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

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I learned to change the time on my car's clock.

If the US freed all convicts who have only committed non-violent crimes, the US prison population would be more than Germany's prison population per capita.

In Boston, "tonic" is slang for a sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage that most other people in the US either call "soda" or "pop".

Interesting. It wasn't long ago when I thought all Americans called it soda, while all Canadians call it pop. I'm sure the latter is more truthful.

I am not allowed to post fnord memes as they are a personal attack

The world's oldest bottle of wine is believed to have been manufactured in the year 350 AD.

I learned that there has probably been more autistic people throughout time than originally though, but, due to said people exhibiting strange mannerisms & behavior patterns unto the general populace most likely said persons wound up being imprisoned as delusional or worse seen as demonically possessed.

Recovering from a phone call takes an average of 25 minutes.

That the cost of living varies widely from territory to territory as well as municipality to municipality..

That the fictional graboid is 10 meters long and weigh 20 tons.

That four people were shot to death in Fredericton yesterday.

That's it. The whole world has gone to hell. I just don't care anymore. I'll just let my brain go numb and be desensitized to the killing and stupidity. Have a nice day.

The inventor of peanut M&Ms had an allergy to peanuts.

I learned that where the Business headquarters of Rosetta Stone software is possibly where I'll be relocating to in the next 5 years hopefully.

If you are a resident of Ohio, you have a tendency to cuss the most when compared to all other states in the US.

That is interesting. I'd have thought it'd be Texas for some reason. Ohio!

I can't say this is new information, but I seem to need reminding on a regular basis; I was reminded today that I can trust my own judgement more, and can stop second guessing myself so much.

I've learned that not all places with the lowest cost of living are the greatest places to live especially from a economic & ethnic diversity or crime index.