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 thought the point of Moby-Dick was to be yourself.
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!... Suddenly I imagine Moby Dick ala the White Man's Burden perspective <.<
"Did you expect somebody else?"There's a portion of Spanish nobility descended from the Aztec emperor Montezuma.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Who's that in your avatar, Lemurian? She looks cute. :)
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!This one?
◊ It's Yukari Yakumo, Phantasm Stage Boss of Touhou: Perfect Cherry Blossom.
Indeed. ^_^ My favourite character in the whole series.
Join us in our quest to play all RPG video games! Moving on to disc 2 of Grandia!![]()
Is that song anything like Bob Rivers' "The Twelve Pains of Christmas"?

I thought it was an excuse for Melville to talk about whaling.
(Note: never read the book. Just heard the plot stops for explanations about whaling and boats a lot.)