The Today I Learned Thread

[ComicChick]

water in aluminum cans, more eco-friendly

they also make teas etc too

 

[Lily Adler]

water in aluminum cans, more eco-friendly

they also make teas etc too

Until some orange idiot jacks up the aluminum prices!

 

[squeekness]

Today I learned this:

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[Lily Adler]

TIL, Yuji Naka was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for insider trading at Square Enix and has pretty much ruined his career.

 

[Lily Adler]

TIL, that Zoey 101 ends with someone commiting a murder...

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

TIL, Amazon Fresh stores are a thing. I knew about Amazon Go stores which were like cashier-less convenience stores, but apparently they expanded on that idea to a supermarket level.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Dr.]

A fever of rays.

Today I learned... that a large group of rays (sting, manta, etc.) is called a fever.

 

[Brutikus]

TIL about Haym Salomon, a Jewish merchant, who personally lent over $650,000 (~$20 million in 2025) to fund the American Revolutionary War in 1775. The money he lent was never repaid and he died penniless.​

 

[Dr.]

TIL… that my default newsfeed has a profanity filter. The article in question (originally from Rolling Stone magazine) informed me that D**k Van Dyke was celebrating his 100th birthday.

 

[Lily Adler]

TIL… that my default newsfeed has a profanity filter. The article in question (originally from Rolling Stone magazine) informed me that D**k Van Dyke was celebrating his 100th birthday.

 

[Lily Adler]

Today I learned, crackheads steal the cords for public charging stations to sell the copper wire.

 

[Teelie]

Crackheads would steal the copper out of your blood if they could figure out how to.

 

[squeekness]

Today I learned, crackheads steal the cords for public charging stations to sell the copper wire.

I did not know that. I would have assumed it was vandals or protesters. Huh.

 

[:eek:]

Copper theft is a real annoyance. In Sweden we have often seen train traffic being disrupted because some idiots steals copper from the railways .

 

[blueharvest]

I did not know that. I would have assumed it was vandals or protesters. Huh.

Crackheads gotta chase that high somehow (instead of getting a job somewhere).

 

[Teelie]

Getting a job takes away from getting high though.