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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

Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#34101: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:48:42 AM

Dont be daft. Everyone knows my heart belongs to the Brown spokescandy

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
#34102: Sep 30th 2022 at 9:56:50 AM

Generator Rex had five seasons. I thought it got Cut Short after 2 or 3.

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DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#34103: Sep 30th 2022 at 10:06:57 AM

Gatorade has been around since 1965. I thought it suddenly just phased into existence in the early 2000's.

Very good kitty
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#34104: Sep 30th 2022 at 10:15:37 AM

Alwa's Awakening has a sequel, Alwa's Legacy.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
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
#34105: Sep 30th 2022 at 10:27:33 AM

Evony is now available on the app store and has evolved into having puzzles and idle games mechanics and all sorts of things. But most importantly, Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game has appeared in the game.

NO news on if its still spyware, though.

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Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#34106: Sep 30th 2022 at 10:49:04 AM

What’s spyware, though?

"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!”
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#34107: Sep 30th 2022 at 10:51:59 AM

Its basically like a virus that steals your personal information

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#34108: Sep 30th 2022 at 10:54:25 AM

My dad downloaded it once then deleted it. He probably found out that it wasn't those tricky puzzle games and was instead super easy, but not the spyware part...I hope nothing got collected.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Zanreo Gizmondo from Glitch City (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Gizmondo
#34109: Sep 30th 2022 at 1:16:47 PM

Kept getting an "can you beat this obviously-solved-wrongly level?????" type Youtube ad for that game a while back... guess that just goes to show how clickbait ads have changed

My favorite failed console tbh
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#34110: Sep 30th 2022 at 6:04:00 PM

Moonsprout Games (the developer of Bug Fables) is from Panama.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
ReikoKazama Kersplat! from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Kersplat!
#34111: Sep 30th 2022 at 6:07:45 PM

Jackie Iaukea, one of the opponents in the Present Day chapter, actually has a third move Masaru can learn, but it's only triggered by using a limb disabling move on him. I had to rematch him to get it.

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Croc: Legend of the Gobbos HD
MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
Delete message
#34112: Sep 30th 2022 at 7:12:49 PM

In Breath of the Wild, lava can conduct electricity. [lol]

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)
#34113: Oct 1st 2022 at 12:12:08 AM

Gatorade has been around since 1965. I thought it suddenly just phased into existence in the early 2000's.

I didn't know it was that old, but I knew it existed before the '00s because I knew about it during the decade before that.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 1st 2022 at 2:12:35 PM

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
#34114: Oct 1st 2022 at 2:46:20 PM

L and Light/Kira are not the same person.

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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
#34116: Oct 1st 2022 at 7:51:08 PM

Just learned about Johnny Everyman, a 1940s DC character whose sole purpose was to tell you not to discriminate against other races. Rather woke for the 40s.

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#34118: Oct 1st 2022 at 8:22:36 PM

Quinoa's part of the amaranth family.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34119: Oct 1st 2022 at 11:30:18 PM

Gerald Ford died the day after James Brown.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#34120: Oct 2nd 2022 at 11:02:19 AM

Wooden windows are the most expensive kind to craft (albeit also the most versatile).

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Superjohn Muscle witch from Tokyo Empire Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Muscle witch
#34122: Oct 2nd 2022 at 3:08:51 PM

Rat Kings can happen in real life, albeit very rarely.

"Give our Captain back, you jerks!"
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
Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#34125: Oct 2nd 2022 at 5:45:59 PM

Better than being the breed designed to be meat.


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