Today I Learned…

[Slaybutter]

playing Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation can brick certain hard drives why? Because it matches some of the natural resonant frequencies the hard drive uses.

 

[Sibz]

"Your ambitious nature will help you make a name for yourself" from my Chinese fortune cookie

 

[rainbowlemon]

Thought I'd add that at the same time as learning TLDR I also learned what NSFW was
For some reason in my head, whenever I saw NSFW written, I'd think of the Wildlife Fund with the Panda logo

New south wales for me .

 

[sarah4000]

Two doctors invented the chainsaw in 1780 to make the removal of pelvic bone easier and less time-consuming during childbirth.

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Today I learned that there are still people who don't know that TLDR means Too Long Didn't Read.

 

[JOHN1967]

Today I learned that there are still people who don't know that TLDR means Too Long Didn't Read.

I can laugh and mock as much as I want, because I learnt what it meant 2 days ago.

 

[MissTeddy]

My grandmother apparently has 3 kidneys

my neighbour is having a kidney transplant and they pack new one in - but don’t take the old one(s) out !

 

[watermelon sugar]

I can laugh and mock as much as I want, because I learnt what it meant 2 days ago.

4 days ago for me John! If only we were all like Phoenix who’s always known his abbreviations

 

[House of Tea]

my neighbour is having a kidney transplant and they pack new one in - but don’t take the old one(s) out !

Lazy buggers!

 

[Gidget00_]

This makes me feel so stupid but I didn’t know what ‘goading’ meant until I googled it just now 🫣

 

[WhatABore]

New south wales for me .

Yes, this too

 

[Slaybutter]

Sugar is a humectant

 

[Piff paff puff]

Just noticed heinz beans is actually heinz beanz

 

[AliceInWanderLost]

Sugar is a humectant

...and i just learnt what a humectant is!

 

[Slaybutter]

...and i just learnt what a humectant is!

Thinking about it now, I learnt the word from soap making I thought it was a skincare term.

 

[JOHN1967]

Just noticed heinz beans is actually heinz beanz

Not sure if my memory is playing tricks, but wasn't their catchphrase

Beanz meanz Heinz.

 

[One and only]

There was a pilot for the US version of footballers wives with Gabrielle Union as Chardonnay and James Van Der Beek but it didn’t get picked up

 

[Pipsy]

This site exists. They don't have password protection.

Cardiff couple (?) live right now

View Yawcam camera in United Kingdom, Cardiff

Watch live cam located in United Kingdom region Wales Cardiff.

www.insecam.org

 

[Slaybutter]

Ethiopia is the only African country that has never been colonized

Also, there are 7,151 languages spoken today. Just 23 are in use by over half the global population.

 

[MitziAdele]

James Cameron, the director of the Titanic, actually drew the topless picture of Kate Winslet.