Today I learned that the Spanish/Hispanic version of the Tooth Fairy is a mouse named Ratoncito Pérez. I love that it's a whimsical character with a totally normal last name.
Post here when you learned a thing and want to share!
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:12 pm
by Adiwan
Today I learned visual scripting in Unity with Bolt.
It's neat but there is a whole different view I'm not familiar with. I see my problems as code and not as node graphs.
Today I learned there are a whole lot of sound effects that start with FW.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 3:22 pm
by Mr. Big
TIL that "Gummi Bears", a Disney cartoon based on a candy, had a newspaper strip. I found it while browsing through microfilms to find some other strip I'm looking for
Today I learned that the Spanish/Hispanic version of the Tooth Fairy is a mouse named Ratoncito Pérez. I love that it's a whimsical character with a totally normal last name.
Post here when you learned a thing and want to share!
Italy and France have teeth mice too, iirc
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:59 am
by Jill
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 11:36 am
by Mr. Big
I could've told you that years ago
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:03 pm
by Adiwan
Today I learned that using the recommended temperature of a 3D printer filament might result in a well-printed part.
I have a roll of PETG with a recommended temperature of 240°C.
At my first print using 240°C I had a very strange rough surface on the first layers and I thought the temperature was too high and I suspected the filament bubbled. Lowering to 220°C made that vanish. In later prints I kept printing with 220°C but with a very low speed setting and it still worked.
Today I wanted to print something bigger but I didn't want to wait all day, so I sped it up. This resulted in a lot of underextrusion. I think the filament wasn't flowing that well and messed up the retraction with creating too much suction.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 2:13 pm
by diribigal
https://arxiv.org/ allows you to see the source files for papers, which means you can find comments that were not always intended for public consumption. But most of the time they're boring things like "do we need parentheses here?"
Your link is about the last VCR/VHS player produced. The last new VHS cassettes were produced a little earlier than that (by one or two years? It's hard to find a good source).
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:59 pm
by Mr. Big
TIL that, according to Bruce Willis, "Die Hard" is NOT a Christmas movie.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:29 pm
by Mr. Big
TIL that in the 1960s hippies thought they could get high by smoking banana peels.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:43 pm
by Daikatuna
rosebud was his sled
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:53 pm
by Mr. Big
TIL that, throughout the 90 years of Academy Awards, only one feature film based on a comic was ever nominated for Best Picture
"Skippy" from 1931, based on a newspaper strip of the same name
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:19 am
by Pocket
TIL that T. Ryder Smith, who played the KKK raven guys in BioShock Infinite, also played abolitionist John Brown in PBS's American Experience documentary series.
Today I learned what a jib is. So now whenever I use the phrase, "I like the cut of your jib," I'll know where it originated from.
jib is that character from ed edd & eddy right
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:38 am
by Madeline
TIL I learned that there are regional variants of salami all across Europe, using different benign bacterial cultures and blends of meat to make different flavors.
TIL I learned that there are regional variants of salami all across Europe, using different benign bacterial cultures and blends of meat to make different flavors.
And I want to eat all of them
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 12:03 pm
by Highbrow Dash
I'm not a fan of Salami. Salchichón is where it's at
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:56 pm
by Octavia
There will come a time in your life when you learn to accept all cured meats.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:00 pm
by Smoke
Lukanka is a pretty good Bulgarian type of salami worthy of trying. It's often used for pizzas here.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:09 pm
by Madeline
I will try all the cured meats
Also, I like finding out about foods from different countries and places. One of the only good things about having been a picky eater when I was a child has been that, when I got over that problem and learned to like new foods, my adulthood has been like this constant stream of new things to try. It’s fun!
Also, I like finding out about foods from different countries and places. One of the only good things about having been a picky eater when I was a child has been that, when I got over that problem and learned to like new foods, my adulthood has been like this constant stream of new things to try. It’s fun!
Same!
Someday I oughta tell you about some of the Japanese dishes to try out
Someday I oughta tell you about some of the Japanese dishes to try out
I’ve tried both a miso udon soup and a curry udon, and I liked those a lot. Otherwise my exposure to Japanese cuisine is limited to sushi, Pocky, and these little fudge-filled cookies shaped like panda bears. Oh, and someone shared a green tea Kit Kat with me once. So I’d like to try more Japanese dishes that represent actual food.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:31 am
by Mr. Big
There are a wide variety of Japanese foods, so it's hard to single any particular out. I'd try out ramen (actual, home-made ramen, not the instant kind you can find in grocery stores), katsudon, and Osaka staples takoyaki and okonomiyaki.
Sushi's great, though. I try to eat them whenever I get the opportunity. Raw fish for life!
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:33 pm
by Octavia
TIL that the French folk song "Alouette" is actually about threatening to pluck the feathers out of a bird that woke you up with its early morning singing.
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:38 pm
by Mechanical Ape
“Alouette” is a sequel to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” after living a week with all those fucking birds
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 1:44 pm
by Mr. Big
TIL I learned about Habushu, where they put a dead viper snake inside a bottle of sake.
WTF Japan
Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:06 pm
by Adiwan
I saw some reports on TV about the customs office at airports. They grabbed tons of weird stuff out of circulation, just like that snake in the bottle.
There have been weirder stuff in drinks, like a severed toe that is served in Canada. Below a video about it (hidden because the thumbnail shows the toe)
I will try all the cured meats
So I’d like to try more Japanese dishes that represent actual food.
