The "I learned something new today!" Thread

[xSuperMario64x]

I just learned that there is an island south of New Zealand called "Disappointment Island" and I'm very pleased I want to live there now

 

[Alienfish]

I just learned that there is an island south of New Zealand called "Disappointment Island" and I'm very pleased I want to live there now

I wanna live on Kaffeklubben Island:'D Totally but that sounds like a good sub

 

[sunnibunniva]

Just learned that trumps brother worked with Bethesda Games since their founding

 

[Lightspring]

I learned that I don’t like the taste of saffron. My mom made a paella and used some saffron, and me and my sister thought it tasted like pool water/soap.

Also, I shook a metal box of tea and my cat kept meowing at me and following me (she thinks it’s catnip because the catnip is also in a metal box) so I didn’t know that my cat reacts when I shake a tea box.

 

[milktae]

i learned what b-sides are :’)

 

[Stella-Io]

apparently you need to hold in switch power button for 3 seconds and chose power off option to completely turn it off wtf

*sweats* I most certainly have not been holding down the power button and I've had my Switch since March. I keep it docked but still.

 

[Alienfish]

*sweats* I most certainly have not been holding down the power button and I've had my Switch since March. I keep it docked but still.

I have a Lite and I wondered why battery sucked and yeah March here as well.... RIP

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

Today, I had to go the bank to run some errands and I learned from the financial advisor helping me that some people take out a personal line of credit to pay off credit card debt.

 

[Mariah]

The actors that played Daphne and Fred in Scooby Doo are married in real life.

 

[Alienfish]

Apparently if like 3 people try printing out at the same time on the same printer sometimes the printer ****s up and leaves blanks or print thing on top of each other so papers gets messed up and having several print works in one paper.

 

[Cheren]

Apparently Julian's horn is removable. I have so many questions.

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

I learned today that I might be non-binary so that's fun C:

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL that ants can't see red light. that's why vertical chambers made for any keeping are covered in a removable red film, that way it looks dark to them.

 

[Mimi Cheems]

Today, I learned how to make Jello.

I also learned that you can host your own Minecraft server for really cheap xD​

 

[Alienfish]

vrisnem is a sheep

Also so many books with totally "wrong" covers/titles like why do you name something like it's an anthology when it's about how to approach people with writing/reading difficulties... wmh

 

[Neb]

My tenth great-grandma who was born in the late 1600’s somehow lived to become 97!

 

[Shellzilla_515]

I learned that Valtteri Bottas, who is a F1 driver, had his birthday yesterday. Welp, that's another person in the long list where their birthday is in August.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

apparently Mickey Mouse's full first name is Mortimer. I honestly never gave any thought to Mickey being a nickname lol.

edit: I also just found out, by reading online, that Mortimer is actually a separate character now, serving as a rival to Mickey. I've never heard of him before. Also, Mickey's middle name is "Theodore."


learnin lotsa Disney stuff today I guess

 

[Shellzilla_515]

I learned that the Williams F1 2020 car has a PONOS sponsor logo... The same company that made Battle Cats. Yes, Battle Cats.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

^^nice

I learned today what Halal chicken is. The company that runs the dining halls here on campus has made an effort to let everyone know that their chicken is what they call "halal chicken" and I had never heard of that so I looked it up. apparently it's a way of processing and preparing meat that conforms with Islamic religion/law. I find that to be really interesting.