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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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Hey guys...and gals...I was just browsing through an XKCD strip and ended up learning that Jimmy Carter was attacked by a swimming rabbit.

Courtesy link...

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

ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#32601: Mar 31st 2022 at 8:37:11 PM

[up][up][up]Oops.

There’s an African plant known as the “sausage tree”. It’s big and has fruit that look like sausages dangling from wires.

Edited by ChicoTheParakeet on Mar 31st 2022 at 11:39:36 AM

MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#32602: Mar 31st 2022 at 11:09:07 PM

Masahiro Sakurai played Etrian Odyssey.

135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#32603: Apr 1st 2022 at 7:07:35 AM

Sayonara is Japanese word for "Goodbye forever” or “Goodbye, I don't know when I'll see you again"

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#32604: Apr 1st 2022 at 9:03:30 AM

The opposite of "zettai ryouiki" is "soutai ryouiki", apparently.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
omega2900 Jemerald of Brainrot from The Midwest, where everything is MID! (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: In my bunk
Jemerald of Brainrot
#32605: Apr 1st 2022 at 9:11:40 AM

On a related note, there's a term describing ZR created by tan lines. It's called "Ten'nen Zettai Ryouiki".

Get taxed. Idiot.
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#32607: Apr 1st 2022 at 3:57:54 PM

  • The highest sttended E3 was 2005, with 70,000.
  • The lowest attended E3 was 2008, with only 5,000.
  • Nintendo is the only company that has presented at every E3.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#32608: Apr 1st 2022 at 8:51:12 PM

Spinous processes & neural spines are the same thing.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Hqami from the catacombs full of catazombs Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#32609: Apr 2nd 2022 at 1:29:15 AM

They're doing a second r/place now.

Edited by Hqami on Apr 2nd 2022 at 11:49:39 AM

Stop playing rimshots this isn't funny
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#32610: Apr 2nd 2022 at 11:55:21 AM

The Fairly OddParents! is 21 years old. Ah I feel old.

CG for short
DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#32612: Apr 2nd 2022 at 3:15:07 PM

The video game term "boss" was popularized by Nintendo Power.

Edited by DrNoPuma on Apr 2nd 2022 at 6:15:27 AM

Very good kitty
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#32613: Apr 2nd 2022 at 9:19:16 PM

The webcomic the image on Year Inside, Hour Outside is from was created by the same guy who wrote The Martian.

Edited by jandn2014 on Apr 2nd 2022 at 12:19:24 PM

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#32615: Apr 3rd 2022 at 11:22:22 AM

There's a Daphne & Velma film.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
valozzy Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: Desperate
#32616: Apr 3rd 2022 at 3:24:07 PM

You can get paint out of gundam markers easily if you take the pen nib and put it in backwards. My technique may need some work tho.

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#32617: Apr 3rd 2022 at 3:32:00 PM

PEGI has a tag for Microtransactions.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
Wheatleyfangirl White Lily Dawnbreaker from Crispa Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: SEDUCE ME!
White Lily Dawnbreaker
#32618: Apr 3rd 2022 at 5:27:11 PM

At the end of the song Demolition, Tom actually gets knocked out by a street lamp.

Beast Yeast episode 12 was peak. Everyone in that episode was great. Especially White Lily.
m-95 SauaS GoodooG from my place of residence Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Loves me...loves me not
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#32620: Apr 5th 2022 at 11:10:32 AM

Star Wars fans have banded together to intentionally rig the Audience Score of Revenge of the Sith's Rotten Tomatoes page to be 66%.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#32621: Apr 5th 2022 at 1:15:03 PM

See, that's why I stopped saying I was a Star Wars fan. I don't like being associated with them anymore.


Spain and Portugal joined the European Union together in 1986.

135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311
DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#32622: Apr 5th 2022 at 8:33:24 PM

According to Retro Universe, The Incredibles is supposed to be set in the 70's. I thought it was just the 60's with advanced technology.

Edited by DrNoPuma on Apr 5th 2022 at 11:33:59 AM

Very good kitty
ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#32623: Apr 5th 2022 at 11:33:12 PM

Somewhat glad I never got into Star Wars. Not even the original unedited films caught my attention. Which leads me to the thing I didn't know until very recently: despite owning Fox, Disney still distributes the “special editions”.

Hqami from the catacombs full of catazombs Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#32624: Apr 6th 2022 at 6:24:20 AM

They're making a third Rio movie

Stop playing rimshots this isn't funny
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend

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