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Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:17 pm

i mean, yeah
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Post by Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:18 pm

I mean, the cotton gin was invented as a labor-saving device

and look how that worked out
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Post by Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:24 pm

also youtuber shaun should voice a pony
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Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:26 pm

his voice is to calm to be a pony
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Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...

Post by Pocket (?) » Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:14 am

TIL Tumblr has/had its own version of "Do you have stairs in your house?" "I am protected." It's: "I like your shoelaces." "Thanks, I stole them from the President."

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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:36 am

TIL that it wasn't unusual for old anime to have its series finale produced in advance, especially if they're in a risk of getting cancelled. That way, they can throw it in when the show does get cancelled.

This lead to problems sometimes. There was at least one anime where they introduced a new character in the later episodes, and they didn't appear in the finale at all because it was produced before they were introduced.

One extreme example I heard is where a show was to be cancelled in 1994, with the finale produced then, but they were forced to continue making new episodes until 1996 because they were unable to find a new anime to fill the time-slot. By the time the final episode aired 2 years after they made it, they made at least 100 additional episodes :-I

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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:14 am

One of my favorite sequences in "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" is the "We're Despicable" song sequence:



TIL a few things about this sequence:

1. This sequence was entirely animated by Gerard Baldwin, a Jay Ward animator, in just 2 weeks at his home. His style is obvious because of the exaggerated lip sync animation, something of a trademark of his.

2. This song sequence only exists because the special was running short, so director Abe Levitow added it to pad the runtime.

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Post by Pocket (?) » Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:59 pm

After getting sick of wondering why the hell Andy Williams always lists "scary ghost stories" among the traditions associated with the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, I decided to look it up for myself. Turns out, yeah, it really was a thing people did back in old-timey times (as mentioned by, among others, Marlowe and Shakespeare), and one of many traditions Charles Dickens was inspired to revive, both with "A Christmas Carol" and during his tenure as a magazine editor. Neither of those articles are clear on whether the tradition ever made it big across the pond, let alone survived by Williams's time, or if he just happened to be aware that it was still something people did over in England and decided to throw it in. I guess that's a question you'll have to keep in mind in case you're ever haunted by his ghost. :iiam:
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:59 pm

Some of you may remember "Snorks", a "Smurfs" clone that aired the same time.

Well, TIL why the show exists. It seems that Freddy Monnickendam, a Belgian businessman who licensed "Smurfs" in merchandising (and the TV show, hence why he was co-executive producer for a number of years), got into a dispute with Smurfs creator Peyo over the rights and royalties involved.

So Monnickendam decided he needed a new cartoon that can compete with "Smurfs" directly. In 1980, a Belgian cartoonist named Nic Broca created a comic featuring these creatures and published them

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Monnickendam bought the rights and sold the show to Hanna-Barbera. So they wound up producing both "Smurfs" and "Snorks" concurrently.

In the end, Monnickendam's plan went unrealized, and "Snorks" never became a hit he wanted.

As for the differences between the original comic and the cartoon, I can't find very many examples of the comic. That book cover above took a ton of internet search to find. Although I found some art where it seems the Snorks would come out of the water and have fun on the surface. I don't remember seeing that in the cartoons (but I haven't watched the show in over 20 years, sooo :v: )

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Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:03 pm

oh, i remember these
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Post by Perpetual Motion (?) » Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:16 pm

The Snorks was a pretty big mainstay of Boomerang US back when I actually had cable.

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Post by Orange Fluffy Sheep (?) » Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:19 pm

Apropos of nothing I blame the water blur filter for Snorks failing.
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Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:38 pm

Orange Fluffy Sheep wrote:
Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:19 pm
Apropos of nothing I blame the water blur filter for Snorks failing.
Which adds to another TIL. Apparently "Snorks" was one of the first cartoons to use digital ink and paint rather than cels (specifically season 3. Seasons 1, 2, and 4 used traditional painted cels). I looked up a random season 3 episode and yeesh, it was very heavy with the water filter that was obviously digitized and kinda headachey to watch after a long time. Episodes from other seasons didn't seem to have it.

Also, the first season had a very different intro than "Dance Along with Snorks" theme song. Snorks has a lore apparently.


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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:42 pm

TIL about the War of the Bucket.

Er, rather there was NO war ever fought over a bucket. This video explains it:


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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu Dec 19, 2019 7:49 pm

TIL that there were typewriters that can "erase" mistakes.


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Post by Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:15 pm

Yeah, we had one of those growing up — IIRC it switches ribbons and “types” in white to overwrite the missed letter. Only works properly if you’re using white paper, obviously.

TIL cauliflower comes in colors other than white. We had a farm-to-table restaurant lunch and got green, orange, and purple cauliflower.
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Post by Octavia (?) » Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:17 pm

I've seen purple and green cauliflower before, but never orange :starity:
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Re: TIL Thread: Today I learned...

Post by Pocket (?) » Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:43 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:
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Yeah, we had one of those growing up — IIRC it switches ribbons and “types” in white to overwrite the missed letter. Only works properly if you’re using white paper, obviously.
I wonder if you could use it to type white text on dark-colored paper.
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Post by Void Chicken (?) » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:34 am

Mechanical Ape wrote:
Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:15 pm
Yeah, we had one of those growing up — IIRC it switches ribbons and “types” in white to overwrite the missed letter. Only works properly if you’re using white paper, obviously.
The one I saw way back at school had a clear ribbon for that. Apparently you can just smack the ink back off the page.

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Post by !saak (?) » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:03 am

TIL you can pin stuff in Discord DMs

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Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:56 am

whoa
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:17 am

I have vaguely heard of The Great Emu War before, where Australia declared war on the birds for eating all their crops.

Well, TIL more about it. Australia LOST the war.


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Post by Perrydotto (?) » Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:15 pm

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Post by Pocket (?) » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:57 pm

TIL you can make "slow" boost rails in Minecraft by just switching them on and off really fast. This will be very useful for finally finishing a thing I was working on ages ago.
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:11 am

TIL that the first "Arthur" book came out in 1976.

So "Arthur" has been around for 43 years. :starity:

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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:50 pm

TIL that Jack Warner's brothers really hated his guts (because he chronically backstabbed them).

I always knew he was an ass, but dang. It got so bad Harry Warner chased Jack with a lead pipe and threatened to kill him.

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Post by Mechanical Ape (?) » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:55 pm

Mr. Big wrote:
Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:11 am
So "Arthur" has been around for 43 years. :starity:
That’s a long time to be caught between the moon and New York City.

wrong arthur
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Post by Octavia (?) » Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:28 pm

And I say "Hey!"
I keep reliving the same day
Where in time stasis I will stay
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Post by Madeline (?) » Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:39 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:
Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:55 pm
That’s a long time to be caught between the moon and New York City.

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He did the best that he could do

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Post by Madeline (?) » Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:57 pm

TIL that the late Alexander Key wasn’t just responsible for the Witch Mountain book and movies, he also wrote the source material for the anime Future Boy Conan.

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Post by W.T. Fits (?) » Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:39 am

TIL tumbleweeds aren't native to North America, they're an invasive species from Russia.

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Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:49 am

excuse me what
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:20 am

Well, TIL that as well :starity:

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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:21 am

Also TIL that Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.

I never considered the connection before.

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Post by Octavia (?) » Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:01 pm

W.T. Fits wrote:
Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:39 am
TIL tumbleweeds aren't native to North America, they're an invasive species from Russia.
That explains why they're always trying to run away
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Post by Adiwan (?) » Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:44 am

The last few days I learned a lot about Japanese culture with this youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd4V3I ... nKwONcOSdA

Like for example the abundance of vending machines

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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:03 pm

EDIT: Never Mind
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Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:05 pm

Mr. Big wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:03 pm
TIL that "Bee Movie" had a sequel in 2017

...how did I miss that!? :twonk:
HOLY SHIT

THIS IS A BIG DEAL
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Post by Octavia (?) » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:18 pm

Mr. Big wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:03 pm
TIL that "Bee Movie" had a sequel in 2017

...how did I miss that!? :twonk:
what

WHAT
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:31 pm

Uhhh, so I misread someone's post. And what I found were April Fools jokes. Whoops

Forget I ever said anything :-I

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