Today I Learned #2: Gone for a Wiki Walk

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today I learned that a woman died of brain injuries after getting impaled in the eye with a reusable metal straw.

Also, the biggest plastic polluter in oceans is dumped fishing gear.

 

[Synobun]

TIL about Smitty's, a Canadian chain restaurant that I've somehow never heard of before today.

The nearest one to me is over two and a half hours away by car.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today I learned that a Starbucks opened up in my town...in the middle of a pandemic. Strange business decisions.

 

[Hrothbern]

TIL about the remains of a 39,000 year old cave bear digged up on a Siberian island, including soft tissues and organs being pretty much still intact.... and.... the remains of a cub !

Really exciting.
Perhaps we should fund more projects in the thawing permafrost to unearth such remains before they get lost from decay.

https://siberiantimes.com/other/oth...ose-is-intact-unearthed-on-the-arctic-island/

Spoiler pics in the spoiler please ! :

 

[The_J]

Pics in a spoiler please

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

When I was outside earlier today I could smell/taste some smoke in the air and it was slightly hazy. I thought it was just someone in the area running a wood stove.

TIL that it might actually be the smoke from all the wildfires on the west coast.

 

[BenitoChavez]

When I was outside earlier today I could smell/taste some smoke in the air and it was slightly hazy. I thought it was just someone in the area running a wood stove.

TIL that it might actually be the smoke from all the wildfires on the west coast.

According to the news smoke could be seen as far east as New York and DC.

 

[Josu]

TIL swearing in new 14 languages after watching a Samuel L. Jackson's video

 

[Synobun]

TIL about loaded tea. A colleague introduced it to me on Twitter and it sounded very odd. It also does not exist in Vancouver. After looking it up, I can see why. Energy drinks in the form of iced tea. I'm interested.

 

[Zkribbler]

When I was outside earlier today I could smell/taste some smoke in the air and it was slightly hazy. I thought it was just someone in the area running a wood stove.

TIL that it might actually be the smoke from all the wildfires on the west coast.

You...and Europe too.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/16/weather/us-wildfires-smoke-europe-copernicus-intl/index.html

 

[Cutlass]

When I was outside earlier today I could smell/taste some smoke in the air and it was slightly hazy. I thought it was just someone in the area running a wood stove.

TIL that it might actually be the smoke from all the wildfires on the west coast.

It was probably smoke. It's been hazy here because of it.

 

[Yeekim]

TIL about loaded tea.

Spoiler :

 

[Takhisis]

Today the news said that Navalny was actually poisoned through a bottle of water in his hotel room IIRC.
But the joke, while macabre, is still good.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today the news said that Navalny was actually poisoned through a bottle of water in his hotel room IIRC.

I actually just read a cozy mystery where the victim was murdered via hotel water bottle poisoning.

Spoiler But there's a plot twist: :

At the end it revealed the victim actually poisoned himself unintentionally while trying to poison someone else. The would-be victim realized the bottle had been tampered with and discreetly swapped water bottles around.

 

[Berzerker]

evidence God is female

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abaa3e#psjabaa3es4

diamonds are a girl's best friend

and apparently they're all over the place, even diamond planets

 

[Zardnaar]

Today I learnt of a group called Babymetal. Now I hate my life.

 

[Takhisis]

There's also Heavysaurus.

 

[Birdjaguar]

TIL about the remains of a 39,000 year old cave bear digged up on a Siberian island, including soft tissues and organs being pretty much still intact.... and.... the remains of a cub !

Really exciting.
Perhaps we should fund more projects in the thawing permafrost to unearth such remains before they get lost from decay.

https://siberiantimes.com/other/oth...ose-is-intact-unearthed-on-the-arctic-island/

Spoiler pics in the spoiler please ! :

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Siberia is a pretty big place.

 

[Berzerker]

When I was outside earlier today I could smell/taste some smoke in the air and it was slightly hazy. I thought it was just someone in the area running a wood stove.

TIL that it might actually be the smoke from all the wildfires on the west coast.

no doubt it was, our sunsets are blood red

 

[The_J]

Today I learnt of a group called Babymetal. Now I hate my life.

Just for you:

I saw them life, so funny .

There's also Heavysaurus.

Damn, now I'm hooked

EDIT: Damn, so there's the Finish band Heavisaurus, the German band Heavysaurus, and an argentinian one, Heavysaurios

Also good: Nanowar of Steel: