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
Wait, seriously?!
Then that'd mean Ash's Lucario knows a move it shouldn't be able to—
Officially intimidated
According to the first post of this query, you can extrapolate the design of an anime character from the appearance of a real-life cat.
Do a barrel roll!
Industrious Incisors
This is false. Lucario has been able to learn it via TM in Generations IV through VII.
Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Jun 2nd 2023 at 4:10:10 AM
SoundCloud
Disasturbator
Epic games runs Art Station
New theme music also a box
Prim, proper, and yet so socially awkward
Jacksepticeye has his own coffee company.
There is a trend going on in sites like Tumblr dubbed "Vriska Universe". Basically, people take screenshots of Steven Universe and replace the characters with those from other popular series (most commonly Vriska as Steven).
CG for short
Icebreakers gum is distributed by the Hershey company
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
The Force Awakens has been discovered to be the most expensive film of all time.
Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Jun 2nd 2023 at 2:01:24 PM
The Wanderer
There's an alternate variant of Mortal Draw.
Also, carp don't have stomachs, food just goes straight to the intestine to be digested.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Jun 3rd 2023 at 3:36:41 PM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Outspoken Cleric
Lucario can learn Double Team.
FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
50-55km above the surface of Venus has the most Earth-like conditions outside of Earth itself.
He/they | Mostly here on my free days
Officially intimidated
There's a city in Ohio called Lisbon.
I used to think the only Lisbon in the world was in Portugal.
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Hailee Steinfeld voiced Spider-Gwen in Spider Man Into The Spiderverse, and Vi in Arcane.
Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.
TIL of the existence of the Justice Farm League, and one of their nemeses, Duckseid.
Getting better at learning (He/Him)
Today I learned that one of my favorite tropers has a Reddit account! 
The Wanderer
Tarantulas aren't considered true spiders. Also, whip scorpions are more closely related to spiders than they are scorpions.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Officially intimidated
I mean, they're all arachnids, no?
David Koresh, the leader of the ill-fated group of the Branch Davidians, practiced polygamy after his original wife died.
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Do a barrel roll!
Man-Made Monster is Lon Chaney Jr.’s first leading role in a movie. I always thought it was The Wolf Man.
Flora is the most beautiful member of the Winx Club. :)
Outspoken Cleric
Togekiss was always a stone evo.
FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
They cancelled the The Amazing World of Gumball movie :(
Hqamilicious
Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they)
Out of the six major Hollywood studios (Paramount, Sony, Fox, Disney, Warner Brothers, Universal), only Paramount still has studios which are physically in Hollywood. The others have dispersed around the rest of the Los Angeles area.
The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable
Is it thought that Venus was potentially habitable at one point in its history.
He/they | Mostly here on my free days
Mweheheh
Jim Bob Duggar ran for Arkansas State Senate in 2021.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Lucario has never been able to learn Double Team. Why is that the name of his Smash Bros Counter.
"Hope for our world, tragedy for another."