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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

Mitsy56 The Coolest Artist Around! from MoonPieTown (The New Guy) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
The Coolest Artist Around!
#40576: Jan 25th 2025 at 9:25:12 PM

F.R.I.E.N.D.S had a spinoff called Joey

“Now get out there and make someone smile!”
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
mii-tis I want to be wanted, is that so wrong? from You tell me (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
I want to be wanted, is that so wrong?
#40578: Jan 26th 2025 at 1:42:49 AM

There is a Notable Seagull population near de Schelde

I AM PREY TO NONE!
Ego-Man25 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#40579: Jan 26th 2025 at 10:18:56 AM

Today, I learned, much to my dismay, that not only is Jerry Stiller dead, he's been dead since 2020. Which, uh... I feel like a dick for not knowing all this time, because if I had known, I would have given that comedic legend a proper eulogy.

Edited by Ego-Man25 on Jan 26th 2025 at 10:20:24 AM

Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.
mii-tis I want to be wanted, is that so wrong? from You tell me (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
I want to be wanted, is that so wrong?
#40580: Jan 26th 2025 at 10:21:24 AM

Erection Honey Exists

I AM PREY TO NONE!
KaabiiFan13 Since: Apr, 2022
#40581: Jan 26th 2025 at 11:12:21 AM

Someone made an Undeserved Redemption Wiki.

Ariole195 Trinity from No where, just incoporeal vibes (Series 2) Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
Trinity
#40582: Jan 26th 2025 at 1:22:25 PM

Vegetarian haggis exists, and I have so many questions about it

Feelings are complicated
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#40583: Jan 26th 2025 at 2:50:16 PM

A plane crashed into the Potomac River in 1982, killing all but five passengers.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Superjohn Muscle witch from Tokyo Empire Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Muscle witch
#40584: Jan 26th 2025 at 5:18:01 PM

China and India are leaders in the banana production market.

"Give our Captain back, you jerks!"
J99908 It’s your BATH time! from A bathtub Since: Jun, 2023 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
It’s your BATH time!
#40585: Jan 26th 2025 at 5:44:39 PM

Haitians eat a soup known as soup joumou on their Independence Day, as the French forbade the slaves from eating it themselves.

It builds character.
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#40586: Jan 26th 2025 at 5:54:28 PM

@ 40581 And it only has like, 5 characters on it. XD

The Protomen enhanced my life.
J79 Since: Jan, 2015
#40587: Jan 26th 2025 at 8:32:26 PM

CNN had a newscaster named Rick Sanchez. Not sure if he was around when Rick and Morty debuted, but if he was, that would mean that CNN had a newscaster around the same time that another Turner network had a show with a character with the same name.

mii-tis I want to be wanted, is that so wrong? from You tell me (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
I want to be wanted, is that so wrong?
#40588: Jan 26th 2025 at 10:53:59 PM

Lockdown is the Only Revenge of the fallen character to be on the Legacy Toyline

I AM PREY TO NONE!
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#40589: Jan 27th 2025 at 1:42:08 PM

[up][up] He was fired in 2010.

Thread tax: Mars is slightly older than Earth.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#40590: Jan 27th 2025 at 3:42:55 PM

Two music ones:

There's some catchy pop rock song from the sixties where the refrain is "Because, because I love you", and up until today I thought it was some relatively lesser-known early single by The Beatles: It's "Because" by Dave Clark Five. Which is a little funny to me because The Beatles have a totally different song also called "Because".

That audio I kept hearing in tik tok videos (and other memes) where it's someone singing a sad sounding melody made up of meows is parodying "What Was I Made For", which is a Billie Eilish song from Barbie (2023). I finally watched the movie for the first time yesterday, and when the song played on the soundtrack I was like "this sounds like Billie Eilish, but why do I want to meow to it?" and then I put it all together.

Edited by MikeK on Jan 27th 2025 at 11:09:18 AM

Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
I'm Only Sleeping
#40591: Jan 27th 2025 at 3:53:02 PM

Cars was the last movie to receive a wide VHS release in North America, as part of the Disney Movie Club.

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.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#40592: Jan 27th 2025 at 4:07:09 PM

[up] Although A History of Violence was the last one to get a regular release.

Thread tax: Kramer vs. Kramer was the first movie to get an A+ Cinemascore.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
FalconPain Since: Feb, 2015
#40593: Jan 27th 2025 at 5:06:03 PM

The bald guy who played the psychologist in the first three Terminator films, as well as the marriage counselor in Naked Gun 33 1/3, was the same guy who voiced LeChuck in the Monkey Island games.

I knew the actor's face and I knew Earl Boen's name from voice acting credits, but I never knew that they were the same person.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#40594: Jan 27th 2025 at 5:10:24 PM

By the time Eva Gabor was born, it had switched from being the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Hungarian Republic.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Angry_Clown (Troper Journeyman) Relationship Status: All is for my lord
#40595: Jan 27th 2025 at 7:00:00 PM

[up][up] Aaand I just learned he passed away, damn.

Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#40596: Jan 28th 2025 at 6:35:35 AM

Gex belongs to Square Enix now.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
ComradeTom Enemy of the working people watched by StB from Eastern Bohemia Since: Nov, 2023 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Enemy of the working people watched by StB
#40597: Jan 28th 2025 at 8:03:25 AM

Penguins are not afraid of people because they thinks were also penguins. Because we too walk on two legs.

Surely Diogenes would have a field day over this information.

Veritas Vincit.
Superjohn Muscle witch from Tokyo Empire Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Muscle witch
#40598: Jan 28th 2025 at 12:32:07 PM

There hasn't been F5 rated tornado in the USA since 2013.

Edited by Superjohn on Jan 28th 2025 at 2:32:26 PM

"Give our Captain back, you jerks!"
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#40599: Jan 28th 2025 at 1:37:51 PM

Hovering the mouse over a non-linked word written in CamelCase here displays "non-wikiword" in Alt Text. See: IAmATroper

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#40600: Jan 28th 2025 at 2:01:22 PM

I finally found out what Dees nutS means.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.

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