The "I learned something new today!" Thread

[-Mars-]

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[Croconaw]

I learned that there is a pink summer shell collectible. I seriously had no idea there was a pink one.

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

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[Croconaw]

I learned that size 15 isn’t actually the default text size on here. It looks to be slightly smaller, lol.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

just learned that apparently cockroaches are cannibalistic

 

[ellarella]

i learned that the chinese invented gunpowder

(thanks goes to nathan fielder and his new show the rehearsal for this revelation)

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I just learned what "age regression" is and I honestly think I've been doing it subconsciously for a while. basically it's when you psychologically revert back to when you were a kid and embrace that personality and mentality.

idk if I would necessarily call myself an age regressor but there are a lot of things I do that calm me that I did as a kid, like playing with stuffed animals/toys, coloring in kids' coloring books, making blanket forts, watching kids' cartoons, pretending I'm one of my OCs, and playing games with a sense of childlike wonder and curiosity. I really love kidcore aesthetics. I also often force the troubles of my life and the world out of my mind for a while to find stress relief.

I've honestly never met anyone else who does this. I always kinda believed it was bc I'm autistic but idk.

 

[WhiteLily210]

Yet another Cuphead discovery:

If you have the DLC and set the language to Spanish(Latino), the pawns death quote is a reference to Despacito.

"Pasito a pasito, suave suavecito, me llevo la victoria poquito a poquito"

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I just learned that a dolphin is technically considered a "toothed whale" and now I can't stop thinking abt it lol

 

[skarmoury]

Learned this a little while back but I thought I should share for everyone.

The KFC twitter account followed 6 people named Herb and the 5 members of the spice girls. In essence, they are following 11 herbs and spices.

 

[LadyDestani]

Not today, but yesterday I learned more about the Indian holiday Durga Puja. For the week long festival, they construct various temporary structures made of bamboo and glass that replicate or pay homage to existing structures.

From this year, there is a replica of St. Peter's Basilica and another of the Malaysian Twin Towers. They create these massive and detailed buildings for gathering and celebrating and then take them down after only 6 days.

Spoiler: Replica of St. Peter's Basilica

Spoiler: Replica of Malaysia's Twin Towers

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

TIL what 'Google Lens' is, I took a screenshot of some text I found online and it was able to read it out loud. (It included my battery percentage and the time and such, but it kinda makes sense I suppose?) Pretty cool feature, honestly.

Spoiler: The text in question

I'm surprised it was able to pronounce 'Tomodachi', 'grasshoper', and 'Asami' properly but not 'Poofesure' or even 'Wii' in some cases.

 

[Beanz]

i didn't know that wild world and city folk share the same hourly music until today. i found out when i was on tane.us (a site for listening to the hourly music on loop) and i noticed that acww doesn't have it's own tab. i've never played city folk but i've always assumed it had different music.

 

[Croconaw]

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I didn’t know that and I’ve played both games.

Today I learned that they sell assorted colored Swedish fish in those huge candy boxes and I’m ecstatic. They even have blue, and I can’t wait to try them.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL the Eurasian Blackbird's call sounds just like the hook for Barbie Girl. so they basically wrote it lol

 

[daisyflowers]

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[-Mars-]

Today I learned: Basking Sharks are the second largest living species of fish(and the third overall if extinct species are included) I didn't know they were as big as they are (23-28 FT long and 11,000 Pounds) I thought they were the same size as an average shark size or even smaller

Spoiler: This is what a basking shark looks like

Don't worry it's harmless and it's a filter feeder

 

[Aquilla]

Today I learned that it’s possible to mass activate/deactivate collectibles in the inventory. I have been turning them on and off one by one all this time. This is a game changer!

 

[daisyflowers]

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[LadyDestani]

that mouth is gigantic what on earth
i thought shark's mouths were mega small

Some sharks are filter feeders, meaning they feed on small plankton like whales, so they have large mouths to take in as much as they can. The basking shark, whale shark, and megamouth sharks fall into this category.