The "I learned something new today!" Thread

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The reason for this is that the majority of junk food is mass produced from non-perishable ingredients, so they're cheaper and easier to produce than foods dependent on organic crop growth. It's awful for anyone on a low income. It's hard to take care of your health when you cannot afford to. It's also the reason why the way in which society perceives weight has changed over the past century. Did you know that up until around the 1900s, being overweight was considered a sign of wealth because it signalled that you could afford to eat your fill while being underweight indicated you could not afford to eat enough? It's bizarre how quickly and drastically things have changed.

It's one of the reasons I started to grow so much of my own stuff and then freeze and or can it. It's a lot of work, but I save so much doing it.


I learned that the woods behind me was a dumping grounds for the old farmers from back in the day. I kind of already knew this, but I found another spot when I was in the woods. I was looking for rocks to finish my rock garden and came across the motherload. They were all just stacked so high, but covered in a few layers of dirt/leaves. I believe this is where the old farmers threw all of the stones that they tilled out of their massive fields 100 years ago.

Found some cool trash and old bottles that I've saved over the years. I have one elixir that says it cures gut-root or gut-rot. Never heard of the term until then.

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

Apparently the term 'Frenchie' is derogatory, I thought it was just another (and cleaner) way of referring to a French person.

 

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[Ghost Of Mascevanje]

I accidentally learned that you can see how many posts you have in a thread by simply clicking on your profile icon that appears next to a thread (this might seem pretty obvious to most, but I personally had no Idea).

 

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[xSuperMario64x]

I accidentally learned that you can see how many posts you have in a thread by simply clicking on your profile icon that appears next to a thread (this might seem pretty obvious to most, but I personally had no Idea).

I had no idea this was a thing lol

also it appears as if I'm bothered quite a bit

 

[Alienfish]

Apparently the term 'Frenchie' is derogatory, I thought it was just another (and cleaner) way of referring to a French person.

I only ever heard that as for French bulldogs which are.. dogs so? But yeah I don't think I'd call a person from France etc. that.

 

[Croconaw]

I only ever heard that as for French bulldogs which are.. dogs so? But yeah I don't think I'd call a person from France etc. that.

Same. I use that term for French bulldogs only. I’ve never called a person from France that. That sounds belittling.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL that the coat of arms for Prince Edward Island in Canada has silver foxes on it and I love it

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also just learned that the reason why Upper Sandusky has that name despite it being a ways south of Sandusky, Ohio, is because the Sandusky river flows upward into Lake Erie and therefore it's named because it sits next to the upper part of the river.

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

TIL that there are indeed milk bags in other parts of the world.
And I thought that it was exclusive to certain parts of Canada.

 

[Beanz]

that the fertilizer bags in new leaf are used for increasing the chance of getting hybrids or perfect fruits. i’ve been playing for several years and i did not know that until today.

 

[Neb]

The U.K. is roughly the size of Oregon.

 

[LadyDestani]

Today I learned that baby Tasmanian Devils are called imps and I love it!

 

[Croconaw]

This will sound dumb, but I seriously did not know Palkia was a water type until last night. That’s actually insane and I would’ve never guessed.

 

[Neb]

There used to be a small Japantown in my city, but it was destroyed during world war 2. Talk about depressing…

 

[ravenclaw_equestrian]

Til that if you hold down the photo button on an iPhone it will start taking a video.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

The U.K. is roughly the size of Oregon.

Oregon is also the 10th largest US state :>

TIL that Vivian is not explicitly referred to as transgender in the NA version of Paper Mario TTYD because the devs were trying to reach a certain target age rating. I know this was like 20 years ago but it's kinda sad to think that people view being trans as an "adult" topic that couldn't even be referred to in a kid's game.

 

[Midoriya]

I learned there's such thing as a 2TB iPad.

 

[moo_nieu]

i knew i had hazel eyes, but i found out that i also have central heterochromia so thats neat! i nearly blinded myself trying to get a good photo to figure it out though lol

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[-Mars-]

Oregon is also the 10th largest US state :>

TIL that Vivian is not explicitly referred to as transgender in the NA version of Paper Mario TTYD because the devs were trying to reach a certain target age rating. I know this was like 20 years ago but it's kinda sad to think that people view being trans as an "adult" topic that couldn't even be referred to in a kid's game.

I know you said it was like 20 years ago but they won't allow mentions of transgender because it's an "adult topic?" but I thought Birdo was a transwoman?