TIL: Today I Learned

[Borachio]

TIL: I'm apparently not a westerner.

Me neither, it seems.

But I don't mind so much. I never wanted to be one anyway.

 

[Agent327]

Today I learned if you put something sciency in Science and Technology, nobody notices. If someone else puts the same news in OT, things do get noticed.

I thought organic molecules in space were pretty cool.

 

[GenMarshall]

TIL: That there are still good things in the past amongst the bad things.

 

[Antilogic]

Today I learned if you put something sciency in Science and Technology, nobody notices. If someone else puts the same news in OT, things do get noticed.

I thought organic molecules in space were pretty cool.

Some of the OT subforums don't get a lot of traffic. I check out S&T maybe once a month.

 

[Takhisis]

TIL Paul, Mick, Roger, and company were the vanguard of our destruction.

And they can't get no

satisfaction!

 

[gay_Aleks]

TIL that the girl in Quantum of Solace getting covered in oil is a homage to the other girl getting covered in gold from Goldfinger.

Sucks to be a Bond girl, I guess.

 

[IncessantMace]

TIL that you lot seem to be a good lot and I am glad I joined this forum finally!

 

[Civ'ed]

TIL that the girl in Quantum of Solace getting covered in oil is a homage to the other girl getting covered in gold from Goldfinger.

Sucks to be a Bond girl, I guess.

gotta get rid of em before the next movie...

 

[gay_Aleks]

No attachment.

 

[Phrossack]

No attachment.

Except for that one time.

 

[gay_Aleks]

First time for everything, I guess

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

TIL American agricultural labor isn't as stringently regulated as industrial labor.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Now... I wouldn't say a certain Cracked article might have to do with this.

Instead, I totally will.

 

[Phrossack]

TIL that I have a large assignment due tomorrow. My fault.

I also learned that the conquistadores used fat cut from their dead enemies in the Americas to dress their wounds. Three separate Spanish accounts written by some of the conquistadores themselves attest to this.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

TIL Malaysia is the world leader in production of medical gloves. Just checked the nitrile gloves on my bench. Yes, they're made in Malaysia.

Also, the War on Drugs means little morphine for people in pain in the developing world.

 

[Tigranes]

TIL new saying in English(UK):

Only fools and horses work.

So much things to learn! Working hard on that.

 

[cybrxkhan]

TIL some stormfront folks like and respect Asians for their "intelligence" and "diligence", as long as they don't 'interbreed' with whites of course. What a strange worldview these people have, but that's nothing new to me of course.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

TIL some stormfront folks like and respect Asians for their "intelligence" and "diligence", as long as they don't 'interbreed' with whites of course. What a strange worldview these people have, but that's nothing new to me of course.

Well, they clearly wouldn't want intelligence or diligence to become associated with the gene pool of white people.

 

[Takhisis]

It's more of a 'they have X and Y characteristics, which are valuable, in spite of being inherently inferior' thing.

 

[cybrxkhan]

It's more of a 'they have X and Y characteristics, which are valuable, in spite of being inherently inferior' thing.

Yah, preetty much.

It's also the "Asians are traditional which means they understand their racial qualities and don't mix with other races, so we respect that" sort of thing.