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
The life and times of Miyamoto Musashi. Seriously, that guy was a badass who lived a life of action, getting the better of great warriors and peacefully passing away looking out on the beauty of nature.
Good thing I'm a man of the world.![]()
And he was in a great manga.
Thread tax: The suffix -itis, as in hepatitis, meningitis, etc., means "inflamation".
Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.The title of Fruits Basket is based on a Japanese children game... ok.. I am still in the earliest episodes of the 2019 anime...
Edited by Travsam on Jul 21st 2025 at 3:56:52 PM
I feel like I might’ve post this type of comment before but:
I recently found out that one of Eternal Sugar Cookie’s tropes is Southern Belle. Ah, cool what where is it? Sure her voice in English is weird but I don’t really hear Southern Belle energy. Either this is misused or I’m really bad at detecting soft accents.
One seeks an answer that one cannot grant her, You’re looking for light only you can ignite.People with peanut allergies are often also allergic to lupine flowers.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallSomeone is making a horror game based on A.I. Brainrot Animals. (I learned this from its Trivia page)
Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.![]()
Because both are botanically legumes.
Thread tax: Elie Wiesel supported the Iraq War.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.There are "gemstones" made of heather stems, and they can be made into things like jewelry. They look really beautiful, too (just saw a How It's Made segment about them).
Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.Doki Doki Literature Club! actually has a modding community.
I was originally a lurker until March 2025. I had been on hiatus again for a while, focusing on other things, including a Minecraft mod.John F. Kennedy was the first Gemini to be elected POTUS.
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.The guitar riff in “Satisfaction” came to Keith Richards in a dream.
Peace is the only battle worth waging."Samurai Jack" is not Samurai Jack's real name.
Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.Apparently, ancient Egyptians referred to hematuria (blood in urine) as "Aaa". Yeah, that's what I'd be saying too if it happened to me...
Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.Booker T. Washington is actually a divisive figure amongst historians and civil rights leaders since he apparently supported segregation.
It builds character.I remember learning that from a guy whose job it was to recover those things who my dad and I met while waiting to board our plane home.
Thread tax: Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
I mean, feces can also be fossilized, and it's called a coprolite. I think I have one somewhere that I got as a gift once. Just some really old shit.
Thread tax: Eating spicy food can cool you down during hot weather since it makes you sweat more. This is part of the reason why several places with warm/hot climates tend to eat a lot of spicy food, in fact.
Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.

If Espresso Machiatto sounds any special (apart of a song that would had won Eurovision this year) is only an Espresso coffee with a small dose of milk (probably enough to draw something at the top), in Spain we call it "Cafe Manchado" (Machiatto/Manchado means stained)... some more milk and the Espresso Machiatto becomes a Latte...