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
Yeah, obviously I didn't mean to imply that a majority or even really significant minority of white people would want a supremacy movement. Personally, I'm not sure if I've ever met a white supremacist IRL; sure, I've met racists, but I don't think any of them have cited skin colour as the reason that other countries suck.
There are very few non-white people in Finland (though the numbers are on the rise) so we'll probably have some racism to fight later on.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.Dingoes are the apex predator of Australia.
Dogs were believed to guard the gate to the Afterlife in Zoroastrianism, and killing a dog basically equaled damnation* , unless you raise some puppies afterward. Also, the otter's soul is made up of thousands of dog souls.
There also seems to be a running thing where a dog licking your wounds is considered beneficial in Christianity.
edited 18th May '11 12:41:21 PM by LuckyRevenant
"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."Reminds me of the Super Wolf from the Zoroastrian Apocalypse
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Well, poor people often had many skin ailments, and since dogs were well, treated like dogs in Jewish culture Jesus made many points about that.
Fenrir looks tiny compared to him now innit
edited 18th May '11 8:40:02 PM by Kinkajou
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.I knew that the Swan River had dolphins in it but I didn't know there were sharks.
Such sharks include the great white... and apparently worse.
I went sailing on that river... O_o
"You've got your transmission and your live wire, but your circuit's dead." - MediaI used to consider the possibility that Scandinavians may have had horned helms for religious rituals only.
Guess what? Those aren't horns. (late 6th century foil found in Sweden)
◊ Those are actually the heads of two birds.
I am inclined to guess that the birds are ravens since the raven is associated with Oðinn, the god for which this ritual is performed.
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.Dexter's Lab had a short hip-hop companion disc. A disc I am now looking for because it has Prince Paul, De La Soul and non-suck-era will.i.am.
edited 20th May '11 5:51:25 PM by KitsuneInferno
"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.Victoria Coren wrote a book about how she and her co-author tried to make the best hardcore porn film ever.
You're an ad hominem attack!Wait, Western Australia's Swan River?
Against all tyrants."Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." (or rather "All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.") was written originally against papal infallibility.
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This change of paradigm is actually very welcome! :D
edited 23rd May '11 8:29:44 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.“i’m a pope
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I’M A POOOPE
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edited 23rd May '11 9:34:06 PM by Justice4243
Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.Alexander VI, while admittedly not a good guy or the best choice for succeeding St Peter, had a steeper climb - he was after all a Spaniard interfering in Italian politics. And he was successful.
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.Frank Miller helped write the ending for Transformers The Movie, and Chuck Dixon helped write the ending for The Dark Knight Returns.
MIND. BLOWN.
—R.J.
Also, loads and loads of stuff to do with politics.
"Did you know that George Bush used to be the CEO of an oil company? You sure didn't, 'cause they never tell us these things!"
Or "Did you know that the Bank of Finland doesn't have the power to adjust the interest rate in Finland? Yeah, that's decided at the European Central Bank. Of course, they never tell you these things!"
Yeah, except that they do. They're in textbooks, you'll find newspaper articles about it in less than 5 minutes if you can use Google (and if you can't, seek help). Plus there's always Wikipedia. There really is no excuse to saying these things are "kept under wraps, I tell you!"
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.Floating point addition (or subtraction) on the computer gets less accurate the closer the numbers are, and is less accurate than multiplying or dividing them.
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It's those who have not much to be proud of or happy about, except of course for their appartenance to a fabled, fictional "master race", who tend to be drawn towards supremacism.
It's quite sad for them, actually. I wonder just how far you need to fall before your skin tone becomes your main source of personal pride...
edited 17th May '11 8:26:58 AM by Carciofus
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.