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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

Travsam The Reconqueror from The Spanish side of Europe Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: My elf kissing days are over
The Reconqueror
#42426: Jul 21st 2025 at 1:29:01 AM

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...

andrewjradams Special Agent/Club President from The City of Scholars (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Special Agent/Club President
#42427: Jul 21st 2025 at 2:27:29 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.
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!
#42428: Jul 21st 2025 at 5:31:41 AM

Johnathan Banks is from Washington, D.C.

It builds character.
Angry_Clown (Troper Journeyman) Relationship Status: All is for my lord
#42429: Jul 21st 2025 at 6:45:17 AM

[up][up] 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.
Travsam The Reconqueror from The Spanish side of Europe Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: My elf kissing days are over
The Reconqueror
#42430: Jul 21st 2025 at 6:56:43 AM

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

Puttotheangel23 The Speaker Of God from Heaven (Private) Relationship Status: Desperate
The Speaker Of God
#42431: Jul 21st 2025 at 7:52:15 AM

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.
Angry_Clown (Troper Journeyman) Relationship Status: All is for my lord
#42432: Jul 21st 2025 at 12:39:37 PM

Writer Grant Morrison is non-binary.

Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#42433: Jul 21st 2025 at 3:29:04 PM

People with peanut allergies are often also allergic to lupine flowers.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#42434: Jul 21st 2025 at 4:18:49 PM

Someone 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.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#42435: Jul 21st 2025 at 8:18:27 PM

[up][up] Because both are botanically legumes.

Thread tax: Elie Wiesel supported the Iraq War.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#42436: Jul 22nd 2025 at 12:43:38 AM

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.
LuminousCrystal Imma spider!!! from a street with many stray cats. (Troper in training) Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Imma spider!!!
#42437: Jul 22nd 2025 at 4:39:47 AM

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.
newaccount Naked kitten from Super Hell (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Naked kitten
#42438: Jul 22nd 2025 at 8:05:09 AM

You can turn off your overview on Reddit

Free the hostages in the Troubled Teen Industry
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#42439: Jul 22nd 2025 at 8:46:51 AM

Reddit's mascot is an alien and his name is Snoo.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
I'm Only Sleeping
#42440: Jul 22nd 2025 at 10:22:03 AM

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.
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#42441: Jul 22nd 2025 at 10:41:24 AM

The guitar riff in “Satisfaction” came to Keith Richards in a dream.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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!
#42442: Jul 22nd 2025 at 12:52:54 PM

Spiro Agnew was governor of Maryland.

It builds character.
Angry_Clown (Troper Journeyman) Relationship Status: All is for my lord
#42443: Jul 22nd 2025 at 1:23:25 PM

"Samurai Jack" is not Samurai Jack's real name.

Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#42444: Jul 22nd 2025 at 2:22:59 PM

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.
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!
#42445: Jul 22nd 2025 at 3:41:39 PM

Booker T. Washington is actually a divisive figure amongst historians and civil rights leaders since he apparently supported segregation.

It builds character.
SoaringEagle A figment of your imagination from A dream you had (Troper Youngling) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
A figment of your imagination
#42446: Jul 22nd 2025 at 4:07:20 PM

IRC chatrooms are still around. i don’t know how active they still are compared to discord and forums, but still, cool to know

hit me up on MSN messenger! ;D
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#42447: Jul 22nd 2025 at 8:35:53 PM

Some caterpillars shoot their feces over a meter away.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#42448: Jul 22nd 2025 at 8:36:34 PM

The "Black Box" (Flight Recorder) is actually colored Orange to make it easier to find in debris.

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.
Otawa453 Pronounced "oh-TA-wa" (he/him) Since: Mar, 2024 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Pronounced "oh-TA-wa" (he/him)
#42449: Jul 22nd 2025 at 10:53:10 PM

Vomit can be fossilized.

punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#42450: Jul 23rd 2025 at 2:48:24 AM

[up] 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.

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