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
A Reluctant Lion
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When you said "Voltaire died," I was scared that you meant the other Voltaire. Then I read the rest of the sentence and breathed a sigh of relief. :P
Edited by DrNoPuma on Oct 28th 2019 at 6:45:23 AM
"Pardon me, you dropped your handkerchief!"
Do a barrel roll!
A Reluctant Lion
It's okay. That made me laugh. :P
"Pardon me, you dropped your handkerchief!"
In the name of being honest
Sweden has a large Chilean diaspora.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sandifer
I just found about Robert Sandifer aka "Yummy" and gosh this is a mix of Nightmare Fuel and Tear Jerker. Again it really shows how certain places can turn people so young into killers and die so young as well.
Edited by firewriter on Oct 29th 2019 at 12:42:44 PM
"Team Ken, baby"
The Castle was made to raise money for The Dish
Stand up against pinkwashing, don't fall for propoganda
Madman
A fatberg is a mass of things like fats and grease mixing with non-biodegradables forming in sewers. That was a major problem in Victorian England, and in London recently they cleared out a massive one the size of a double decker bus weighing 40 tons.
Edited by sifsand on Oct 29th 2019 at 9:09:35 AM
A Reluctant Lion
A living one would make an awesome Blob Monster for a horror story.
There is a gun called an FN SCAR. I know this because I searched "scar" looking for reference images of scars on people, expecting to get mostly pictures of the lion, only to get mostly pictures of this gun. 
"Team Ken, baby"
Handel wrote Messiah in Dublin, of all places.
Listen, I've just never associated Ireland with classical music, let alone arguably the most well known oratorio of all time.
Stand up against pinkwashing, don't fall for propoganda
Officially intimidated
Breastfeeding reduces sexual desire (and makes intercourse more difficult).
It's understandable, since the body is tailoring its fuctions to the newborn, but one of the most frequent mistakes by young couples is that they're not educated about this.
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The first hockey face mask was worn by Jacques Plante 60 years ago today, thus eventually spawning the Friday the 13th series.
Do a barrel roll!
my current job
Mods, if that's too far, feel free to thump.
The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima
Aunt Jemima turned 130 as of yesterday. Yeah, I know the brand is controversial but I kind of think of it as a milestone for it. In my opinion, they should advertise it more openly and make it more black aimed. I mean I think it would be interesting if there was a live action version of Jemima's modern persona. Again depicting her as not a servant, but someone who owns her own house and has a family she takes cares of. Fun Fact: Jermima in her lore she actually had a family; one that was sadly offensively, stereotypical.
Professional Professionalist
The song I’m A Little Teapot was written in 1939. I thought it was older.
"Don't cry because it's over, cry because it happened."
Mweheheh
The machine currently used to euthanize death row inmates was designed by a neo-Nazi.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
The word "corps" is an abbreviation of the word "corpus".
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
🍊orange fursona🧡
The controversial font Comic Sans is 25 years old.
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Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
F in John F. Kennedy stands for Fitzegerald.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Having a good time!
An ancestor I thought was from Cork, Ireland was actually born in Belfast. He died in Virginia in 1838, so the Great Famine was obviously not a factor in his immigration to the US.
Now I'm wondering if I have any distant relatives that got caught up in The Troubles.
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I'm starting to think I may be an empath and apparently it runs in my family. That's fun.
“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” - Lewis Carroll
Outspoken Cleric
I've... fallen harder for TXT than I would have liked. They're just so adorable and talented and hardworking and extra as hell and I just aaaaahhh ;-; My babiiiieeeesss!
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Voltaire died 11 years away from the French Revolution.
Edited by Demetrios on Oct 28th 2019 at 5:52:39 AM
Flora is the most beautiful member of the Winx Club. :)