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

[Samson]

TIL about the free software licence WTFPL. There is a rude word in the name and licence text.

 

[Sofista]

What has Poland done to them?

 

[H4run]

Ngl this look really, really bad.
Moderator Action: Attention, not a nice picture. The_J

Spoiler :

 

[Broken_Erika]

TIL Hoverbikes are real.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59065674

 

[amadeus]

Michele Bachmann was in Sharknado 3, playing Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.

 

[tjs282]

TIL Hoverbikes are real.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59065674

Coinicidentally, I saw this vid on YT yesterday:

It's a lot cheaper (a snip at 'only' USD 90,000) than the one in your linked BBC story, but it also has only half the range (plus unshielded rotors, ouch).

 

[Snowygerry]

Today I learned what the abbreviation TIL stands for on CFC -

I also learned this is actually an interesting thread and I ignored it for no good reason at all

 

[Zkribbler]

Broken_Erika said: ↑
TIL Hoverbikes are real.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59065674

We've had them for decades. They're called helicopters.

 

[amadeus]

Oh that's all I'd need, to have to think about the z axis while driving too.

 

[Takhisis]

TIL Hoverbikes are real.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59065674

There's that mere detail of it being so expensive that I could be set for life with that much money, but hey, it's the future so why not ensure the inevitable happens?

 

[The_J]

TIL: The USA banned sliced bread for 2 months in 1943 to help... the war effort.
o_O
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread#1943_U.S._ban_on_sliced_bread

 

[amadeus]

Jamshid bin Abdullah, the last Sultan of Zanzibar, is still alive at the age of 92. He was deposed in 1964.

 

[Birdjaguar]

That prompted me to read about the short but brutal Zanzibar Revolution of 1962.

 

[Hrothbern]

TIL that the lovely dessert Tiramisu ("pick me up") was the result of an accident in an Italian restaurant kitchen while making vanilla ice cream.

According to the dessert's co-inventor, Chef Roberto Linguanotto, the dish was the result of an accident while making vanilla ice cream.
Mr Linguanotto dropped some mascarpone cheese into a bowl of eggs and sugar, and after he noticed the mixture's pleasant taste, he told Campeol's wife Alba.
The pair then perfected the dessert by adding ladyfinger sponges soaked in coffee, and sprinkling it with cocoa - calling it "Tiramisù", which translates into English as "pick me up".

Restaurateur Ado Campeol, dubbed "the father of Tiramisu" by Italian media, has died aged 93.

Campeol was the owner of Le Beccherie, a restaurant in Treviso in northern Italy where the famous dessert was invented by his wife and a chef.

The dish, featuring coffee-soaked biscuits and mascarpone, was added to their menu in 1972 but never patented by the family.

It has since become a staple of Italian cuisine, adapted by chefs worldwide.

There have been long-running disputes about the origin of tiramisu, including claims that it was served as an aphrodisiac at a brothel in the north Italian city of Trevisio.

However it is widely accepted the recipe was developed in Campeol's restaurant in the city.


Luca Zaia, governor of the Veneto region, was among those who paid respects, tweeting that the city had "[lost] another star in its food and wine history".

Le Beccherie was opened by Campeol's family in 1939, and Campeol took over the business at the end of World War Two.

According to the dessert's co-inventor, Chef Roberto Linguanotto, the dish was the result of an accident while making vanilla ice cream.

Mr Linguanotto dropped some mascarpone cheese into a bowl of eggs and sugar, and after he noticed the mixture's pleasant taste, he told Campeol's wife Alba.

The pair then perfected the dessert by adding ladyfinger sponges soaked in coffee, and sprinkling it with cocoa - calling it "Tiramisù", which translates into English as "pick me up".

The dish appeared in print in a 1981 issue of Veneto, a local publication dedicated to food and wine, and it is now one of Italy's best known desserts.


Variants of tiramisu feature alcohol like rum or marsala, but the original recipe - certified by the Italian Academy of Cuisine in 2010 - was alcohol-free because it was intended to be child-friendly.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59103658

 

[Kyriakos]

A week ago I learned there is a thing called "Wendy's Chili", which is a fast food item in the Wendy's menu.
Apparently this is a type of beef-soup (?). Not a very common idea for a fast food.

Looks more vile here:

 

[Samson]

A week ago I learned there is a thing called "Wendy's Chili", which is a fast food item in the Wendy's menu.
Apparently this is a type of beef-soup (?). Not a very common idea for a fast food.

Looks more vile here:

View attachment 613273

Fast food outlets will do whatever they can to try and convince you that what they serve is food. They lie, none of it is suitable for human consumption.

 

[Farm Boy]

Only because McDonalds doesn't have beef tallow favoring in your neck of the woods, the fries are gross without it. Potato and oil and salt. Not enough. Bleh.



That said, since the last year or so, a McDonalds value meal costs as much as a meal from a greasy spoon or local takeout. I haven't eaten at one in ages. If there is no price break, no point. I can get better.

Still, it looks like chili to me. How was the flavor? Not great, I take it?

 

[Sarin]

A week ago I learned there is a thing called "Wendy's Chili", which is a fast food item in the Wendy's menu.
Apparently this is a type of beef-soup (?). Not a very common idea for a fast food.

Looks more vile here:

View attachment 613273

Looks like something that night shift cooked up.

I worked at McD for a few years during my studies, and I've seen what night shift eats. They mix and match the ingredients and process them in a way for which neither the ingredients nor the machines were destined and produce something that's probably only edible at night, as the daylight will turn it to ashes. I've witnessed a night shift manager cook up something resembling stew, which is impressive since the kitchen had neither pots nor stove, only fryers and electric grills....nevermind the ingredients themselves.

 

[Kyriakos]

Looks like something that night shift cooked up.

I worked at McD for a few years during my studies, and I've seen what night shift eats. They mix and match the ingredients and process them in a way for which neither the ingredients nor the machines were destined and produce something that's probably only edible at night, as the daylight will turn it to ashes. I've witnessed a night shift manager cook up something resembling stew, which is impressive since the kitchen had neither pots nor stove, only fryers and electric grills....nevermind the ingredients themselves.

I read that the meat used is just recooked leftovers of previous days. But in the comments (it was at some news site) many people argued that this is fine and part of how such food is prepared outside fast-food places as well.
With so much chili, the taste of the beef isn't likely to be what you'd readily pick up.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Wendy's chili is pretty good for fast food, but I haven't had it in years: beef and beans. Chili is a pretty common food in the US and comes in a variety of combinations. My wife makes a vegetarian version.