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

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Now is good but hard to stay in.

That there are areas in the world which seem quite harmless but, tend to have rampant crime & corruption etc.

It is considered impossible to whistle if you are wearing a spacesuit.

I knew there are many plastic implements you’re not supposed to boil. Now I know there are plastic forks so sh***y that they bend out of shape if you try to use them to mix hot rice and lentils.

I've learned that computer components are constantly changing and being upgraded that unless you have tons of financial resources would you be able to afford such things on almost a yearly basis.

That there were a fifth and female TMNT, and she was named Venus. (Thank you, Kazanscube!)
She appeared in The Next Mutation and in Power Rangers in Space in the 1998 episode, 'Shell Shocked' (thanks, Wikipedia)

When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, one of the suspects was Pablo Picasso.

I've learned to bridal my tongue while talking to a cashier in a fast food restaurant today. It made things go more quickly and I feel like a Sweet Pea.

I've learned that science has possibly found the oldest galaxies in the universe.

^Fascinating, as Spock would say.

Results of a survey in 2014 revealed that citizens of the state of New York are the unhappiest people in the US.

When you're participating in a quickfire online word game with three or four other people, it's not a good idea to be trying out a 16 year old laptop that has a prehistoric processor and 1GB of RAM.

Canned spray cheese actually can go bad. Very, very bad. "Congeal and burst out of the container, causing a mystery stench in the pantry" bad. (I will note that it has been over a decade since anyone in my family would even consider touching the stuff even when it's fresh, so that must have been one heck of an old container)

Also, if left to sit for long enough, apple juice will turn black.

In other news, we really ought to clean out our pantry more often