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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

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)
#33801: Sep 5th 2022 at 6:34:50 AM

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

Then I guess that explains the situation in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 5th 2022 at 8:35:18 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#33802: Sep 5th 2022 at 6:44:29 AM

Paper Jam's probably the game that justifies that distinction.

Your melody still remains in this room and it rings
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#33803: Sep 5th 2022 at 9:04:13 AM

The dome roof of the Royal Albert Hall in London is not attached to the building itself.

Thanks, Tom Scott!

Edited by megarockman on Sep 5th 2022 at 12:04:32 PM

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
TheStarscream759 from Maidenhead Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#33804: Sep 5th 2022 at 5:13:44 PM

Hayao Miyazaki directed a Lupin the Third movie before he did any of the Studio Ghibli films as well as working on the show in the 70s.

VTHU243 from happinesland Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#33805: Sep 6th 2022 at 3:59:21 AM

Sweet Tooth from Moshi Monsters is canonically nonbinary

No the location is not misspelled
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#33806: Sep 6th 2022 at 6:02:46 AM

Internet Tough Guy was renamed to Internet Jerk. The page explains the reason for it, and it's pretty sobering when you think about it.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
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
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)
#33808: Sep 6th 2022 at 6:33:34 AM

[up]To be fair, it's NRLEP for obvious reasons.

I got a rock for Halloween.
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
#33809: Sep 6th 2022 at 6:34:56 AM

The Billboard Charts are not on literal Billboards.

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#33810: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:33:20 AM

[up] You... really didn't know that?

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#33811: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:35:36 AM

In total fairness its a strong assumption based off a name

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#33812: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:37:09 AM

I suppose... but still

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
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
#33813: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:37:58 AM

[up] With all due respect, you have no place to judge.

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#33814: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:39:00 AM

hmph, if you say so. I just thought was common knowledge, to be honest

Edited by Archsage on Sep 6th 2022 at 11:41:26 AM

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
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
#33815: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:43:34 AM

[up] And I thought it was common knowledge that the Nile River flows South to North but that's clearly not the case.

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#33816: Sep 6th 2022 at 8:44:48 AM

[up] Lmao, you got me there... kinda

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#33817: Sep 6th 2022 at 9:33:46 AM

Common knowledge doesn't exist any more than common sense does.

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
#33818: Sep 6th 2022 at 3:17:32 PM

According to the official Back to the Future twitter account, the Cubs won the 2016 World Series instead of the 2015 world series like they predicted in the second movie because of the 1994 baseball strike causing an alternate timeline.

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#33819: Sep 6th 2022 at 9:22:02 PM

I'm still amazed at how, among all the clearly fantasy-based portrayals of the future, there were things they actually got right about the future.

135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311
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)
#33820: Sep 6th 2022 at 10:22:38 PM

[up][up]I do remember at least one person in the audience of a 2015 Cubs game was holding up a sign with a Back To The Future reference (more specifically, a sign that had Biff's Malapropism "Make like a tree and get outta here") on it due to that part of the movie.

I got a rock for Halloween.
StewieGriffin34 from Sea ice (Season 2) Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#33821: Sep 7th 2022 at 2:22:04 AM

Lake Michigan has fish called alewives that die en masse in the summer…

A trip to a beach in northern Michigan taught me this.

Edited by StewieGriffin34 on Sep 7th 2022 at 2:22:23 AM

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#33822: Sep 7th 2022 at 11:26:58 AM

Wikipedia is currently contradicting itself with regards to whether the fan celebration that causes The Curse of the Colonel came before or after the 1985 Japan Series.

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
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#33824: Sep 8th 2022 at 8:44:22 AM

If you look up Ghetsis this will show up:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2022_09_08_114228.png

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
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)
#33825: Sep 8th 2022 at 9:02:59 AM

[up]Well, there is a major character who's musician in the game he wears that specific outfit in... but it's someone completely different.

Edit: I looked up King Dedede and his entry isn't completely accurate either (but it's a bit better than Ghetsis's).

King Dedede is a fictional character in Nintendo's Kirby video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. Dedede first appeared in the 1992 video game Kirby's Dream Land as the main antagonist, but gradually became an antihero of the series. Wikipedia
Notable alias: Anti-Heroic
First appearance: Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
Daughter: Tiff wikirby.com
Creator: Masahiro Sakurai
TV show: Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Fictional universes: Kirby, Nintendo Universe

"Anti-Heroic" is more of a descriptor than an alias, and Tiff isn't related to him at all (and they're not even the same species).

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 8th 2022 at 11:24:58 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.

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