The "I learned something new today!" Thread

[Alienfish]

Apples have pretty large endo/mesocarps. Sliced some apples for a pie earlier and had to like remove almost 2/3 because of it.

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

I learned how to change a car bearing! This will come in handy... probably save me a fortune, too.

 

[Neb]

Banana slugs are some of the most fascinating and disturbing creatures I’ve ever seen. Don’t read about them if you’re easily disgusted.

 

[Kuroh]

A Hannah Montana anime was going to be in the works back in the day for Toei Animation, but ended up being cancelled. This was because the show was about done airing and Miley started drifting away from the Disney image, so they felt the show wouldn't be relevant anymore.

Character sheets were completed along with work for dancing scenes, but they were never released to the public.

 

[Alienfish]

A Hannah Montana anime was going to be in the works back in the day for Toei Animation, but ended up being cancelled. This was because the show was about done airing and Miley started drifting away from the Disney image, so they felt the show wouldn't be relevant anymore.

Character sheets were completed along with work for dancing scenes, but they were never released to the public.

Damn that's interesting, no idea she was that huge over there considering most commercial channels basically air certain stuff. Heh.

 

[Alienfish]

O-Zone apparently performed on Music Station. Wild.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

just learned that Luigi has the ability to harness the power of lightning and nOBODY TOLD ME. he's like Thor but... more adorable lol.

also last night while i was waiting for the power to come back on I was listening to music on shuffle on SM3D All-Stars and the casino music from Sunshine came on and... it's the Luigi Casino music?? from the DS games?? how have I never known this?!?

 

[xSuperMario64x]

just found out that the song "Forever Young" by Alphaville is about the Cold War. Idk how I never realized this before, but after listening to it just now I realized how many connections there were between the lyrics and the arms race during the Cold War.

so I already loved this song before but now I've gained a whole new level of appreciation for it. the Cold War is my favorite period in US history. now I have a newfound respect for the song.

 

[Sharksheep]

銭 ( ぜに ) is coin in japanese and is zeni in romaji. Suddenly all the currency zeny/zenny in some video games make sense now.

 

[neoqueenserenity]

Today I learned that black cats can "rust"!

If a black cat spends too much time in the sun, it's fur can begin to turn a muddy dark brown, but that's only temporary!

 

[rianne]

I didn't know that Denver, Colorado (USA) had a pit bull ban — it's recently been overturned after 31 years.

 

[Alienfish]

just found out that the song "Forever Young" by Alphaville is about the Cold War. Idk how I never realized this before, but after listening to it just now I realized how many connections there were between the lyrics and the arms race during the Cold War.

so I already loved this song before but now I've gained a whole new level of appreciation for it. the Cold War is my favorite period in US history. now I have a newfound respect for the song.

Yeah, it's some interesting lyrics for sure : )

also apparently the salmon gear run gear is rotated like every other day tf lol

 

[itsmxuse]

Today I learned that black cats can "rust"!

If a black cat spends too much time in the sun, it's fur can begin to turn a muddy dark brown, but that's only temporary!

I never knew that either!
Makes sense as why my cat looked brown sometimes during the summer I suppose

 

[Nefarious]

While searching for something to watch, I learned that Clifford the Big Red Dog got a 2020 reboot. It surprisingly doesn't look horrible animation wise and the art style is somewhat faithful to those of the original books. From diving into that rabbit hole I also learned that there's a live action film that was stated for release on the 13th of this month. It's pushed back to next year though.

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

I just learned that clicking on the location that a user puts as theirs will take you to google maps, where it will attempt to show that location! They don’t have my location tho lol

 

[Dim]

how have I not known this?

 

[Alienfish]

I just learned that clicking on the location that a user puts as theirs will take you to google maps, where it will attempt to show that location! They don’t have my location tho lol

I wonder where Justin's a bully and Mino was right are located.

 

[Plainbluetees]

I didn't know that Denver, Colorado (USA) had a pit bull ban — it's recently been overturned after 31 years.

wasn’t there a movie made about the ban?

Today I learned that Wendy’s has a secret burger called the meat cube that costs $15 or something and has 4 patties

 

[Midoriya]

I wonder where Justin's a bully and Mino was right are located.

From Justin’s-a-bully-ville and Mino-was-right-town, of course.

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Today I learned more about slugs because I was curious about them.

 

[Alienfish]

From Justin’s-a-bully-ville and Mino-was-right-town, of course.

Man, must be some military secrets because I can't find them, hm.