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
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The new MLP movie.
You Could Use some Imagination
Ah, okay.
Wait, so who's in charge now since last we saw Twilight she was ruling Equestria.
Edited by BackSet1 on Sep 27th 2021 at 5:03:49 AM
"Hope for our world, tragedy for another."
Do a barrel roll!
Officially intimidated
Also, I'd cover that under spoiler markup because I think that'd be a hell of a spoiler for the unprepared.
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Do a barrel roll!
Reminded me that I forgot to readd the note to my page.
"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
Apologies.
"Hope for our world, tragedy for another."
Do a barrel roll!
Speaking of animation, I just found out today is the birthday of Joseph Joestar. 
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Industrious Incisors
RE: The new MLP movie: It's actually so far in the future that presumably none of the characters from [-Fi M=] are still alive, with the the possible exception of the dragons.
SoundCloud
Officially intimidated
The current president of Guyana is the first Muslim president in the country's history. His election process was also rife with controversy.
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Amazon now has a IMDB rating scale (I don’t know what to call it) on their film pages. I’m not just talking Prime Video but their shopping site too.
Don't remind me of it. I was so goddamn sad yesterday, and I still am. Cool to know that we might see Spike, however.
Edited by Delibirda on Sep 27th 2021 at 8:00:04 PM
"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!”
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
Spike, huh? See you, space cowboy...
Anyways, I recently found out that Kanye produced "Industry Baby".
I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
Do a barrel roll!
There is now a fantasy novel that is named after one of our tropes: Cloudcuckooland.
Ha. A book named for a trope named for a Banjo-Tooie level.
You can get botulism by eating food from dented cans.
Learned a bunch o' interestin' stuff 'bout kleptomania that I can't say without makin' Trumps wet dream. Turns out it is not very well understood by laymen.
"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!”
Outspoken Cleric
Apricot kernels are technically edible. Just... probably cook them first unless you want cyanide poisoning.
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To clarify, Cloudcuckooland is a term that is Older Than Feudalism.
Officially intimidated
Yup, Aristotle levels of old.
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Do a barrel roll!
The concept of evolution was proposed in ancient Greece. I have known that for a long time.
"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!”
Omega, the Messiah
The soundtrack version of the original Streets of Rage's music uses the Yamaha YM2608 sound chip (found in the NEC PC-88) rather than the Genesis' Yamaha YM2612.
"Ware wa meshia nari! Hahahaha!"
Do a barrel roll!
You can put pictures in the edit reasons.
Why you would want to, I don't know.
