The "I learned something new today!" Thread

[xSuperMario64x]

There are people who speedrun Animal Crossing.

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BrianMp16 is a legend lol, I leave his long form videos playing for my dogs while I'm at work

 

[QueenCobra]

I learned that Margaret Hamilton (who played the original Wicked Witch of the West) was a kindergarten and Sunday school teacher. This definitely came in handy when she guest starred on Sesame Street!

 

[Suguri]

TIL on accident that you can zoom in and out in Stardew Valley. (Yes, this is coming from a newbie to the game.)

 

[ShadowLelouch97]

I learned how to process a return at my job today!

 

[QueenCobra]

Found out the town in the book I’m reading is REAL, not fictional like I thought.

Treasure Island, Florida - Wikipedia

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[~Kilza~]

I learned that strawberries aren't actually considered a berry botanically, but tomatoes, bananas, and grapes are! Definitely surprising to find out, but they're still delicious all the same!

 

[VernalLapin]

That the show “Shark Tank” is based on a Japanese show called “The Tigers of Money” and in the UK there’s a version called “Dragon’s Den”

 

[QueenCobra]

What is Arnold Schwarzenegger doing in the WWE Hall of Fame? Lol

 

[QueenCobra]

The Louisiana state flag has no right being this cute.

 

[VernalLapin]

Burger King is called Hungry Jack's in Australia.

 

[QueenCobra]

When flight attendants do the two-finger points, that means they’re showing where the exits are. (I heard it was a common gesture along them and didn’t know what it meant. I was also daydreaming about a female pro wrestling tag team with a fake TSA agent and flight attendant doing those points. Weird gimmick, I know lol.)

 

[ShadowLelouch97]

Today I learned that there's a cutscene that'll occur if you completely fail the Sentry Duty duty of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. Sentry Duty in the game is identifying Pokemon by their footprints, and you only get two guesses before you're penalized.

It's so funny but unnecessarily cruel.

 

[QueenCobra]

A man (Michael Paredes) died after completing one of the obstacle courses on Wipeout. He went into cardiac arrest.

This happened in 2020, so not that long ago. I don’t remember hearing about this when it happened, but when I was younger I used to be a big fan of Wipeout and even had the Wii game! Unfortunately, it’s sad but not surprising that someone passed away after an intense course. (due to medical issues)

 

[skarmoury]

okay i finally looked into daylight savings..... apparently for standard time i am 13 hours ahead and for daylight savings i am 12 hours ahead. i always thought i was 12 hours ahead the standard time lmao

anyway sorry to anyone who has date traded collectibles with me and i said the wrong time by an hour i feel dumb

 

[LadyDestani]

okay i finally looked into daylight savings..... apparently for standard time i am 13 hours ahead and for daylight savings i am 12 hours ahead. i always thought i was 12 hours ahead the standard time lmao

anyway sorry to anyone who has date traded collectibles with me and i said the wrong time by an hour i feel dumb

Daylight savings time is confusing even to those of us who live with it sometimes. You shouldn't feel dumb at all.

 

[QueenCobra]

Terry the Dog (who played Toto in the “Wizard of Oz”) was paid more than some of the movie’s human actors.

She was also a female— I guess since Toto was a boy, I assumed the actual dog was, too.

 

[nightglow]

Burger King is called Hungry Jack's in Australia.

Do they serve pancakes there? We have a pancake mix called Hungry Jack in the US.
Hungry Jack's sound like it would be something similar to an IHOP to me because of this.

 

[QueenCobra]

I know Charles II of Spain (the one with the big jaw) kept disabled people as “palace freaks”. One was Eugenia Martínez Vallejo. She was a girl whose obesity is now thought to be caused by Prader-Willi Syndrome. Although she got to stay in a palace, she was known as “the monster” her entire life. She even appears to be crying in a nude portrait.

What I DIDN’T know, is that in 1997, a statue of Eugenia was erected in Aviles, Spain. This is a way to honor her, I think, and give her the respect she was denied in life.

 

[QueenCobra]

Guatemala has three Olympic medals in total-- two in shooting, and one in walking. (1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze.) While they regularly compete in the summer Olympics, country only competed in one winter Olympics-- 1988.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL my buggy is about 13½ feet long lol, longgo buggy