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
I learned recently that these places exist.
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.Uh...two storeys (note spelling) is a long way to fall. You can die from tripping over your shoelace if you land badly.
Death by drinking too much water is slow and painful. Best avoided by drinking whisky instead, as you'll fall over before you get to the point where the water content of the ingested liquid is dangerous.
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'I don't know man, I don't know where you live, but where I live, two story is usually less than ten feet. Hell, I once jumped (read: slipped) from three stories tall and ended up with a broken leg for about three months....ok, that was a pretty bad, but even then I didn't really thought it could kill someone, just hurt like mother.
Anaesthesia (?) wasn't used until fairly recently. Holy shit, how did they do amputations?
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.Anne: I've read about those places before. Why they're not completely illegal in the US (and the parents liable for abduction and attempted murder for using them) is beyond me.
Seriously, anyone that sends their kid there, especially if they use paid thugs to do it, should get life in prison. Fuck them.
online since 1993 | huge retrocomputing and TV nerd | lee4hmz.info (under construction) | heapershangout.comd Roy: It's all in the landing; ten feet is a long drop onto your face and more than enough to kill a human. An RAF officer once fell three miles from a burning Lancaster and lived, but I wouldn't want to give that a go either.
It's 'storey/storeys' when refering to floors in a building, by the way.
As for the amputations...there was screaming. Lots of screaming and biting things.
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'The oldest known use of things like frame stories and stories within a story is in ancient Sanskrit literature. These are generally believed to have been improved upon and popularised by 1001 Arabian Nights.
"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."On a related note, enjoy “morning zoo” idiocy at its absolute worse
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The Danish have banned many food items for having fortified vitamins.
“Daddy, why do I have two extra toes?”
“Because MOMMY couldn’t kick her CORN FLAKES addiction!”
edited 30th May '11 12:37:15 PM by Justice4243
Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.

What a Vigenère cipher actually is and how one works, following from that how a one time pad works, and following from that why they are considered the only truly secure method of encryption.
edited 26th May '11 11:08:36 AM by epiclyrice