You learn something new everyday: what did you learn today?

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I've been reading about the polish development of the wz88 Tantal assault rifle. It was a very unique derivative of the soviet ak74 assault rifle; it was the only such rifle with a spigot type grenade launcher, it was the only one with a 3 round burst.

I learned the German blitzkrieg was powered by methamphetamine. Hitler wanted to push through to France, going through Belgium. His generals were all, no you can't do that it would take 2 weeks, your spearheads would need to sleep every night giving the allies a chance to retreat. So, they brought in the "stimulant decree", they had the pharmaceutical industry manufacture 30 million pervidine (methamphetamine) tablets for the wermacht...they reached France in 3 days, nobody slept.

How to water plants

that it was WELL WORTH going all that distance to view the august 21 total solar eclipse.

That FFMPEG can convert movies to animated Gif so i don't have to fuzz around with image sequences any more.

that pedal harp and harpsichord better every music they are a part of.

I've learned (over time) - if I am unable to make sense of something, after a brief period of trying, it is best to simply walk away from the situation and keep moving forward... o n w a r d

Apparently pedestrians aren't supposed to be watching for traffic and making sure cars are stopping before they cross or waiting to cross safety because everything is all on the driver and if they hit you for your own stupidity it's their fault and you hold no responsibility over your stupidity even if they couldn't see you.

I have sure been doing it wrong. But I am too afraid of getting hit by cars so I will keep on doing it wrong.

I learned that echolalia is a stim

I learned that many people with Down Syndrome are living longer thanks to better treatment for chronic health conditions. I also learned that my aunt may want to keep her baby, which is great ! I still wish I could have him, though.

I learned about a new Toastmasters educational program, Pathways.

Learned one bus route to take to school

Learned one bus route not to take to school

learned new refinements to my audio restoration techniques.

How the distance from here to whatever star you can see is measured, what you can measure within sunlight and when exactly helium was discovered. Brushing over the basics again as I'll need to be sharp on them if I'm to absorb even a little of what I'm trying to read about what goes on between the basics of our true surroundings!

learned that one must take highway 1 to get to government point.

That ants are tenacious little creatures, not an admirable trait when they invade the inside of your house with no indication that we can ever get a handle on the problem.