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
Generator Rex had five seasons. I thought it got Cut Short after 2 or 3.
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldGatorade has been around since 1965. I thought it suddenly just phased into existence in the early 2000's.
Very good kittyAlwa'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?"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.
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldMy 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.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.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 HDI 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.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.
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldDead Poets Society would've originally ended
with Keating dying of leukemia.
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!

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.