Today I Learned: Blowout Edition

[TheFrenzy]

Post one thing, no matter how insignificant, that you learned today.

Today I learned that eating kiwis with the fur still on is life-changing.

So much easier to eat.

[glen87]

Originally Posted by TheFrenzy

Post one thing, no matter how insignificant, that you learned today.

Today I learned that eating kiwis with the fur still on is life-changing.

So much easier to eat.

i learned who is the OP of the most useless threads on BO

[Boo]

Originally Posted by TheFrenzy

Post one thing, no matter how insignificant, that you learned today.

Today I learned that eating kiwis with the fur still on is life-changing.

So much easier to eat.

You must have been in your glory in the 70s.

[bbtt123]

Originally Posted by glen87

i learned who is the OP of the most useless threads on BO

I learned how to get 34K posts is directly related to posting about others posting nonsense

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by bbtt123

I learned how to get 34K posts is directly related to posting about others posting nonsense

+1 liked!

[Boo]

Originally Posted by bbtt123

I learned how to get 34K posts is directly related to posting about others posting nonsense

[Djameson79]

Originally Posted by Boo

You must have been in your glory in the 70s.

Underrated post. Well done.

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by bbtt123

I learned how to get 34K posts is directly related to posting about others posting nonsense

I learned that if one specific thread ever gets deleted, a couple members will loose tens of thousands of posts.

[Cavaliercards]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I learned that if one specific thread ever gets deleted, a couple members will loose tens of thousands of posts.

A large Paypal Gift awaits those that accomplish that task.

[Branesergen]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I learned that if one specific thread ever gets deleted, a couple members will loose tens of thousands of posts.

Now that would be funny to see!

[TheFrenzy]

I also learned today that inedia is the belief (usually supernatural or related to miracles) that it is possible to live without consuming food. Several saints supposedly went months or years without eating or without eating anything aside from the Eucharist.

[glen87]

learning a lot - busy day for you today

[Wiseguy917]

I don’t learn....I just do/think what the media tells me to

[Siberian13]

A lot of slow learners in here. Myself included I guess.

[GoTribe!!!]

I learned a whole thread about the government shut-down is apparently not considered political.

[escapegoat]

I like to watch daytime soaps when im sick.

[TarjetasBéisbol]

Originally Posted by bbtt123

I learned how to get 34K posts is directly related to posting about others posting nonsense

Originally Posted by Boo

For the win!

[glen87]

Originally Posted by TarjetasBéisbol

For the win!

[TheFrenzy]

Not really today, but some things I've read up on recently are:

- The relic cards that we like to collect can be traced back to the massive collections of religious relics owned by the Church and various princes. In fact, forgiveness for sins and reduced time in purgatory could be earned simply by gazing on certain relics. One collection in Wittenberg could grant a viewers up to 14 million days worth of indulgences.

- The collecting of autographs dates back to ancient Greece with the preservation of original philosophical manuscripts and valuable libraries worth of collections.

- The idea of a "hall of fame" is directly descended from the Norse concept of Valhalla with Odin's mightiest warrior living forever (until Ragnarok at least) in a great feasting hall surrounded by the trophies and mounts of their greatest victories.

So basically, everything we love about the hobby ties back to either Christianity, paganism, or secular philosophy. I think that's pretty awesome.

[rudyjustinfarrell]

I learned Tide pods don't taste so good.

[cking]

I learned NOT to eat two fiber bars before work

[BostonNut]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I learned that if one specific thread ever gets deleted, a couple members will loose tens of thousands of posts.

I learned the difference between lose and loose.

[preakness]

I learned eat eat eat eat

[Cavaliercards]

Originally Posted by TheFrenzy

Not really today, but some things I've read up on recently are:

- The relic cards that we like to collect can be traced back to the massive collections of religious relics owned by the Church and various princes. In fact, forgiveness for sins and reduced time in purgatory could be earned simply by gazing on certain relics. One collection in Wittenberg could grant a viewers up to 14 million days worth of indulgences.

- The collecting of autographs dates back to ancient Greece with the preservation of original philosophical manuscripts and valuable libraries worth of collections.

- The idea of a "hall of fame" is directly descended from the Norse concept of Valhalla with Odin's mightiest warrior living forever (until Ragnarok at least) in a great feasting hall surrounded by the trophies and mounts of their greatest victories.

So basically, everything we love about the hobby ties back to either Christianity, paganism, or secular philosophy. I think that's pretty awesome.

More recently many of those same things tie back to the Nazi Occult Practices.

[TheFrenzy]

Today I learned that Teddy Roosevelt supported a plan to import hippos into America and release them in the Louisiana swamps. The idea was that they would eat up some specific plants that were killing off valuable fish and in turn could be ranched and processed into "lake cow bacon" to remedy the meat shortage of 1901.

The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to America