The "I learned something new today!" Thread

[VernalLapin]

Yesterday I was joking with my boyfriend that since mosquitos seem to highly favor my blood, that I could be in Siberia and they would still find me. And then, out of complete coincidence, I found out that there are swarms of them in Siberia.

 

[Yoshi155]

Since I have a phone, by default it doesn’t show a user’s signature with their post. It turned sideways on accident and then I learned that it happens.

Edit: I’m confused over whether this happens on computer in the first place.

 

[wrenbow]

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[nightglow]

That some people call an olive a vegetable. I always called it a fruit?
Turns out, they are like tomatoes. Technically a fruit, but people call them a vegetable because of its flavor.
Ahlive, Ohlive...
Toematoe, Toemahtoe...

 

[VernalLapin]

Koinu No Carnival has 50 vocaloids in it! :^D

 

[Yanrima~]

I've learned today that you can redirect the download destination in the Chrome browser by going to settings then downloads. I've learned this only now because I needed space in my computer.

 

[Paperboy012305]

So yesterday I found out in ACNL, you can bury fertilizer next to a dead perfect fruit tree so it can reform itself to grow perfect fruit again.

And today, Kilza and I discovered what melona ice cream was thanks to digimon on the TBT discord in the “multiplayer-1” channel.
I’d probably only get the strawberry one.

This is what one of their flavors look like.​

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I also learned I can tap on my profile picture at the bottom right of a thread I posted on to see how many posts I made on a thread on a phone. I legit thought that was computer/laptop exclusive.

 

[ShinyDungeoneer]

today I learned I own a rare video game. Apparently, my copy of Paper Mario TTYD is worth a lot because its a CIB (last i checked it had the manual and the little Nintendo Power ad) copy. I got it from a retro gaming store for around 60 bucks (i don't remember the actual price it had though). Sadly, it isn't sealed, as it was used, but i digress.

 

[Yoshi155]

TIL that you can just click on the amount of pages in a thread to type and search for a page way more easily. This would have saved me so much time if I knew before.

Edit: I also learned that on phone you can make this type of apostrophe “'”, because by default it makes this kind: “‘”. It's kind of annoying because my default my phone uses that when auto punctuating, so I have to do it manually.

 

[nightglow]

A Hercules Beetle is a Rhino Beetle.

 

[Midoriya]

In Fire Emblem Engage, if you fight a character in the DLC that recognizes one of their retainers, they will have special dialogue lines to say to said character. Thought this was a pretty neat addition.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

A Hercules Beetle is a Rhino Beetle.

the best rhino beetle, I might add



I just learned (or, realized) yesterday that, of the very few things that make me feel dysphoric, reading or hearing my former name is one of them. might seem kinda obvious, but I need to stress that there really aren't many thing at all which make me feel gender dysphoria.

Spoiler: rambles

last night I kept having to type out my college legacy email to log into something, and seeing my former name was an almost surreal experience. I feel so disconnected from it now, because everyone I spend time with on a day to day basis now refers to me as my chosen name or Bug, so seeing my former name started to bring up that past and it really did make me feel uncomfortable. it's also a bit awkward bc one of my coworkers has the same name as I used to have, but it's not too bad because in that case I associate that name with her and not myself.

I'm grateful that I'm now surrounded by people who use my chosen name or nickname (technically my former name had a shortened version that I also don't use anymore, but Bug was my other nickname for my whole life hehe). it kinda sucks, though, that a lot of my outside family members still know me by my former name, and it might be hard to tell them. I'm thinking of my dad's side, specifically of my paternal grandma. my dad flipped his **** when I told him I was going by a chosen name, since the one I had was one he picked and came from his great grandmother, a very respectable woman (and out of respect for my dad's family, I call it my "former/old name" and not my "deadname"). I can't imagine how my grandma would react if I told her I was going by a different name now. it's a whole tricky situation honestly.

on a more lighthearted note, yesterday @/Seastar told me about the game Bug Fables and she said it might be something I'm interested in (since it's based on the first two Paper Mario games and is abt buggies)! the clip she showed me looked really cute, so I may have to see if my library consortium has it so I can borrow it for a little while


edit: fixed a typo haha

 

[Yoshi155]

This is something I learned yesterday so it might kind of break the rules, but the USDA apparently only allows schools to serve lunch after 10 am.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL that in the original Luigi's Mansion, there are only two red gems in the whole game, and one of them is the gem on King Boo's crown (which you collect after defeating him). but it's hilarious, because the value of the gem is equivalent to that of a single coin.

Spoiler: mr weegee was still v happy about it tho hehe

I can hear the DA-DADA-DADA-DADA looking at this picture lmaoooo

I guess that's why he upgraded to a crown that shoots lasers in Dark Moon

 

[Shawna]

This was yesterday, but my dad told me birds cannot see white.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Customer Service no matter what company you call from is all the same. You call their number, pressing numbers to do stuff, and then if you want to speak to someone you have to wait for a long time and hearing repetitive music. Then finally when you speak about a problem you have they always refer you to someone else and tells you to write it down on a pen and paper. I guess what I learned is that some companies don't have the best customer service and often times you'll find yourself having to call a different company just to solve your issues.

 

[LadyDestani]

A few days ago I learned that Wal-mart now has Stranger Things inspired ice cream.

Stranger Things Ice Cream Flavors

 

[wrenbow]

TIL that birds in cities sing at a higher pitch than birds in less developed areas. This doesn't seem to change even if you put the birds in different noise conditions, so it's more like a cultural difference rather than an adjustment to the environment in individual birds (at least according to the study I read).

 

[Xara]

i just learned that crayola has now launched a florist business, and honestly i think it’s really cool! for such a bright company that promotes creativity and vibrancy, i think flowers were a great choice for expanding their business horizons. and what makes it even better is that a percentage of each sale goes towards a fundraiser or an organization— you can choose one of the ones that crayola supports (such as the american heart association, the maui strong fund, the humane society of the united states etc) for the money to go to, or you can choose one of your own! i think this is so lovely

and as expected from crayola, their flower options are so beautiful and colourful! here are just a few of my favourites hehe:

 

[nightglow]

How much the color of your substrate effects the color of your fish. It isn't just the case of the same color looking different depending what color is next to it. Some fish change color based on the color of substrate to either stick out more or to blend in with the substrate more. Knowing this makes looking at people's fish tanks that have multiple types of fish in it super interesting even if 2 different people have the same kind of fish.
Aquatics really does dabble in art.
Lighting also effects fish color too as some fish prefer certain brightness or dimness. A stressed fish will pale out but a pale fish doesn't always mean a stressed fish.