Today I Learned

[Jonathan Scott]

Today I learned a new word, hyperacusis, after Googling for my medical symptoms.

It started suddenly on Tuesday morning. I hope it's temporary, as it's playing havoc with my music-making. In my case, it includes the weird feature that some notes sound at different pitches in my right ear (the broken one) from my left ear.

 

[Enigman]

Today I learned that cyclobutadiene doesn't follow hund's rule.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Today I learned a new word, hyperacusis, after Googling for my medical symptoms.

It started suddenly on Tuesday morning. I hope it's temporary, as it's playing havoc with my music-making. In my case, it includes the weird feature that some notes sound at different pitches in my right ear (the broken one) from my left ear.

And now I've learned another new word, diplacusis, which is the medical term for the different pitch effect. (Hyperacusis describes the effect which I've also been experiencing that normal sounds seem frighteningly loud).

 

[Borg]

Today I learned the things from Today I learned today.

As I was reading this thread, I was thinking the same thing. Today I learned that I have to be quicker if I want to make a comment like this.

 

[Drakkith]

Today I learned something. But I promptly forgot about it.

 

[lisab]

Today I learned something. But I promptly forgot about it.

Yeah that happens a lot to me too...sigh.

 

[OmCheeto]

Today I learned something. But I promptly forgot about it.

Yeah that happens a lot to me too...sigh.

Today, I learned that there are other people with full brains. :D

ps. The capacity of the average, aka non-PF, brain is a million gigabytes.

pps. I decided, as I said, when I was 18, that I had reached my capacity. So I mentally chose not to remember stupid stuff. I posited this idea to someone about a decade ago. He said it was preposterous. But later, I discovered that he was an idiot, and would probably never fill up his brain, even if he lived to be 1000 +/- 100.

ppps. As proof of my theory, I present Gary Larson's corroborative paper. He was, and still is, a genius.

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pppps. Gary Larson lives in Tacoma Washington. Ha! Two things!

 

[Drakkith]

Today, I learned that there are other people with full brains. :D

Om, you better not leave this world before I do or I swear to the god of popcorn and long lines at the mall that I'm going to come dig up your rotting corpse, reanimate it using a bunsen burner and the static electricity from sliding my feet across the carpet, and then make you continue to post on the forums until the day I die.

 

[JorisL]

I learned it's easier to buy curry paste than gather just the herbs needed to make your own.

Suffices to say I took the easy way.

 

[RonL]

Thanks Om, for the info on the brainoo) now I know that I need to find a neuron alignment specialist

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Today I learned there is an antibiotic for a cat that can be taken as an injection. No more shoving a pill down my cat's throat!. Yay!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Today I learned a wealth of symbols awaits if you just click the sigma.

 

[DiracPool]

Today I learned a wealth of symbols awaits if you just click the sigma.

Today I learned that one of my favorite symbols, the proper time tau symbol, is conspicuously missing from this list, unless it's supposed to be this one,"τ." But that doesn't look like tau, tau has that cool squiggly line on top, like it's a goofy T

 

[Bandersnatch]

But that doesn't look like tau, tau has that cool squiggly line on top

I think that's only true if you write your Greek in comic sans.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Today I learned that only dark chocolate over 70% will yield any benefit

 

[RonL]

Today I learned that only dark chocolate over 70% will yield any benefit

Add to that that over 90% of all women love dark chocolate, there is no reason for any man to be lonely on a weekend:D

 

[Enigman]

A week and 3 days ago I learned that chocolate is running out.

 

[mcknia07]

A week and 3 days ago I learned that chocolate is running out.

I bought some today so I'll be just fine!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Today I learned how to thin rubber cement. I have a very old bottle of it that has gotten too thick. I googled and found there is a dedicated product called, straightforwardly, Rubber Cement Thinner!

 

[nsaspook]

Today I learned how to thin rubber cement. I have a very old bottle of it that has gotten too thick. I googled and found there is a dedicated product called, straightforwardly, Rubber Cement Thinner!

Be careful with that stuff.

 

[collinsmark]

Today I learned that the atrocious Far Cry 4 night-day transition effects (of dusk and dawn) are related to the character's movements. To speed up the process, move around -- even if just back and forth -- rather than standing still and waiting it out.

 

[lisab]

Today I learned Barn Owls are emotionally sensitive.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Today I learned that, at some point in the past, the day before Black Friday was actually some strange kind of holiday in its own right.

 

[Borg]

Today I learned that, at some point in the past, the day before Black Friday was actually some strange kind of holiday in its own right.

I also heard that all of the stores would close and that people would spend the day with their family and loved ones.

 

[RonL]

Today I learned Barn Owls are emotionally sensitive.

I wonder why that makes me think of open doors ?

 

[OmCheeto]

Today, after I placed my turkey on it's cooking platform, and stood back to admire my hunting skills, it stuck me that my bird was a bit differently shaped than turkeys of past. It looked, to me anyways, like my turkey had been crossbred, with a turtle. Knowing such things are highly improbable, I googled: genetically modified turkey

To my horror, I found, that it was true. (kind of, but not really)

Why are turkeys genetically modified? oo)

I would not recommend reading the article, as it's kind of creepy.

Anyways, they aren't really "genetically modified", in a turtle-turkey kind of way.

It's more like Monique's signature quote; "The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be eating skinny single breasted turkeys, that could have still have sex without our help". — Lewis Thomas & Me

Creepiest thing of all, is that it all started, with a government plot, to make people, happy...

Let's Talk Turkey!

Therefore in 1934 BARC began a breeding program
to create this new type of turkey. Four different
breeds (White Holland, White Austrian,
Narragansett, and Bronze) and Wild Turkey
were used to create this new turkey. ​

The government, created the turkeys we are about to eat...oo)

In 1947 the new turkey made its commercial debut​

That was even before my time...oo)

The Turkey-Industrial Complex

Another creepy website. But they gave me the age of turkeys, when the are, um...

metaphorically speaking:

turkeys will spend about 10 to 18 weeks on a farm before they're brought into the processing plant​

Also:

Domesticated turkey

The average lifespan for a domesticated turkey is ten years.​

Which, if you know me, and are aware of my otherworldly interpolative skills, leads to:

Today, we will all be eating:

Teenaged mutant sexless turkeys...

:)

I would have googled "sexless" and "ninja". But, I knew, I'd get a whole lot of really, really weird, um, stuff...
Don't do it, lisab. Don't even go there.

 

[RonL]

OmCheeto, I predict you will become known as "the man that knew too much":D Happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone at PF :)

 

[davenn]

Today I Learned that I should have paid more attention in high school maths classes

 

[Medicol]

Today I learned that netapp snapmanager can recover and back up sharepoint site's data.

 

[Danger]

Today I learned that Alka-Seltzer should not be swallowed dry with a beer chaser.
I'll probably never use that chair again.

 

[lisab]

Today I learned that this is the tallest building in the state of Wyoming:

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I learned that QI is a word in scrabble

 

[Danger]

Today I learned that this is the tallest building in the state of Wyoming:

The one in front?

 

[Borg]

Today I learned that Optical Character Recognition software sometimes can't tell the difference between body parts.

 

[Monique]

Watson is selling his Nobel Prize, to buy a painting (or was it to get attention?).