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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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
As of February 2021, Iron Man and Nick Fury were tied for most MCU appearances. I imagine Fury has since surpassed Tony.
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldA 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
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?"![]()
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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.The official Marvel encyclopedia doesn’t have an entry on Big Hero 6.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.1/5 of the world’s fatal car accidents happen in China.
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.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/NOThe 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
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Aw, I miss that one now. It made it sound like each and every animal that has ever lived is a Killer Rabbit.
[Chases you down with a newspaper] No! Bad Archsage! Bad! No simping for the candy!
Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald

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