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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

Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#32626: Apr 6th 2022 at 1:22:31 PM

There's an Afrikaans movie by the name of "Hunting Emma".
And it was apparently released in the US in 2018.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#32627: Apr 6th 2022 at 1:24:20 PM

The fourth largest producer of nickel in the world is New Caledonia.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#32628: Apr 6th 2022 at 2:03:08 PM

The alleged ivory-billed woodpecker sightings from the mid-2000s may have been outright fraudulent.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#32629: Apr 6th 2022 at 2:04:52 PM

The phrase ACAB originated in the UK in the 1920s.

RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#32630: Apr 6th 2022 at 3:11:45 PM

You can get spam via Google Docs and Google Classroom. (On a side note... help?)

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#32631: Apr 6th 2022 at 3:30:08 PM

ALS is caused by a neurotoxin.

Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Apr 6th 2022 at 6:30:24 AM

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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
#32632: Apr 6th 2022 at 6:38:05 PM

In the Marvel Universe, the Real World (ie. Us) is designated Earth-1218. The Wiki Page is actually kind of funny.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
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
#32633: Apr 7th 2022 at 6:54:12 AM

I share a birthday with Hank Green.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#32634: Apr 7th 2022 at 10:51:42 AM

MultiVersus is getting dubs in multiple languages.

MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
Delete message
#32635: Apr 7th 2022 at 4:20:19 PM

[up]That's something I have loved from Warner Games. Hearing the official Latin American voices for the superheroes and supervillains in Injustice was a godsend to me! [tup]


... I don't have anything recently learned to share. Sorry for the off-topic reply.

Edited by MyFinalEdits on Apr 7th 2022 at 7:20:38 AM

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#32636: Apr 7th 2022 at 6:40:17 PM

Granny Smith apples were named after a real person, Maria Ann Smith, who cultivated them in Australia by chance.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#32637: Apr 8th 2022 at 9:11:25 AM

The Italian translation of Star Wars didn't settle for a consistent translation of "I've got a bad feeling about this" until Attack of the Clones. Before that it was translated differently every time, which can be recursively translated as "I've got a strange feeling-like sensation", "There's something I don't like in all this", "I've got a bad feeling, you know?" and "I have a negative feeling"

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#32638: Apr 8th 2022 at 11:35:09 AM

Resident Alien is based off of a comic book.

The legend has returned.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#32639: Apr 8th 2022 at 5:36:00 PM

The Nile River has been around since the Cretaceous Period.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#32640: Apr 9th 2022 at 2:24:49 AM

You can nest notes with this site's markup. I don't recommend it, as opening the inner note closes the outer note, but it stays open when you reopen the outer note, so it technically is parsed.

My musician page
TheWhiteWolf (ON INDEFINITE HIATUS) from the Restaurant at the End of the Universe Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
(ON INDEFINITE HIATUS)
#32641: Apr 9th 2022 at 8:28:01 AM

The Great Lakes are only 7,000 to 32,000 years old.

She/they. Hirrus Clutumnus is my comfort character
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#32642: Apr 9th 2022 at 11:46:31 AM

Batman's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, has his own show.

CG for short
captainpat Since: Sep, 2010
#32643: Apr 9th 2022 at 11:56:44 AM

There's a species of orchid called orchis italica, also known as the naked man orchid, which is a very apt name.

Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#32644: Apr 9th 2022 at 12:12:16 PM

"Dice" is acceptable in modern usage as a singular noun.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
ReikoKazama Kersplat! from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Kersplat!
#32646: Apr 10th 2022 at 4:25:05 AM

There was a Code Lyoko video game on the Nintendo DS.

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Croc: Legend of the Gobbos HD
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
#32647: Apr 10th 2022 at 4:48:43 AM

[up] I heard about that. Do you know if it was any good?

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#32648: Apr 10th 2022 at 8:03:34 AM

I once read a review on it on a Mexican gaming magazine. Two of the editors liked it, the third one didn't (though this one rarely ever liked anything, he was an obnoxious hack). The game also has an average 63/100 score on Metacritic.

You'll probably have to play it to judge if it's good.

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ReikoKazama Kersplat! from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Kersplat!
#32649: Apr 10th 2022 at 8:14:26 AM

[up][up] Haven't played it myself but Games Done Quick featured it on the most recent Awfully Silly, which is how I found out about it, and it appears to be So Bad, It's Good at best. Kinda wanna play it myself bc Code Lyoko was my shit as a kid but I'm not sure where I'd get a copy without paying through the nose.

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Croc: Legend of the Gobbos HD
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#32650: Apr 10th 2022 at 8:31:27 AM

I believe there were two Code Lyoko games for the DS, and one for the PSP.


10 April is the hundredth day of the year (except leap years, where it's day 101 instead). 10 April is also Siblings Day, apparently.

Edit since double posting would be rude:
Apparently, midnight suns and polar nights are natural phenomena that exist.

Edited by Cibryll on Apr 10th 2022 at 11:35:00 AM

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"

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