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
Newsweek is apparently a pretty sketchy source.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
I am congenitally missing a tooth. I am twenty-six years old, how is it that I learned this today?!
explains the gaps in my teeth though
I'm helping!
Well, I mean, how often do you really count your teeth?
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Taking today as average, about three times a day? Taking a longer sample, about 3 times in 26 years. :P
There are about 10% more cell phones than people in Japan.
Edited by megarockman on Dec 2nd 2018 at 10:23:02 AM
Outspoken Cleric
Shenmue III has a release date: 27 August 2019. That gives them quite a bit of time to work on it.
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Mweheheh
Caribou can change their eye color.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Professional Professionalist
Speaking of caribou, I recently learned that they are called like cattle (bull and cow), not buck and doe like other deer species.
"Don't cry because it's over, cry because it happened."
Disasturbator
A metal belt can throw off a compass,useful useful to know if your camping
New theme music also a box
Outspoken Cleric
You need to be rich as shit (and sometimes even not living in Australia bc they don't post there) if you wanna buy robes from Journey. Better off just making them... but how?
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Dan TDM is the richest Youtuber, worth $16 million. Those other particular online celebrities on Youtube you see in the news all the time? ... they're just a paltry 4th-7th place compared to him.
Is that money coming from YT videos and sponsorships directly or just a case of happening to win the lottery or something?
The source I got it from said it only calculated money from Youtube.
Outspoken Cleric
If you're going to mix Betty Crocker boxed cake mix by hand, you absolutely need to sift it first. And the icing? Don't just pile it in the middle of the cake hoping to be able to spread it. You need to swirl it on. In short? Just don't bother. Make a cake from scratch.
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Mweheheh
Tetrodotoxin (the toxin found in fugu) doesn’t affect the brain, leaving victims aware of what’s happening but unable to do anything.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Disasturbator
To be president of the United States you have to be at least 35 years old,it's in the constitution too
New theme music also a box
No only child became President.
Live Journal has been owned by a Russian company, and has been since 2007.
Edited by kyun on Dec 4th 2018 at 6:21:33 AM
Fits in Heavy's pocket!
Ed Sheeran is only a couple years older than me.
The last thing you hear before an unstoppable juggernaut bisects you with a minigun.
I share a birthday with the creator of My Hero Academia.
Edited by kyun on Dec 4th 2018 at 7:22:14 AM
To Love Ru does not have an English dub.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson has officially been bamboozled by the Me Too movement.
There goes that one episode of Martha Speaks featuring him as a guest star...
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The allegations have been addressed here.
Jackie Chan admitted to being an abusive father, and seeing prostitutes.
The Arizona Coyotes are underwater. Financially speaking.
The soon-to-be-retired "arrivals" flipboard at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia ran on Windows 95 technology.
EDIT: And in waking up to the news of the death of former president George H. W. Bush, I learned that Mikhail Gorbachev was still alive...I thought he died a couple of years ago.
Edited by WillyFourEyes on Dec 1st 2018 at 12:28:14 PM
I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!