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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

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#33777: Sep 4th 2022 at 8:17:39 AM

Shiver from Splatoon 3 is actually a girl. Thought they were a dude.

CG for short
loserswithwifi (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#33778: Sep 4th 2022 at 8:21:37 AM

[up][up]There's also an old English nursery rhyme about listing a different type of person for each letter of the alphabet. B is something along the lines of "blind man and his dog".

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
#33779: Sep 4th 2022 at 9:07:41 AM

As it turns out, Doctors rarely take the Hippocratic Oath these days. At least, in the US. There's not even really a standardized oath.

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#33781: Sep 4th 2022 at 9:15:46 AM

The existence of Carthaginian child sacrifice is still generally accepted by historians. I was under the impression that Schwartz’s work overturned this view.

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
#33782: Sep 4th 2022 at 9:39:08 AM

[up][up] Well, most versions of the Hippocratic Oath have some pretty glaring omissions and a lot of the things we think it says it actually doesn't (for example, there is no version of the oath that says you must treat all patients equally).

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Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#33783: Sep 4th 2022 at 9:43:51 AM

I didn't even know that a thing like that existed.

"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!”
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#33784: Sep 4th 2022 at 11:10:28 AM

Wikipedia now no longer lists the COVID-19 pandemic as an ongoing event on its main page.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
techno156 from Lost in the wrong part of the internet (Private) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#33786: Sep 4th 2022 at 11:49:09 AM

RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=r92yelbvns3xuf2ot2eq1s1k&page=1352#comment-33782

It's also inherently contradictory. Surgery, amputations, and similar treatment technically violate the do no harm aspect of the hippocratic oath.

RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=r92yelbvns3xuf2ot2eq1s1k&page=1352#comment-33784

Interesting. Was that due to vandalism?

RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=r92yelbvns3xuf2ot2eq1s1k&page=1352#comment-33785

There is a widely-circulated take in some countries that the pandemic is now "over", and people are abandoning control measures, so maybe that's what prompted the edit?

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#33787: Sep 4th 2022 at 12:05:04 PM

Surgery, amputations, and similar treatment technically violate the do no harm aspect of the hippocratic oath.

Not if the patient can’t feel it. tongue

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
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
#33788: Sep 4th 2022 at 12:23:16 PM

Another fun Hippocratic Oath Fact: The original version straight up banned Abortion.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#33789: Sep 4th 2022 at 12:25:25 PM

Also swore to keep the secrets of Apollo

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
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
#33790: Sep 4th 2022 at 12:29:44 PM

Well, Healing did fall under his domain.

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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
#33792: Sep 4th 2022 at 8:07:55 PM

In Pac-Man, starting at level 19, ghosts stop turning blue and vulnerable when Pac-Man eats a power pellet.

My musician page
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#33793: Sep 4th 2022 at 8:09:54 PM

In that case, how do you hold on long enough to get to the level with the “kill screen”? surprised

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#33795: Sep 4th 2022 at 8:23:07 PM

[up][up]At that point there's zero RNG to how they act, so in theory you just memorize and execute the patterns.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Sep 4th 2022 at 11:23:18 AM

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#33796: Sep 4th 2022 at 8:52:45 PM

[up][up]I have no idea what that is, but I don't like it.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 4th 2022 at 10:54:04 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#33798: Sep 5th 2022 at 12:39:22 AM

The snow leopard's closest relative is the tiger.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
kirbman Mamaf*cker! from The place Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#33799: Sep 5th 2022 at 12:45:03 AM

[up][up][up]It was created by someone going by the name of Chris (Simpsons Artist). All of his work is this deranged.

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
#33800: Sep 5th 2022 at 5:55:33 AM

According to the Mario wiki, Paper Mario is an independent character from Mario.

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