Board index › Off Topic Discussion › Random Discussion

Today I Learned

Page 54 of 54 [ 859 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

Previous topic | Next topic

blitzkrieg
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Jun 2011
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 20,873

28 Jun 2025, 12:37 pm

babybird wrote:
Someone who I always imagined was about my age or even a bit older has turned out to be almost 20 years younger than me

It all makes sense now


Is that someone an online contact?



babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,154
Location: UK

28 Jun 2025, 1:04 pm

Yeah mate

It's nothing to do with their age
I was struggling with the attitude towards things that's all and I couldn't understand it

Then I realised the age and it just made sense to me

It's not actually a problem now I understand it


_________________
We have existence


CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 118,274
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love

28 Jun 2025, 2:50 pm

Bugler's Dream was first used for the Olympics in 1964, not 1968.


_________________
The Family Enigma


babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,154
Location: UK

29 Jun 2025, 3:24 pm

The only thing that a crocodile is scared of is a hippopotamus

I don't like hippos either


_________________
We have existence


Retrograde
Deinonychus
Deinonychus

User avatar

Joined: 18 May 2023
Gender: Male
Posts: 380

30 Jun 2025, 4:46 am

Today I learned that the same molecule that makes chicken taste like chicken can also be found in ground up oyster shells, is a false fact.



DeepHour
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jun 2014
Gender: Male
Posts: 88,554
Location: United Kingdom

30 Jun 2025, 2:29 pm

I have just learned from a Reddit post that Oxtail soup is impossible to find in Cyprus.


_________________
On a mountain range
I'm Doctor Strange


lostonearth35
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 5 Jan 2010
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Posts: 13,320
Location: Lost on Earth, waddya think?

30 Jun 2025, 4:05 pm

Some people have mistaken flags from European countries as lgbt pride flags. Such as Italy.



CapedOwl
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

User avatar

Joined: 25 May 2025
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 234

30 Jun 2025, 5:09 pm

I'm learning more about the Matrix client called "Fluffychat". I have one long-lost acquaintance in there, who I'm chatting with.

BTW: there are 21 users there (on matrix.org) who have "autism" in their usernames. But is there an Autism chat room (either a "public room", or "public space")? Apparently not.


_________________
"The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it." - Terry Pratchett


lostonearth35
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 5 Jan 2010
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Posts: 13,320
Location: Lost on Earth, waddya think?

Yesterday, 6:06 pm

Today is not only Canada Day, but also the day that Americans raided a British Settlement in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

As someone who lives in Nova Scotia, that hits, quite literally, close to home.



CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 118,274
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love

Yesterday, 8:44 pm

When I get out, good things happen.


_________________
The Family Enigma


Retrograde
Deinonychus
Deinonychus

User avatar

Joined: 18 May 2023
Gender: Male
Posts: 380

Yesterday, 9:32 pm

Fan death is a misconception that people have died as a result of running an electric fan in a closed room with no open windows. While the supposed mechanics of fan death are impossible given how electric fans operate, belief in fan death persisted to the mid-2000s in South Korea, and also to a lesser extent in Japan.

Image