Belesarius Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 TIL that Electric Eels will leap out of the water to shock predators, especially in the dry season when water levels are lower. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/electric-eels-found-to-leap-out-of-water-to-shock-predators/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 TIL that people in Malawi consider the bones of albino people to be magical. Hunting for humans: Malawian albinos murdered for their bones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 It just occurred to me that I use the phrase "turned it up to eleven" a lot to describe things getting more ridiculous, when it should really imply that people think something is getting more ridiculous, but it's actually not Sturgeon and Donward 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 During his visit to Yosemite National Park, Theodore Roosevelt ditched his presidential entourage and the press to go camping for a day with naturalist and Sierra Club founder John Muir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 John Cena has apparently learned Mandarin (or done a very good job of memorizing a speech in a language he does not know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamefurDispray Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 There are fat based fat replacers used in food. What a time to be alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 That SCOTUS has a gym and a basketball court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Today I learned that there are only two nations whose self-standing short name begins with the word "the". The first is the Bahamas, which makes sense since it's plural. Example, "the wife and I are going to the Bahamas." The other is the Gambia. Example, "I have been kidnapped and am being held for ransom in the Gambia." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Also the Ukraine, but they get really buttmad if you do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Today I learned that there are only two nations whose self-standing short name begins with the word "the". The first is the Bahamas, which makes sense since it's plural. Example, "the wife and I are going to the Bahamas." The other is the Gambia. Example, "I have been kidnapped and am being held for ransom in the Gambia."...... ... the Netherlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 ... ... ... Holland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 ... ... ... the Netherlands Hey man, I am just going by what wikipedia said. And we all know, there is no way wikipedia could be wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 ... ... ... the Hapsburg Low Countries Belesarius, xthetenth and T___A 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 The GOD-GIVEN LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE THE UNITED STATES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 TODAY I LEARNED THAT PRESSING ENTER WHILE TRYING TO TYPE INTO THE CHAT BOX CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE YOUR POST TO BE SUBMITTED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 TODAY I LEARNED THAT PRESSING ENTER WHILE TRYING TO TYPE INTO THE CHAT BOX CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE YOUR POST TO BE SUBMITTED Press Shift+Enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 I meant on the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 I meant on the forums Shift+Enter works on the forum too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 I learned that Yorktown seems to basically just have been the US' best fleet carrier up till Midway, it's not just a combat experience from Coral Sea thing like Shattered Sword claims. They were the ones who came up with the stopgap solution to US fleet carriers not having nearly enough fighters in the early days of taking the scout SBDs on, gassing them up and adding them to the CAP to take on torpedo bombers and even at Coral Sea were bundling up their air wing into coordinated strikes (scout bombers go up first and circle, torp bombers take off and go straight to the target, then fighters go up a bit later, and they bundle up with their bombers en route, with the TBDs using a handheld light to show the dive bombers up above where they are). So it wasn't just Midway, it seems that Yorktown's officers had the best grasp of things at the start of the war. Also man was there a fighter shortage, it makes my HoI 4 shortage of modern types feel a lot less depressing. (Source is The First Team). Jeeps_Guns_Tanks, Collimatrix, SuperComrade and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Anti social cave fish react similarly to patients suffering from schizophrenia and autism. Or something. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/antisocial-cave-fish-may-hold-clues-schizophrenia-autism The article does not state whether these blind, anti-social autistic cave fish have accounts for World of Tanks and post regularly on the NA Forums... Sturgeon and T___A 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Anti social cave fish react similarly to patients suffering from schizophrenia and autism. Or something. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/antisocial-cave-fish-may-hold-clues-schizophrenia-autism The article does not state whether these blind, anti-social autistic cave fish have accounts for World of Tanks and post regularly on the NA Forums... That's an easy test. If they can reliably hit a large red box labeled BATTLE but not things under red markers, we found out who's playing the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 TIL Maltese is a Semitic language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 TIL The FN-AR will become inaccurate at 1000 meter competitions after just 18,000 rounds. The FBI doesn't care if their agents carry 1935 french pistols. The 7.62 Tok's parent case was a rifle catridge. 400 pound men know what's best when it comes to fighting knives. Colli-man does not appreciate the superiority of the Remington 700 Sturgeon is well on his way to becoming the strongest man on earth. When testing Mosin Nagants in WWII, the Russians shot them at 170 yards at 10 inch gongs. Most berdan primed ammunition is made with "corrosion" I'm still too poor to afford jerky. And that it's incredibly difficult to get rid of stacks of Taurus handguns. Thank you, Gun Shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 TIL that Sloths only shit once a week and when they do it can be up to 1/3 their body weight. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and Donward 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 TIL one or both twins are put to death in most primitive societies. Khand-e 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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