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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

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
TroperNo9001 Braids From S286 Not Included from ZDR for now Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Braids From S286 Not Included
#27952: Mar 14th 2019 at 6:28:28 PM

Dora has a last name: Marquez.

"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Emperor_Ing The Senate from Lunar Area 32 Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
The Senate
#27953: Mar 15th 2019 at 8:21:58 PM

The Devourer of Gods' second health bar goes off the screen and starts at 666% rather than 100% like most bosses.

How unfortunate that you are attempting to deceive me.
Myskywarm Always open to sharing avatars. And chatting too from Ee-arth (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
Always open to sharing avatars. And chatting too
#27954: Mar 15th 2019 at 8:54:24 PM

There's an 89 year old cockatoo.

Well probably 94 at the time of this post.

Edited by Myskywarm on Mar 15th 2019 at 11:57:14 PM

The true power of us human beings is that we can change ourselves on our own.
Demetrios Do a barrel roll! from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Do a barrel roll!
#27955: Mar 15th 2019 at 10:23:07 PM

I just found out about the Carboniferous rainforest collapse.

Flora is the most beautiful member of the Winx Club. :)
Teemo SPACE Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Married to the job
SPACE
#27956: Mar 15th 2019 at 10:28:10 PM

Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Space Bat.

eagleoftheninth In the name of being honest from the Street without Joy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
In the name of being honest
SparkPlugTheTroper from here to there (Captain) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
my current job
#27960: Mar 16th 2019 at 5:54:13 PM

As is The Storyteller. With Neil Gaiman!

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from Furrypines (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#27961: Mar 16th 2019 at 11:27:31 PM

I've watched this Massaman video a year or two ago, but I still find it incredibly mindblowing that Germans and their descendants make up the highest ethnic group in the United States.

ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔
ReikoKazama Outspoken Cleric from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Outspoken Cleric
#27962: Mar 17th 2019 at 6:07:13 AM

Machines, even game consoles, can lie. My PS4 Pro managed to get the upload bar for my Soul Calibur VI Tira arcade playthrough alllll the way to the end before telling me "cannot upload". My YouTube channel on the other hand? It says otherwise!

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#27964: Mar 17th 2019 at 8:35:22 AM

Walt Disney filmed some of The Mickey Mouse Club in the headquarters of the FBI as an exchange for gathering intel on who could be a communist during the red scare.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from Second Star to the left (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Emperor_Ing The Senate from Lunar Area 32 Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
The Senate
#27966: Mar 17th 2019 at 11:23:37 AM

The Devourers of Thots, minions summoned by DoG during his first phase, have been renamed “Cosmic Guardians”.

Personally, I preferred “Another Worm Boss”, their original name.

How unfortunate that you are attempting to deceive me.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#27969: Mar 17th 2019 at 4:52:29 PM

IMAX screens can play 2D movies.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#27970: Mar 17th 2019 at 9:26:00 PM

MySpace lost 12 years of music from 2003-2015 due to corrupted files in a server migration.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#27971: Mar 18th 2019 at 3:49:45 AM

Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" is actually a cover. I though she was its original performer.

Spiral out, keep going.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
ReikoKazama Outspoken Cleric from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Outspoken Cleric
#27973: Mar 18th 2019 at 9:42:33 AM

You have to alternate between X and Triangle for Bullet Time Battles. Learned that one the hard way when I ran out of health against Leon. The first fucking culprit. Not to mention I screwed up the Closing Argument beforehand... tl;dr Reiko is bad at Danganronpa.

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Mweheheh
#27974: Mar 18th 2019 at 12:04:53 PM

Amy Schumer’s husband has Asperger Syndrome.

Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Mar 18th 2019 at 3:05:15 PM

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Demetrios Do a barrel roll! from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Do a barrel roll!
#27975: Mar 18th 2019 at 7:02:58 PM

Kelp has only been around since the Eocene Epoch. I thought it would have been older than that.

Flora is the most beautiful member of the Winx Club. :)

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