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.
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
Because they weren't manly enough to take a tiger's penis while it was still breathing.
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.I wonder if Charlie Sheen got his "tiger's blood" from eating tiger penis.
If so, I'm content using old fashion will power to stave off addiction. If winning at addiction require eating the phallus of furry beasts, count me out.
Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.*just found out who Charlie Sheen is today after getting sick of hearing his name all over the place and not knowing who the fuck everybody was talking about*
The below video is pretty much all you need to know. It full of useful facts. Like Charlie Sheen is on a drug called "Charlie Sheen."
That was quite... enlightening.
Well, now I know that eating nuggets is winning.
It's not exactly naive. And it can happen. But it's tough. And definetly worthwhile.Actually he shot an arrow up in the air while he was on the ground and it either scraped or got in the side of his head. He didn't do that and skydiving at the same time. but still, going skydiving is still pretty awesome. He's a really nice old teacher too.
edited 14th Apr '11 11:03:59 PM by lolacat
Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.Charlie Sheen played Topper Harley. That's everything you need to know about him.
At least, that's the only thing that interests me about him.
People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.So apparently you don't have to be a woman to be a Volva, you can also be a feminine man.
I don't know how true this is, though.
edited 15th Apr '11 5:47:05 AM 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.Only recently heard all of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Still haven't actually seen it, though, I searched the lyrics 'cause I was curious as to whether it was actually about zombies.
Also looked up "Like a Boss" on Know Your Meme. They didn't actually make money off of that, did they?
Ponders too much; thinks too little. Currently goes by Knowlessman.Yes, bands to tend to make money off of hit songs.
Kill all math nerdsThe same studio worked on Pokemon, Beserk, and Kanye West's "Good Morning". That's quite a repertoire.
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.I also recently found out that it was one of my classmates who found Kimberly Proctor's body. All this time i thought it was some random guy walking down the trail.
Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.The chemical name for titin breaks the hottip markup.
And "Reality" is unveiled. What did it want...? What did it see...? What did it hear...? What did it think...? What did it do...?We came up with a method of blowing up Russian tanks: fill a bottle with strong alcohol, tar, and some other substances, put a burning rag in the bottle's mouth and throw it at the enemy tank so that the mixture inside will ignite and spill burning liquid through the tank's cooling grills and ignite the fuel, ammunition and other explosive targets inside the tank. We called it the "Molotov's cocktail", so that we'd have "a drink to go with the food".
for Finland.
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!OK, in case I'm giving my country too much credit (and thus unintentionally deceiving you), no one's sure who invented the Molotov's Cocktail. It was used in Spain and possibly some other places before the Winter War broke out, so it's possible that someone in Finland just copied it. On the other hand, it's a very simple improvised weapon, and I'm pretty sure many people have invented it independently. So we're not sure if we invented it independently or not.
But I do agree about giving a medal of to the people who came up with the weapon's name (and the term "Molotov's breadbasket") 'cause that is really great black comedy.
(In case you're wondering, I wrote the post quoted in , so that's why I'm elaborating on it here.)
edited 15th Apr '11 4:21:54 PM by BestOf
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur."Rather than being modelled on chicken eggs, mini eggs are in fact modelled on the eggs of the Great British Tit which are the same size and also come in several speckled colours." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Eggs
wait what
</Anglo-Saxons essentially Handwaving/Retconning a pagan figure into christianity>
oh.
I also found out that Scef was the one who showed up on a boat as a kid, not Scyld Scefing, completely trumping something I'm writing since part of the point was that Scef found Scyld and adopted him as his son and that the story's being told by the King of the Scyldings.
-thunks head on wall repeatedly-
edited 17th Apr '11 4:23:34 AM 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.Awwwww. How sweet.
You're an ad hominem attack!Huey Lewis is white.
Read my stories!I could make more working 40 hours a week at Wal-Mart than relying on scholarships.
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.I still don't regret not signing up for any scholarships.
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
—R.J.