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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

Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#34926: Jan 15th 2023 at 9:34:58 AM

If both players were to have all five pieces of Exodia in their hand at the same time, the duel ends in a draw.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#34927: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:18:38 AM

Terraria has RGB integration which works with my actual mouse.

(It doesn't do much because the mouse only has one light, but that light glows in a different color depending on what's happening in the game. It was right there in my hand and I didn't notice it.)

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#34928: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:35:10 PM

The Fibonacci sequence can be used to approximately convert miles to kilometers.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#34929: Jan 15th 2023 at 5:17:14 PM

There's a segment of the results screen theme of Mario Kart 64 that only plays after the rest of the music loops during over 50 minutes. This is likely due to a bug, similar to what happened to Flaahgra's boss music in the NTSC version of Metroid Prime.

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34930: Jan 15th 2023 at 5:17:40 PM

The popcorn emoji was only introduced in 2015.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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
#34931: Jan 15th 2023 at 6:17:59 PM

Mario's species is Homo nintendonus (this is not actually true, it was made up by nerds on the internet).

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34932: Jan 15th 2023 at 6:32:56 PM

“Cotton-Eyed Joe” was written over 250 years ago.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#34933: Jan 15th 2023 at 6:40:23 PM

The term "Dunning-Kruger effect" was created on Wikipedia by complete accident due to casual violations of their "no original research" policy in 2005-2006; the paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger never called it that and neither had anyone else until someone made a Wikipedia article about it.

The article was originally called "Dunning-Kruger Syndrome", too; it got moved to "effect" because someone correctly pointed out that "Dunning-Kruger Syndrome" didn't appear anywhere outside Wikipedia but then swerved away from the point at the last second and moved it to a different equally-unsourced title instead of using a more proper-sourcey method.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34934: Jan 15th 2023 at 8:42:22 PM

Ian Watkins got an extra 10 months in 2019 for smuggling a phone.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#34935: Jan 16th 2023 at 7:26:39 AM

My workplace takes Martin Luther King Jr. day off. Noticed that five minutes before it was time to clock in. Good thing I work from home, otherwise I'd have wasted a lot of unneeded transit time...

in my defense my previous workplace did not take this day off

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
AmourLeFou You'll never find out who I am from Colorado Since: Apr, 2021 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
You'll never find out who I am
#34936: Jan 16th 2023 at 9:18:51 AM

There aren't actually 150 calories in a single potato chip.

Check out my forum game: Rate the above YMMV.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34937: Jan 16th 2023 at 11:43:44 AM

Activision Blizzard owns King (of Candy Crush fame).

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
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
#34940: Jan 17th 2023 at 4:49:43 AM

Wikipedia has a page on Thirst Traps and it's fucking hilarious. It makes being "Thirsty" sound like a disease and has the best Wikipedia image caption so far:

A shirtless man taking a bathroom selfie

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techno156 from Lost in the wrong part of the internet (Private) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#34941: Jan 17th 2023 at 6:18:44 AM

[up] I don't know, I'm also rather partial to the cat absolutely covered in packing material used in the static electricity article.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#34942: Jan 17th 2023 at 6:19:30 AM

that cat has made a huge mistake!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#34943: Jan 17th 2023 at 9:24:18 AM

It took me an embarrassingly long time to learn 'Anything Goes' wasn't a song invented for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#34944: Jan 17th 2023 at 10:40:10 AM

My partner recently got me into the group Ice Nine Kills and I ended up looking them up on Wikipedia - Based on the music videos she's shown me, I thought they exclusively did horror-film themed songs, but that's really only been the case since 2018, about 12 years and 4 albums into their recording career. Also, the precursor to the horror-themed albums was a literature-themed one, where only about half the source material could be considered "horror". I kinda want to go listen to the latter album sometime soon, as I do have a thing for songs about books.

Edited by MikeK on Jan 18th 2023 at 9:27:38 AM

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34945: Jan 17th 2023 at 1:18:46 PM

Yuri Lowenthal is 51. I assumed he was a decade younger for some reason.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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
#34946: Jan 17th 2023 at 1:21:18 PM

[up] Well he plays a lot of younger characters.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#34947: Jan 17th 2023 at 1:23:30 PM

China's population declined last year for the first time since 1960.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#34948: Jan 17th 2023 at 1:44:04 PM

The ESRB officially retired the Early Childhood rating in 2018.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#34949: Jan 17th 2023 at 4:28:39 PM

I've known of the ohm (unit of electrical resistance) for a while, but only just now did I learn of the mho (pronounced mō), the reciprocal of an ohm.

MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#34950: Jan 17th 2023 at 5:12:05 PM

[up]It's also known as siemens, as a homage to the Siemens brothers (renowned electrical engineers).

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