The "I learned something new today!" Thread

[xSuperMario64x]

I learned today that the only cars that were built with V5 engines were Volkswagen VR5 cars built between 1997-2006, and they're very uncommon. my car just happens to be a 2007 Beetle and she has a V5 engine sooooo that's cool!

 

[Aneesh1729]

i made a working fourier based drawing tool on desmos, here is the results of using this to draw a capital I.

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i made a working fourier based drawing tool on desmos, here is the results of using this to draw a capital I.

its all done automatically by the way, so don't worry about efficiency. i didn't have to get my hands dirty at all plotting the points myself, i just had that blue point there act as a cursor of sorts and told the computer to add the cursor position to a point list i stored off screen every 300 ms, and then used a mathematical formula to fit a curve to the points

 

[.: Meri :.]

Today I learned that tuxedo/black and white cats are the least adopted color, even a bit less than black cats. I kind of thought they were fairly popular, but apparently they're usually adopted less because it's a very common coloration for cats to have. Gonna give my tuxie a hug next time I see him.

 

[Mr_Persona]

I never noticed the login thing on here under the device names. How did i missed that.

Wow it's a short time until you're automatically logged out but i like it.
Also i accidentally hit "forget this device"

 

[Alienfish]

There are PokéStops in PoGo that are sponsored by Circle K and gives you candy discounts in their stores

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

I just found out that there's a video of a "no music" version of the song We Don't Talk About Bruno. It sounds pretty strange, not gonna lie.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Today I learned that tuxedo/black and white cats are the least adopted color, even a bit less than black cats. I kind of thought they were fairly popular, but apparently they're usually adopted less because it's a very common coloration for cats to have. Gonna give my tuxie a hug next time I see him.

give him a hug for me too!! I don't have one rn but we used to have a few tuxedo kitties and I loved every one of them ☺


today I learned that some manuals refer to thwomps as "thwomp traps" lol why tho

 

[LadyDestani]

I feel silly because I use Microsoft Office programs all the time for work, but today I learned that if you double click the Format Painter tool you can use it multiple times in a row. Just click it again to turn it off. And here I've been clicking it for each and every cell, word, or phrase that I wanted to use it on. From now on, I can save a few clicks.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

today I found out that the Spindel is called "Walzen-Walter" in German, and it comes from Walze (barrel) and the name Walter.

so now I'm just laughing my head off imagining this thing being called Walter

 

[DaisyFan]

I learned that I could say "Lumos" on my phone and the light would turn on. Also, I could say "Nox" and the light was off. Extremely interesting!

 

[allainah]

I learned that I could say "Lumos" on my phone and the light would turn on. Also, I could say "Nox" and the light was off. Extremely interesting!

just tried this on my phone and it worked! such a cool lil detail

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL you can buy toilet paper at office depot lmao

 

[Alienfish]

TIL you can buy toilet paper at office depot lmao

Not surprised, they got such weird stuff LOL. I guess it's good if you're close to that but no toilet lmao

 

[-Blue-]

TIL you can buy toilet paper at office depot lmao

Sometimes you run out of paper and still got to print.

 

[Violet Witch]

That the two pairs of winter gloves I bought last month have a different type of stitching on the thumb and index fingertip so that I can use my phone without having to take my gloves off in cold weather.

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

Lately I've been trying to learn how to type without looking at the keyboard (I'm actually doing it right now), and my dad gave me a good tip. So ever noticed the little indents on the F and J keys? Well, you're supposed to place your fingers on certain keys (A, S, D, and F for left hand; J, K, L, and the [semi-] colon for right), and then you just have to move your fingers slightly for the rest of the keys. I'm not sure why typing on a keyboard is really important, but it's a skill I'd like to master regardless.

 

[Croconaw]

Lately I've been trying to learn how to type without looking at the keyboard (I'm actually doing it right now), and my dad gave me a good tip. So ever noticed the little indents on the F and J keys? Well, you're supposed to place your fingers on certain keys (A, S, D, and F for left hand; J, K, L, and the [semi-] colon for right), and then you just have to move your fingers slightly for the rest of the keys. I'm not sure why typing on a keyboard is really important, but it's a skill I'd like to master regardless.

Hi! Learning to type without looking at a keyboard is just something you learn after a while. I find it necessary to memorize the entire keyboard by memory. (which I’ve done, it’s just one of those useless skills I know.) I memorized portions of the keyboard and I just know what order they go in. For example “QWERTY” and the rest is “UIOP” . The home-row is the most important row. My keyboarding teacher in school told me to think the “GH” stands for “Guitar Hero.” That little detail helped me. The bottom row was the hardest for me but I memorized that one in particular just out of habit.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Lately I've been trying to learn how to type without looking at the keyboard (I'm actually doing it right now), and my dad gave me a good tip. So ever noticed the little indents on the F and J keys? Well, you're supposed to place your fingers on certain keys (A, S, D, and F for left hand; J, K, L, and the [semi-] colon for right), and then you just have to move your fingers slightly for the rest of the keys. I'm not sure why typing on a keyboard is really important, but it's a skill I'd like to master regardless.

Hi! Learning to type without looking at a keyboard is just something you learn after a while. I find it necessary to memorize the entire keyboard by memory. (which I’ve done, it’s just one of those useless skills I know.) I memorized portions of the keyboard and I just know what order they go in. For example “QWERTY” and the rest is “UIOP” . The home-row is the most important row. My keyboarding teacher in school told me to think the “GH” stands for “Guitar Hero.” That little detail helped me. The bottom row was the hardest for me but I memorized that one in particular just out of habit.

fun fact, I learned to type by playing in the KinzChat Plus chatroom on Webkinz lmaooooo

I also only use my three middle fingers on each hand to type, I never use my thumb or pinky but I can type like 70 WPM so I don't care to learn how to use all fingers lol

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL that Waluigi is also a non-binary icon, I was playing Mario Party Superstars last night and I landed on chance time and Toad said "Waluigi will now trade their coins with Wario!" and my immediate reaction was "wow even Waluigi uses they/them pronouns"

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

TIL that Waluigi is also a non-binary icon, I was playing Mario Party Superstars last night and I landed on chance time and Toad said "Waluigi will now trade their coins with Wario!" and my immediate reaction was "wow even Waluigi uses they/them pronouns"

That's so cool to hear, I didn't know that! I also found out that a character from a cartoon I like is non-binary as well. Wakko Warner from Animaniacs is non-binary, since in one of the comics they state their gender as 'other'. (Not sure about the pronouns though, so I'll go with they/them.)