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
Mweheheh
An online friend of mine on another site is pregnant.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Congratulations to her! :)
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
Mother Glasc and her loyal butler
The letter R is pronounced like a hard H in Portuguese.
Basically girl Beetlejuice and a big candle, but the skins are better than they sound.Only now am I finding out about Silver the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat. ^_^;;
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
Learned from commentary surrounding the new Drake diss from kendrick Lamar, that there was a Toronto raper that (allegedly) stole Drake's chain years ago, and that guy was recently murdered and a lot of people think it was done by Toronto Crips that (allegedly) are allied with Drake.
The Wanderer
Himmler's great-grandniece is an anti-fascist activist and married to an Israeli.
Mother Glasc and her loyal butler
There’s a dynasty called the Hohenstaufen dynasty, who frequently tried to conquer Italy.
Basically girl Beetlejuice and a big candle, but the skins are better than they sound.
Having Faun
The guy who voiced Mr House in Fallout: New Vegas is a descendent of Napoleon's sister.
Mweheheh
The Catholic Church classifies capybara as fish for dietary purposes.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Tobias/TJ (He/Him)
About 99% of tornadoes spin counterclockwise, but one of the tornadoes that hit Oklahoma the other day was in the 1% that spin clockwise.
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Forgot about that part. Yep, in the Northern Hemisphere, tornadoes usually spin counterclockwise, but they usually spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Edited by punkcrow on May 2nd 2024 at 12:52:47 PM
Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.I thought they spun clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
That guy who stays for the closing credits.
Canadian $2 bills had a picture of two robins. (These bills were replaced by the Toonie coin in 1996.)
Are we human, or are we dancer?
I'm Only Sleeping
What do Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad and Matilda have in common? Their leads Matthew Lawrence and Mara Wilson were in Mrs. Doubtfire, as I learned today.
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.
Coffeenix! (She/Her)
Nickelodeon isn't just the name of a TV network, it's also dated slang for a coin-operated jukebox. I got this from The Muppet Show.
Sandbox help wanted.
Mweheheh
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Also a movie theater where tickets cost a nickel.
The euphemism "N-word" came to prominence during the OJ Simpson trial, largely because prosecutor Christopher Darden didn't want The Word used in court when discussing Mark Fuhrman's recorded conversations.
A robin is a bird.
Just a simple man, making my way through the Tropes.
Miyamoto Musashi
Someone made a mod to fix Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, fixing bugs and adding things that went unused but were still in the code.
FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Fate/Samurai Remnant
Big Time Rush was reunited back in 2021 and has been producing music together since.
I don't have many memories of the show but the theme song will always be the most iconic part of it.
She/Her | Currently cleaning N/A
Astalon: Tears of the Earth has a secret area that isn't listed on the map nor counts towards 100% map completion.
(Why did my brain want to refer to the game as "Astalon: Tears of the Fallen" though? ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
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Mother Glasc and her loyal butler
The Vietnamese word for coffee, “cà phê,” is a loan word from the French word for coffee, “café.”
Basically girl Beetlejuice and a big candle, but the skins are better than they sound.
Well, now I know how to pronounce "cà phê"
Mweheheh
Raven’s the most popular DC character for Rule 34.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
I'm Only Sleeping
That "goth gf" vibe plus the leotard definitely would do that, yeah.
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.
I only now realize just how hard Disney screwed Carl Barks over and how him being a comic genius rockstar is skewed by how beloved he is on TV Tropes...and Finland.
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