Today I Learned #3: There's a wiki for everything!

[GinandTonic]

TIL that Scranton, Pennsylvania and Utica, New York began as Welsh settlements to preserve Welsh identity, culture and language.

Wasn't there one in Argentina that was responsible for 99% of Argentine Rugby?

 

[AmazonQueen]

Wasn't there one in Argentina that was responsible for 99% of Argentine Rugby?

Somewhere in Patagonia I think. Henry Talbot and Eduardo Morgan spring to mind as Argentinian rugby internationals with Welsh ancestry.

 

[Takhisis]

Trevelin, down in Chubut province. In fact, they were so far away from anything else that it is said that English-speaking Welsh people seeking to undo the London-sponsored linguicide asked them for help.

Edit: found it on Wikipedia.

 

[Berzerker]

https://www.cjonline.com/story/spor...ns-amateur-impressive-9-under-day/7947217002/

https://www.wibw.com/2021/09/15/topeka-highs-rachel-stous-wins-first-pro-golf-tournament/

Topeka might have a 2nd pro golfer to watch on TV, Gary Woodland could be joined by Rachel Stous in the pro ranks. She won down in Florida and bombs the ball, she's thin, flexible and lanky enough to produce the clubhead speed for 300 yd drives. She shot a course record 64 and followed that with a 71 and a birdie on the last hole to win by 1 shot.

The last few years she has played in our local tournaments and made it to the match play championship this year but lost a 2 up advantage with 2 to play to Ben Moser. She bogied the last 3 holes and lost to pars, not good. She didn't have a stellar stroke play tournament here either, but she's well on her way now. Congrats Rachel, I guess we wont be seeing you around here much any more.

 

[Kaitzilla]

TIL that a baby born in Korea on December 30th 2021 will be considered to be 2 on January 5th 2022.

So 1 at birth and +1 whenever the new year occurs.

 

[Broken_Erika]

TIL about giant prehistoric penguins
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/penguin-fossil-1.6182433

 

[The_J]

So, TIL: Normally a border is a non-existing line between 2 countries. In one case, between Germany and Luxembourg, the border has actually a width, it's a river (including a bridge). So you'd be there at 2 countries at the same time (as a whole, not your left part in one country, the right part in another).

 

[PhroX]

To be fair, Tom Scott's entire channel is basically TILs.

 

[Sarin]

That's weird. So if someone commits a crime on the bridge, will they be prosecuted according to law of which country?

 

[amadeus]

There’s a mall not too far from me that sits on the prefectural borders of Nara and Kyoto. The border is marked on all floors, including the parking garage, so under which jurisdiction that part of the building falls is easily known.

 

[Takhisis]

That's weird. So if someone commits a crime on the bridge, will they be prosecuted according to law of which country?

As always, The Simpsons has covered this type of situation:

 

[Valka D'Ur]

TIL about giant prehistoric penguins
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/penguin-fossil-1.6182433

They look like gigantic Fairy/Blue penguins. Those are the smallest penguins now, tiny in comparison to the Emperors.

 

[amadeus]

In 1959, the Harlem Globetrotters played a game at Lenin Stadium in Moscow—a story in Pravda about the game criticized the team for being too showy and unserious.

 

[Zkribbler]

...a story in Pravda about the game criticized the team for being too showy and unserious.

The Harlem Globetrotters? Naaaaaaaw!

 

[r16]

first time ı watched them on TV , their visit to country being top news and being unaware American basketball was far more show oriented than the games here (even if ı had a very limited exposure then and now) it was a downer . All these black guys were probably drug addicts , as the TV series of the time always had such relaxed black criminals .

 

[Birdjaguar]

Meadowlark Lemon scores again!

 

[Samson]

TIL that the world bank do not spend enough on their web site admins. The home page is https, but a search goes to a http page, which gives a frightening warning page for me, but it then ends at a https site.

Also the documentation site for their very comprehensive data tool is pure http served up as .aspx files, which is old school.

 

[Zkribbler]

When Shakespeare wrote "Much Ado About Nothing," Nothing was slang for vagina.

 

[Takhisis]

On the subject of Argentina's Welsh settlers, at Trevelin they've inaugurated a statue of a red dragon which actually breathes fire.

Here's the making-of video, with an actual demonstration of the metal beast's fire-breathing capabilities:

@AmazonQueen @GinandTonic

 

[Valka D'Ur]

When Shakespeare wrote "Much Ado About Nothing," Nothing was slang for vagina.

And you learned this how?