM

Blog link
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#27367: Nov 26th 2018 at 7:12:27 PM

The leatherback sea turtle is heavier than a grand piano.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#27368: Nov 27th 2018 at 7:13:34 AM

The Detroit Lions were an answer on last night's "Jeopardy!" show. Specifically, the clue was "As of 2018, this NFC North team had never even made the Super Bowl, much less won it. But by 2030? Gotta happen, right?"

Ouch.

The Lions' last NFL championship was in 1957, before the Super Bowl existed. Since then, they have won exactly one playoff game.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
ParaChomp Since: Oct, 2016
RC1262 from Left Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Charming Titania with a donkey face
#27370: Nov 28th 2018 at 4:27:51 PM

Sloth, the animal, is named after sloth the sin and/or just regular word. This was prompted by another thing I just learned, which is that sloths are only in Central and South America.

DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#27371: Nov 29th 2018 at 1:26:42 PM

John Lennon partially based "I Am The Walrus" on "The Walrus and the Carpenter," but he didn't realize that the Walrus was the villain of the poem.

His reaction, "Oh shit, I picked the wrong guy," must have been hilarious to hear. [lol] But he then admitted that "I am the carpenter" wouldn't have had as good of a ring to it.

Very good kitty
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
eagleoftheninth Shop all day, greed is free from a dreamed portrait, imperfect Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Shop all day, greed is free
#27373: Nov 29th 2018 at 6:17:49 PM

[up] It began with the grilling of the Great Burgers. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf-Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And fourteen, fourteen burgers were gifted to the kings of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these burgers was bound the strength and the will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another burger was made. Deep in the land of SoCal, in the Suburbs of Tarzana, the Dark Lord Chris Brown cooked a master burger, and into this burger he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.

One Burger King to rule them all.

Edited by eagleoftheninth on Nov 29th 2018 at 6:18:27 AM

One day, we will read his name in the news and cheer.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Zanreo Gizmondo from Glitch City (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Gizmondo
#27375: Nov 30th 2018 at 5:02:30 PM

Most of Toaplan's game licenses are now owned by a company named Tatsujin (which I'm gonna guess got its name from the Toaplan game of the same name) directed by former composer Masahiro Yuge. They're also looking for people to work on the games

Edited by Zanreo on Nov 30th 2018 at 2:05:42 PM

My favorite failed console tbh

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