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
1, 2, and 5 peso coins post 1993 are magnetic, due to having a stainless steel outer ring.
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I was gonna ask "Mexican peso or Philippine peso?", but then I reread it and there are no 2 Philippine peso denominations in the current years.
I remember some 1 peso coins from 2001 and 2005 having those.
Edited by alnair20aug93 on Oct 19th 2019 at 4:11:57 PM
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Another XIV realization.
So in the Labyrinth of the Ancients, there's a bit between "clear the Walk of Fire" and "defeat the Behemoth" where you jump off a ledge.
... There's stairs on both sides of that ledge. You're not supposed to jump. I mean, you're gonna, it's faster and fall damage out of combat is meaningless, but... stairs. They exist.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
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Bustards are fairly strong flyers.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
I had been listening to a cover version of the Next song Too Close, by local boy band Blue when I was growing up and I have only just recently discovered the original version of the song.
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You're supposed to wait 1-2 hours after eating to lie down.
My always told me it was 30 minutes. 2 hours seems way too long.
The city of Venice has/had the nickname "La serenissima" (the most serene). Which kinda explains why (Northern) Italy/Italia Veneziano got the human name Feliciano in Axis Powers Hetalia (the root is felix, or happy).
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Only 1% has been discovered from the mausoleum of Emperor Shi Huangdi of China. It's due to the complexity of the inverse pyramidic structure, how the workers of the tomb were bumped off to keep the secret of the tomb, and the high mercury content.
So far, the Terracotta Army is the most prominent discovery, and they were painted on to look more lifelike.
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Spider-man Noir was voiced by Nicolas Cage.
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Edited by KingOfStickers on Oct 23rd 2019 at 3:54:14 PM
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The earliest known use of the word "thicc" is from 2004.
A great Mascot Mook.
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Bernie Sanders is streaming a town hall from Iowa on Twitch at this very moment. Yes, you read that right. I am more than a little befuddled.
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The Firehawk kart is available for Australian players. Of course I went ahead and bought it.
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Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins is a decade old. It doesn't even feel six years old.
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In the 16th century, rosewater was imported in copper containers to Southeast Asia from the Middle East.
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Having a good time!
British comedian Russell Howard recently got married. The two of us also have something in common: we both have brothers that are 6'7".
Don't take my word for it, see for yourself.
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There is an actual concept called clown society.
Cue the Joker (2019) memes...
I should probably get back to playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion someday, but I keep getting distracted. :P
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
With Aeon Timeline, you don't have to stick with the standard Gregorian calendar if your project doesn't call for it. You can create an Alternate Calendar, but only if you do it before you edit anything in your project.
https://dionovertoun.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/radu-the-queer-brother-nobody-cares-dracula-had/
I knew about Vlad Tepes (the inspiration for Dracula) having two older brothers and a younger brother, but I never knew that Radu was LGBT and was said to be involved with a sultan named Sultan Mehmed II. Apparently, instead of this being speculation, it's historically confirmed this was romantic rather than platonic. Even his brother is well-remembered in Romania today, it would actually be interesting if Radu was made more apart of the Dracula lore. Heck, I think more focus should be given to his other brothers, so that they can be put in the vampire stories. Also this means canonically Alucard from Hellsing could have more fanfiction about him meeting with his brothers again. I think he would have the most bitter feelings towards Radu, because he sided with the Turks over his people.
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Wow, "impalement" just got a gutter meaning for Radu.
I also found out that Vlad Dracul the 2nd was an illegitimate child. Seriously, most Dracula based works that make him be Vlad the Impaler only seem to focus on his love life, instead of his family life because historically it seems that that was actually more dramatic for him than his marriage life. Radu in modern Romania is considered a traitor for siding with the Turks over his homeland.
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Jem is not on Netflix anymore. It got removed in August of last year.
William Shakespeare coined the expression "eat [somebody] out of house and home."
Pinkie Pie and flugelhorns are a bad combination.