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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Oct 12, 2021 16:11:23 GMT -5
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Post by pantsgoblin on Oct 21, 2021 7:34:06 GMT -5
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Oct 26, 2021 14:18:32 GMT -5
Apparently it's only an urban legend that the singer from eighties funk-rock band Living Colour, Corey Glover, is Danny Glover's son. No known relation.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Oct 26, 2021 23:50:34 GMT -5
Apparently it's only an urban legend that the singer from eighties funk-rock band Living Colour, Corey Glover, is Danny Glover's son. No known relation. Next you'll tell me Vernon Reid isn't Tim Reid's brother! |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Nov 10, 2021 9:21:29 GMT -5
There's a village in England called Nether Wallop. I can pretty much die happy now.
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Nov 30, 2021 14:35:04 GMT -5
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Post by patbat on Nov 30, 2021 15:20:33 GMT -5
TIL that the G in "Evangelion" is hard; I thought it was soft like in "evangelist"
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Post by pantsgoblin on Dec 1, 2021 11:54:00 GMT -5
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Post by patbat on Dec 1, 2021 16:15:30 GMT -5
TIL actual folklorists despise Joseph Campbell
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Post by pantsgoblin on Dec 8, 2021 12:46:15 GMT -5
Near where I live, there are remnants that you can visit of a theme park based on the Red Ryder franchise (comics, radio, serials) which is the source of the BB gun that Ralphie's obsessed with in A Christmas Story. |
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Post by Jimmy James on Dec 10, 2021 9:46:56 GMT -5
IN SPACE YOU CAN STILL HEAR BRIAN BLESSED |
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Post by Prole Hole on Dec 18, 2021 16:40:49 GMT -5
Today I learned that dreams do come true, because there's a browser plugin for Chrome Vivaldi which automatically converts imperial measurements in to metric. You cannot - cannot - imagine how annoyed I get having to laboriously convert everything from imperial to metric in any recipe with more than a couple of ingredients - and now I don't have to! A small annoyance has been immeasurably improved and I am a happier bot for it.
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Post by patbat on Dec 21, 2021 15:04:54 GMT -5
Today I learned that the comic strip Nancy canonically takes place in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee
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Post by liebkartoffel on Dec 30, 2021 12:55:03 GMT -5
Today I learned that there's a point in Alaska equidistant from Tokyo, Ottawa, and Reykjavik. (via Reddit)  |
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Post by Prole Hole on Dec 30, 2021 17:12:12 GMT -5
Today I learned that there's a point in Alaska equidistant from Tokyo, Ottawa, and Reykjavik. (via Reddit) I feel like Washington DC is a bit of a cheat in this graphic. Maybe Nuuk? |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Jan 11, 2022 11:11:30 GMT -5
The phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" only appeared in print in 1977.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Jan 12, 2022 0:06:46 GMT -5
Today I learned that there's a point in Alaska equidistant from Tokyo, Ottawa, and Reykjavik. (via Reddit)
Wow, Mexico City feels like it is a long way away from where *I* live. Hard to grasp that Portland is closer to Mexico City than it is to Washington DC.
Though, this nicely puts into perspective how far Alaska is from everything. I remember seeing a great traffic sign when I was in Fairbanks. You know, the ones that list the next closest major city to where you are and the mileage to get there? It was something like "Anchorage 360 mi, Juneau 732 mi, Vancouver 2057 mi". I was definitely feeling like I was in the middle of nowhere when I saw that.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jan 12, 2022 10:01:05 GMT -5
Tasmanian devils (whose Latin name, I never tire of sharing, is Sarcophilus satanicus, "Satanic flesh-lover") are puzzling biologists because the vast majority are picky eaters and not generalists like almost all scavengers. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jan 21, 2022 10:31:21 GMT -5
According to James Cameron, the "give me your clothes" scene in Terminator 2 was shot in a bar across the street from and on the very same night as the Rodney King beating. Really makes the T-1000 dressing like a cop all the more insidious.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jan 24, 2022 21:19:03 GMT -5
TIL that there are evidently wolves in Portugal.
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Post by Nudeviking on Jan 25, 2022 2:01:42 GMT -5
Nunchucks became legal in New York State in 2018 after a dude used a second amendment argument about nunchucks in front of the NYS Supreme Court.
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Post by Celebith on Jan 25, 2022 11:44:29 GMT -5
Nunchucks became legal in New York State in 2018 after a dude used a second amendment argument about nunchucks in front of the NYS Supreme Court. Switchblades (and other spring assisted opening knives) were legalized in Texas around the same time. There's been a whole spate of legalizing weapons that were mostly "illegal because minorities used them" lately, which on the whole is probably good. |
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Post by nowimnothing on Feb 4, 2022 9:42:53 GMT -5
James Madison was only 25 in 1776 as he helped with the Articles of Confederation, he was only 36 when he acted as the "Father of the Constitution" by writing large portions of it and getting it ratified.
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Feb 4, 2022 13:47:16 GMT -5
James Madison was only 25 in 1776 as he helped with the Articles of Confederation, he was only 36 when he acted as the "Father of the Constitution" by writing large portions of it and getting it ratified. My favorite thing Madison did was one of the Federalist Papers where he completely decried "modern" fashion trends for the economic impacts of fickle changes (specifically how all the buckle-makers lost their jobs when everybody suddenly wanted buttons). |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 15, 2022 17:56:24 GMT -5
Mammals did not evolve from reptiles. The amniotes evolved from amphibians, and from the amniotes came the synapsids and the sauropsids. The mammals evolved from synapsids, while reptiles (and eventually dinosaurs and birds) evolved from the sauropsids.
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Post by Jimmy James on Feb 16, 2022 9:19:25 GMT -5
Today (or yesterday) I read that you can coax earthworms out of the ground by tapping rhythmically, and that some birds will do this with their feet to draw the worms to the surface instead of digging for them. I did not realize there was an earth-based factual basis for the thumpers in Dune.
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Post by Lurky McLurk on Feb 16, 2022 10:23:49 GMT -5
Today I learned that Galentines Day is a real thing and not just something made up for Parks & Rec, and then I learned that no, that's bollocks, it definitely was just made up for Parks & Rec and a few people have taken to copying it.
It's been a wild ride.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 16, 2022 10:28:24 GMT -5
Today I learned that Galentines Day is a real thing and not just something made up for Parks & Rec, and then I learned that no, that's bollocks, it definitely was just made up for Parks & Rec and a few people have taken to copying it. It's been a wild ride. It was definitely invented by Parks & Rec but also it's a good happy thing and we should all adopt it |
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Post by ganews on Feb 16, 2022 16:57:54 GMT -5
Mammals did not evolve from reptiles. The amniotes evolved from amphibians, and from the amniotes came the synapsids and the sauropsids. The mammals evolved from synapsids, while reptiles (and eventually dinosaurs and birds) evolved from the sauropsids. |
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Post by Prole Hole on Feb 17, 2022 14:29:48 GMT -5
Mammals did not evolve from reptiles. The amniotes evolved from amphibians, and from the amniotes came the synapsids and the sauropsids. The mammals evolved from synapsids, while reptiles (and eventually dinosaurs and birds) evolved from the sauropsids. ... fishing would be a lot less hassle? One might say it would be reel easy... |
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