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
I was looking back at past entries in some forum games I participated in, only to find that I got ninja'd
back in late November. I was surprised that I and everyone else didn't notice the ninja until now.
I'm also surprised that Funny/ is the most populous Moments namespace, between NightmareFuel/ having a reputation of shoehorns and Awesome/ being the oldest Moments category, or at least the oldest of the ones in Sugar Wiki (though Awesome/ being at least second isn't surprising), though I'm not surprised that Shocking/ is the smallest due to how new that namespace is compared to the others (I think it was launched in 2019, while the others from the beginning of that decade, if not from some point in the decade before that). This is also something I didn't know about until now.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 5th 2023 at 4:47:03 AM
I got a rock for Halloween.RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=r92yelbvns3xuf2ot2eq1s1k&page=1394#comment-34841
Wonder how much of that is directly due to the ASD, and how much of it is due to people on the spectrum generally not being as responsive to social pressures that might push other people in one direction or another.
Cherami Leigh was in a Sex Comedy with… checks notes… Shane Dawson.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.... Dresden Codak is a webcomic. For some reason we always thought it was books.
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.Storks actually do retain a syrinx, contrary to popular belief.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
What does that even mean?
Anyway, if you search JUST the word TV on TV Tropes Bury Your Gays is the fourth option.
As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.TIL that bees traveling between worlds is a part of European folklore, and "telling the bees
" of prominent deaths or other happenings is a way to keep them alive and content. Many mythological tales
talk of Virtuous Bees.
Edited by lalalei2001 on Jan 6th 2023 at 12:49:35 PM
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The syrinx is the organ that birds use to vocalize (similar to the larynx in mammals). It’s often assumed that storks don’t have it since they can’t vocalize, but they actually do have a vestigial syrinx.
According to The Other Wiki they can make some throat noise
, but it's very weak, so they communicate by clattering their beaks.
According to Sonic Channel, Sonic the Hedgehog stands at 3'3". Despite this, whenever the two appear alongside each other in games, they are the same height.Feb 7, 2021
I thought the troper meant Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (The game not the character) was 3 foot which didnt make sense so I Googled it.
EDIT: Also gotta say this before I forget it but if you press Ctrl F you can search inside the closed captioning itself on a Youtube video.
Edited by AegisP on Jan 6th 2023 at 4:44:25 AM
As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.

Looks like Monsters Inc was on to something, that laughter is greater than fear. ;)
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!