The "I learned something new today!" Thread

[MarzipanDragyn]

Potatoes grow into plants with flowers and sweet potato plants have purple leaves.
And both are related to the Morning Glory.

 

[Mariah]

My sister is dead.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

TIL that I was the 4,442nd user to join this forum

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I just found out that the desktop version of Twitter has a dark mode lol

Also the colors can be changed from blue as well! I changed mine to purple

 

[EsjaTheWolf]

I learned that musicians who are told to use a recorded version of their song will sometimes do something ridiculous to show that it’s recorded- Muse switched all the band members to different instruments, Alan Jackson’s guitarist played with no sticks, etc!

 

[Radda]

I learned how to use a calendar properly, or at least hang it properly with one of those J shaped hooks!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I literally didn't know til yesterday that I could use the NSO app to type comments in-game lol I'm such a dumbyyyy

Also just found out that the Petaltail Dragonfly isn't available in New Horizons I'm gonna miss that bug a lot, I loved it in NL cause it was so massive and kinda clunky. I was hoping to have one in my house in NH to go next to my banded dragonfly :'(

 

[Snowesque]

Studio Ghibli has two films in the works. Exciting to think about.

 

[Washigirl78]

I learned that the Oarfish I've been catching in ACNH should be dead/dying but aren't. :b

 

[N a t]

I learned that Hello Kitty is not a cat...

 

[limiya]

I know this is a pretty common one but I learned that the whole saying that “blood is blue” is entirely untrue! What it really is is that people believe that blood is blue since, when we see our veins, they often look blue, but the main way to know that blood actually isn’t blue at all is that, when you are having blood taken or you are donating blood, you can look over and see that the blood coming out isn’t blue colored, it’s still red.

It is commonly believed that blood just turns red when it is mixed with oxygen, but the tubes that are used to take blood don’t allow for any oxygen to get in them! Tbh I’m still astonished by this discovery because I’m 23 and have believed that blood is blue until it mixes with oxygen since I was a little kid.

 

[lieryl]

there is a reverse dark mode in procreate having the white sliders and the white transparent background is so much more calming when i’m drawing lol

 

[Lightmare]

cleopatra lived closer to the present day today than to the construction of the great pyramid!

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

I learned that you can’t ask a villager to move in from someone’s island if you have no plots (not the same as nook tickets islands) lol

 

[Shellzilla_515]

I had Blathers examine a pondskater for me. The reason why they stay afloat on the water is that they spew small amounts of oil to do so. He also started to question whether they can walk on air or go through walls lol.

 

[Enxssi]

Spoiler: maybe kinda gross I think?

Jellybeans and apples are coated with shellac, which is a nicer word for lac beetle feces.

 

[LadyDestani]

Today I learned that a bumbershoot is another word for an umbrella. The word was used in a very old issue of Batman referencing the Penguin.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Found out just now that the standard frame rate which Zelda OOT runs at is 20 fps?? Like I knew it was low but good lord.

 

[sarosephie]

Polydactylism is actually really common in the feline world.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Polydactylism is actually really common in the feline world.

Yeah I've seen many cats in my day with polydactylism. It's funny cause none of the four cats in our house have extra toes (I don't think we've ever had a cat with one) but the cat that hangs out outside does.