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
Officially intimidated
To clarify, the game was never intended to be sold there to begin with (the presence of a supernatural character, Wisp, was the main reason for the original ban), but it was doing very hot in the grey market and the government caught wind of its use for the Hong Kong protests.
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Mweheheh
The anti-vaccine movement was around for at least 25 years before the Wakefield paper.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
In the name of being honest
The Latin word lupa, while literally meaning "she-wolf", was also a slang for a woman of ill repute. Which does raise some questions regarding who was actually supposed to have raised Romulus and Remus.
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
Wikitionary's definition of waifu is: (fandom slang, Internet slang) "A fictional female character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) to whom one is attracted."
Licence here. The only change was the qoutes.
lmao
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Funny, in my language (Malay), "lupa" means "forget".
Anyway, I randomly remembered about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and came across this on the work page for it:
I've known it as "Jeh-kyll" for so long.
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Jun 11th 2021 at 9:32:27 PM
Creepypasta cleanup got two major pages for JTK and Slender
🍊orange fursona🧡
In Filipino, "lupa" means earth.
Queen Nefertiti, the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, was most likely a Mitanni.
Also, that notorious town in Austria changed their name to "Fugging" this year.
There's also another town named "Fugging" in another part of Austria renamed from that in 1836.
Edited by alnair20aug93 on Jun 12th 2021 at 12:33:07 AM
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As an Italian, I've never saw anyone use "Lupa" like that. Usually it's "Cagna" ("She-dog") the term used for that kind of person (it's our equivalent of the B-word)
The best character is always the one-shot disguise.
We just use the b-word as an anglicism.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
You Could Use some Imagination
Lupa is also the roman goddess of wolves.
"Hope for our world, tragedy for another."
You Could Use some Imagination
People ship Among Us characters. Don't know how you can ship characters that are purely stand ins for the player but okay.
"Hope for our world, tragedy for another."
Officially intimidated
I guess Spanish is lucky here. Lupa means magnifying glass.
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Lupe means magnifying glass in Norwegian. Pretty sure they are basically the same word with different genders.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Disasturbator
The only sure way to identify some frogs is by their song
New theme music also a box
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
Morocco is named after the city of Marrakesh. I thought it was named after the Moors.
I like to keep my audience riveted.
Officially intimidated
I thought the same thing. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Rescue Bots, anypony?
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie the Pooh's Wikipedia page links to the South Park episode "Band in China".
Lupa also means Permission in Finnish.
Chip and Dale are brothers according to their creator's autobiography.
Edited by VTHU243 on Jun 11th 2021 at 9:48:09 PM
No the location is not misspelled
Disasturbator
The name of the coal mining town that inspired Silent Hill is named Centralia
New theme music also a box
Just a Mettaur
Apparently, there are five different real life couples that met on the Bulbagarden forums.
A great Mascot Mook.
Aw. 
Glen Keane, a famous animator notable for his work in hand-drawn animation and for directing Over the Moon, is the son of Bill Keane, the creator of The Family Circus.
Edited by DrNoPuma on Jun 12th 2021 at 2:40:26 PM
No "Bowser's Fury" questions please. I haven't played it yet.
Weeb and weeabo are the same thing.
"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
According to the movie I'm watching, How to Make a Monster, by way of Svengoolie, almost everybody in it was on Perry Mason. XD
I like to keep my audience riveted.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is banned in China.