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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

nekoalexa from the same place I've always been Since: Oct, 2010
#3776: Mar 24th 2011 at 11:10:30 AM

Mel Gibson did all the singing for John Smith in Pocahontas.

edited 24th Mar '11 11:10:54 AM by nekoalexa

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AlirozTheConfused Bibliophile. from Daz Huat! Since: May, 2010
Bibliophile.
#3777: Mar 24th 2011 at 11:12:23 AM

Victor Hugo was exiled from France, and wrote Les Miserables while banned from France.

Never be without a Hat! Hot means heat. I don't care if your usage dates to 1300, it's my word, not yours. My Pm box is open.
Enzeru icon by implodingoracle from Orlando, FL ¬ôχಠ♥¯ Since: Mar, 2011
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#3778: Mar 24th 2011 at 12:03:52 PM

Fran Drescher is getting a new show on TV Land called Happily Divorced.

Damn, that's a lotta redlinks. Fran was most famous for her starring role in The Nanny.

edited 24th Mar '11 12:04:40 PM by Enzeru

nekoalexa from the same place I've always been Since: Oct, 2010
#3779: Mar 24th 2011 at 3:38:11 PM

I think we all know who Fran Drescher is.tongue

edited 24th Mar '11 3:38:20 PM by nekoalexa

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Bellacide trigger warning: bitch from Texashire Since: Apr, 2012
trigger warning: bitch
#3780: Mar 24th 2011 at 3:52:05 PM

Due to her voice, of course. Dat laugh!

bye
annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#3781: Mar 24th 2011 at 4:57:44 PM

HOLY SHIT

Site from which I took the data, it appears as though the guy who wrote this put a lot of thought into it.

And here's a quote from the site:

One can easily imagine considerably more ale being consumed than I included in this diet. However, I suspect the ale consumed during a normal day was weaker than modern ales (which is what is in the database of the analysis software), so I intentionally reduced the quantity consumed to compensate.

edited 24th Mar '11 4:58:51 PM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#3782: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:03:52 PM

Well, that's 3 portions of half a litre each, so it's not very much. A big glass of beer with each meal, 3 meals a day. Easy.

I sometimes drink beer with my meals, either non-alcoholic ('cause it's cheaper and I'm not trying to get drunk anyway) or normal ('cause it's way better). A ½-litre can is a pretty good size for a single meal.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#3783: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:06:17 PM

They ate two meals a day, actually.

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#3784: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:18:54 PM

OK, so they had an extra glass of ale between the meals or before they went to bed or something.

I still don't think it's a huge amount, though I can't consider it healthy.

But if you drink three portions like that over the course of the day, you probably won't be drunk at any point, so at least it's not socially harmful.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
tnu1138 Dracula Since: Apr, 2009
Dracula
#3785: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:29:04 PM

That Fascism is largely secular.

We must survive, all of us. The blood of a human for me, a cooked bird for you. Where is the difference?
Verdandi Upkeep: 1 Troll from City of Brotherly Love Since: Apr, 2010
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#3786: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:37:44 PM

Most cheese isn't vegetarian.

I still eat it.

Idler20 Rabbit Season Since: Oct, 2010
Rabbit Season
#3787: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:39:24 PM

How is there meat in cheese?

edited 24th Mar '11 5:39:32 PM by Idler20

You're an ad hominem attack!
Verdandi Upkeep: 1 Troll from City of Brotherly Love Since: Apr, 2010
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#3788: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:44:33 PM

Rennet is used in cheese production. Rennet is basically the bacteria and such inside the stomachs of various animals, usually calves; the stomachs used are a bi-product of meat production.

So Yeah, animal has to die = not vegetarian. However, it's not something anyone I've ever met has said anything about, so I'm guessing it's not common knowledge. It really doesn't help that in the US at least, rennet isn't labelled on cheese packages; it's just "enzymes", which could be vegetarian-friendly plant or artificial rennet instead of animal rennet. You basically need to really do your research to know what you're buying.

If I really wanted I could put that level of effort in, but I could never get pizza at a restaurant without knowing where the cheese came from, for example.

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
watching down on us
#3790: Mar 24th 2011 at 5:58:57 PM

Vegan: Avoid all animal products

Vegetarians: Avoid animal products for which animals have to be killed

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Verdandi Upkeep: 1 Troll from City of Brotherly Love Since: Apr, 2010
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#3791: Mar 24th 2011 at 7:33:15 PM

annebeeche is spot-on. Like I said, some cheese is vegetarian (though obviously not vegan), but most isn't even that. It's not really common knowledge, most vegetarians I know don't even know.

It was quite the depressing thing for me to learn, given that I've been a vegetarian for two years and never stopped eating cheese.

Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
I'm Only Sleeping
#3792: Mar 24th 2011 at 7:45:16 PM

That Fascism is largely secular.

Well, it puts the nation ahead of other considerations.

INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.
LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#3793: Mar 24th 2011 at 8:40:14 PM

A friend of mine who was vegetarian didn't eat cheese for that reason. She also avoided almost all jelly-like lollies, because they contained gelatine, which is an animal product.

I think sometimes she just said "If I don't read the packet, it doesn't count" and ate them anyway, though.

Be not afraid...
Funnyguts Since: Sep, 2010
#3794: Mar 24th 2011 at 8:45:27 PM

I just assume that everything has animal products in it until I learn otherwise.

Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#3795: Mar 24th 2011 at 9:15:14 PM

I just recently learned the terms Filly, Colt, and Alicorn.

I now know more about horses than I probably should.

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
ALMSIVI
#3796: Mar 25th 2011 at 11:54:05 AM

Lemuria was not purely a creation of Golden Sun, but comes from an actual (discredited) lost land hypothesised during the 19th century.

I'm honestly surprised I didn't know this before.

edited 25th Mar '11 11:54:22 AM by LuckyRevenant

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
nekoalexa from the same place I've always been Since: Oct, 2010
#3797: Mar 25th 2011 at 11:59:20 AM

I didn't know that there's a Dover, Pennsylvania. Thanks, Idler.tongue

edited 25th Mar '11 11:59:36 AM by nekoalexa

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Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#3798: Mar 25th 2011 at 11:59:27 AM

Mu!

Kill all math nerds
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Affiinity93 Since: Dec, 1969
#3800: Mar 25th 2011 at 10:12:04 PM

Mario party 1 has 24 4-player mini-games. I swear to god it had only 16 when I was a kid

Holy shit I couldn't count at all.


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