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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

Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#34076: Sep 28th 2022 at 11:34:36 AM

Silphion, a plant thought to be extinct for thousands of years, has possibly been rediscovered.

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#34077: Sep 28th 2022 at 11:37:52 AM

[up][up] Something to do with anal?

CG for short
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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
#34080: Sep 28th 2022 at 11:51:18 AM

As of February 2021, Iron Man and Nick Fury were tied for most MCU appearances. I imagine Fury has since surpassed Tony.

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Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#34081: Sep 28th 2022 at 2:41:22 PM

A few Pokémon stuff I learned today:

  • There are currently 7 type combinations that have double weaknesses to two types.
  • There are currently 38 type combinations consisting of three types that have an ×8 weakness (this includes impossible-at-present like Dark/Ice/Normal).
  • There are currently 16 type triangles, 4 type quadrants, 4 type pentagons, 1 type hexagon, 5 type heptagons, 4 type octagons, 5 type nonagons, 3 type decagons, and 1 type undecagon.


… of course, if I learned something mistaken in that regard, that would be inevitable too [lol]

Edited by Cibryll on Sep 28th 2022 at 1:13:42 PM

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#34082: Sep 28th 2022 at 2:45:53 PM

Crab lice can live on your eyelashes.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34083: Sep 28th 2022 at 4:54:03 PM

Abraham Lincoln supported secession as a congressman.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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)
#34084: Sep 28th 2022 at 5:01:01 PM

[up][up][up]I didn't know Pokémon games had so many polygons even before the Video Game 3D Leap with X and Y, even if some of those polygons were introduced in those games (mostly due to the Fairy type, but also because other adjustments made alongside new types but unrelated to them were made).

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 28th 2022 at 7:06:54 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#34085: Sep 28th 2022 at 5:40:13 PM

Chris “Oney” O’Neill is Irish.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34086: Sep 28th 2022 at 6:39:11 PM

The official Marvel encyclopedia doesn’t have an entry on Big Hero 6.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
Delete message
#34087: Sep 28th 2022 at 6:43:58 PM

[up]Gotta press F for that. sad

135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#34088: Sep 29th 2022 at 9:05:02 AM

1/5 of the world’s fatal car accidents happen in China. 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
omega2900 Jemerald of Brainrot from The Midwest, where everything is MID! (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: In my bunk
Jemerald of Brainrot
#34090: Sep 29th 2022 at 8:04:35 PM

The theme song for the New World Order is mostly made up of Jimi Hendrix samples.

Edited by omega2900 on Sep 29th 2022 at 10:37:30 AM

Get taxed. Idiot.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#34091: Sep 30th 2022 at 12:38:11 AM

The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#34092: Sep 30th 2022 at 1:29:35 AM

Iannis Stamatakos has pointed out that the name Baphomet, when interpreted through the universal transliteration of the letters with the Greek, is a basic atbash crypt, which splits the word in the middle and places the last part to the beginning of the word, spelling the word "Metapho(R)", with the letter B inserted to add complexity.

I think it's hilarious how much work "to add complexity" is doing in this explanation.

"This must have been done on purpose so that the 'dammit, so close' feeling would make me give up. But they underestimated my determination to find the truth!"

[replaces one letter with a different letter]

"BEHOLB!"

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#34093: Sep 30th 2022 at 7:20:06 AM

The parts of Ratatouille about Chef Gusteau dying due to a poor review is based on an actual chef who killed himself due to the same circumstances.

The legend has returned.
StewieGriffin34 from Sea ice (Season 2) Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#34094: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:03:49 AM

Killer Rabbit no longer allows Real Life examples.

He/they | Mostly here on my free days
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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
#34096: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:35:08 AM

There was a 1978 made for tv movie about Dr. Strange.

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#34097: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:36:25 AM

And it sucked even morb than Morbius.

Edited by Archsage on Sep 30th 2022 at 12:37:00 PM

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
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
#34098: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:37:34 AM

[up][up][up]That was the problem, I think.

My musician page
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#34099: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:43:58 AM

M&M's is releasing a new spokescandy. She's purple and built like an egg.

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
#34100: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:46:48 AM

[Chases you down with a newspaper] No! Bad Archsage! Bad! No simping for the candy!

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