Things you didn't know until very recently...

Still waiting for that "proof", Andrei

he's like pinocchio

Give me a week. And then we talk.

I wouldn't poke fun at other tropers if I were you, guys. It's bad etiquette. Anyone can always verify a claim done anywhere on the web without having to call out the claimer (it'd have to be something extremely outrageous for them to be called out. This isn't). It's what I did when someone in the Trivia subpage of Punch-Out!! added a case about Nintendo having infringed coṕyright with a manga series. I looked for it and, so far, it all started with a Youtube rumor that reeks Poe's Law. I simply commented out the example in that page, explained why in the edit reasons (plural, yes, I needed two because I forgot to add something ), and moved on.

Anyway...

In Japan, there are two Valentine Days: The standard one when girls gift chocolates to boys, and a second one when it's the other way around (called White Day — the chocolates are often white, hence the day's name).

Since Volume II of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark only gave a brief description of her, I thought La Llorona was looking for her lost children because they died or went missing or something like that, rather than because she killed them herself in a moment of Fury-Fueled Foolishness.

Same. Couldn't remember where I first read about her, though.

John Oliver met his wife at the 2008 RNC, where he was doing a piece and she was campaigning with Vets for Freedom. She and her colleagues helped him hide from security when he was caught entering a restricted area, which could've ended up with him getting deported.

The age of consent in the Philippines is 12. That's a year lower than Japan's!

...

I have several questions about my country.

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Sep 25th 2019 at 5:45:56 PM

Chemotherapy between animals and humans differs. With animals,they're given low doses because the goal isn't to 100% get rid of the cancer, but just make their life more comfortable.

I'm guessing it is a "12 as long as you're under 18" law or a "12 on paper, but the actual law is different". I've heard of few places where the AOC is genuinely under sixteen without any catches. Most examples are simply old laws that haven't been changed or are laws to prevent teens from being arrested.

Today is National One-Hit Wonder Day.

A few things.

The infamous quote, "Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created?" is from Spy Kids, of all things.

The boss Facade from Link's Awakening is called "Matface" in Japan, which is delightful.

And (Link's Awakening gameplay spoiler) you can get the key to the Face Shrine before it's possible to actually reach the dungeon, which confused a streamer I was watching.

"Studies have shown that individuals on the Autistic Spectrum usually have a greater than average sensitivity to/empathy with, and desire to help, when they do notice somebody in pain. Their bluntness and lowered social inhibitions can make it easier for them to step forward to help than people who act 'sensitively' and tactfully ignore somebody's distress."

Well,Now I know.

I remember my first girlfriend and I clashed about that a lot, unfortunately. :(

People in Uzbekistan really like Braveheart.

Both Interesting

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Sep 26th 2019 at 2:49:02 AM

What I got from that was:

"Since I don't give a fuck, I give a fuck."

May 4 is the Star Wars Day. It's not hard to see why.

EDIT: Holy snap, I just learned something else. The words isle and island are unrelated! The former isn't a shortened form of the latter, nor is the latter an extended form of the former! While they do mean the same thing, they come from different languages (respectively Latin and Old English).

Edited by MyFinalEdits on Sep 26th 2019 at 9:11:47 AM

That second thing is new to me too.

Before Westworld the Series, there was Westworld the 1973 Movie.

Mains hum is not only an actual note that smart people have worked out, it's different in different countries. Its about a G here in Australia, whereas it's a B# in America, because of the different voltage used.

There's a remaster of Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped for PS4.

Ah, I can feel the memories of my childhood and my parents' divorce flooding back already.

Ain't just Warped, pal. It's the whole dang trilogy. It's in the name!

The extinct Madagascan elephant bird (the largest bird that ever existed) had ornamental feathers on its head.

Tattoo artists are forbidden by law to put tattoos on drunk people.

Unicorns were real! More accurately there is an extinct relative of rhino called Elasmotherium which was called the Siberian Unicorn.

Can I call them thicc unicorns? :P

Or better yet: Absolute unitcorns. :P

Edited by DrNoPuma on Sep 29th 2019 at 3:19:51 PM