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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

Hermiethefrog Since: Jan, 2001
#10101: Jan 20th 2014 at 3:00:02 AM

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.)

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
CDRW Since: May, 2016
#10103: Jan 20th 2014 at 9:02:21 AM

I thought it was a feminist tract about the evils of mindlessly pursuing the great white penis.

edited 20th Jan '14 9:02:39 AM by CDRW

Rosvo1 Since: Aug, 2009
CDRW Since: May, 2016
#10105: Jan 20th 2014 at 9:06:14 AM

<_<

>_>

Don't judge me. You were all thinking it. tongue

edited 20th Jan '14 9:06:41 AM by CDRW

RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#10106: Jan 20th 2014 at 9:07:29 AM

... Suddenly I imagine Moby Dick ala the White Man's Burden perspective <.<

"Did you expect somebody else?"
Rosvo1 Since: Aug, 2009
#10107: Jan 20th 2014 at 9:08:40 AM

[up][up] No, I don't think so.

edited 20th Jan '14 9:08:56 AM by Rosvo1

CDRW Since: May, 2016
#10108: Jan 20th 2014 at 9:11:00 AM

[up][up] I'm not sure how that would work...

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#10109: Jan 20th 2014 at 12:03:18 PM

There's a portion of Spanish nobility descended from the Aztec emperor Montezuma.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#10111: Jan 20th 2014 at 1:26:42 PM

I just use this: S:(

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Blackcoldren I fought the Lore, and the Lore won. from The Lumberdesk Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
I fought the Lore, and the Lore won.
#10112: Jan 20th 2014 at 1:52:21 PM

-_^

Not dead, just feeling like it.
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#10113: Jan 20th 2014 at 1:54:29 PM

That's a wink.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Blackcoldren I fought the Lore, and the Lore won. from The Lumberdesk Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
I fought the Lore, and the Lore won.
#10114: Jan 20th 2014 at 2:09:37 PM

Na, -_v is a wink.

edited 20th Jan '14 2:11:26 PM by Blackcoldren

Not dead, just feeling like it.
CDRW Since: May, 2016
#10115: Jan 20th 2014 at 2:15:21 PM

Maybe a raised eyebrow could be that punctuation you see in spanish so much? You know, the comma thingey that goes above the letter.

...

Don't mock my ignorance!

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#10116: Jan 20th 2014 at 2:16:18 PM

It's this: ~

But I'm not sure how I would use that.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Lemurian from Touhou fanboy attic Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#10118: Jan 20th 2014 at 2:45:02 PM

I don't have that on my keyboard.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#10119: Jan 20th 2014 at 2:54:30 PM

Who's that in your avatar, Lemurian? She looks cute. :)

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Lemurian from Touhou fanboy attic Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#10120: Jan 20th 2014 at 2:57:40 PM

This one? It's Yukari Yakumo, Phantasm Stage Boss of Touhou: Perfect Cherry Blossom. smile

Join us in our quest to play all RPG video games! Moving on to disc 2 of Grandia!
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lemurian from Touhou fanboy attic Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#10122: Jan 20th 2014 at 3:02:45 PM

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!
Blackcoldren I fought the Lore, and the Lore won. from The Lumberdesk Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
I fought the Lore, and the Lore won.
#10123: Jan 20th 2014 at 6:14:50 PM

In the song Christmastime is killing us. The line is "Each Christmas-list gets us more and more pissed." Rather than "Each Christmas-list gets us more and more distilled." As I thought it was.

Not dead, just feeling like it.
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#10124: Jan 20th 2014 at 7:13:59 PM

I'm a pretty good amateur artist.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#10125: Jan 21st 2014 at 3:59:58 AM

[up][up] Is that song anything like Bob Rivers' "The Twelve Pains of Christmas"?

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

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