The TILT Thread (Today I Learned That…)

[zoroarctic]

TIL electric catfish are things that exist.

 

[Zexy]

TIL shellfish, selfish and selfies all sound the same

 

[impervious_gakko42]

TIL how to do half-life equations with logarithms. Chemistry is so much fun when significant figures aren't involved.

 

[Pikochu]

TIL my workplace has food trucks for dinner for those who have to work late, or onsite for the gym late or whatever reason

 

[zoroarctic]

TIL Slippery Rock University's athletic teams are nicknamed "The Rock." So their full name is "Slippery Rock The Rock."

 

[Nemona]

Today I learned that Bird-types and birds aren't the same thing.

 

[Zexy]

Today I learned that Bird-types and birds aren't the same thing

Bird-types do not exist, Nemona. They are called Flying types.

TILT there was a glitch Missingno that was designated Bird type

 

[Salmancer]

The dust from Cheetos has an official name. It's called Cheetle, which was dubbed so to go with the Cheetos Duster. That's a mini blender billed as converting Cheetos into Cheetle for use as seasoning. Aren't brands silly sometimes?

 

[zoroarctic]

TIL 17 U.S. states have state pledges (in addition to the usual Pledge of Allegiance), including the 3 I’ve lived in. All this time I thought it was just a Texas thing.

 

[Juliko]

TIL that apparently there's such thing as all black pugs.

 

[InfiniteBakuphoon]

Today I learned that when romanizing the Japanese language using the Hepburn system that most people use, the particles を and へ are meant to be romanized as o as e, respectively. Or in other words, not wo and he, as some including me might have thought. Which means, for example, that 「フルムーンをさがして」 is technically meant to be romanized as “Full Moon o Sagashite” (not “Full Moon wo Sagashite”), while 「日本へようこそ」 is supposed to be “Nihon e youkouso” (not “Nihon he youkouso”).

 

[mastermind lissi]

Tilt the people on these forums learn some weird things (I’ve read this thread and have learned the same things as you)

 

[ekatheparas]

Ulzzang is a thing and it's a weird English spelling of how they'd pronounce "eoljjang"

 

[mastermind lissi]

TILT there’s a word for that realization you get that everyone else you pass by also has a life just like you

that word is sonder and shoutout to @dig for telling me this!

 

[InfiniteBakuphoon]

Today I learned that the neighborhood of townhouses that I had a nice view of from my former apartment but was out of reach for me outside of a very long walk, has now become accessible to me thanks to a nearby construction project that justified a bridge to be built there. I visited it for the first time earlier today as part of a walk that I took. It ended up being quite a nice place from the outside looking in at least, haha, that I wouldn’t have minded living in if I had the cash.

 

[Salmancer]

TILT menthol is a chemical that, when put in the mouth, makes people think that the temperature of their mouth is lower than normal. This is apparently called a "thermal illusion", and quite a few products use menthol to create such a cooling sensation. Gum, mouthwash, toothpaste, and (less neatly) mentholated cigarettes.

The receptor that menthol activates is called TRPM8, or Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Subfamily M Member 8.

 

[Kung Fu Ferret]

TIL about Koalemos, Greek god of stupidity

 

[Greninjaman]

TIL about Koalemos, Greek god of stupidity

why would there be such a god? That is so weird.

 

[Viridian Beedrill]

why would there be such a god? That is so weird.

I can't help wondering if it started because people wanted something to blame besides themselves when they did something really dumb.

 

[Dubious Disc]

TIL that Goodbye Declaration by Chinozo is the most-viewed Vocaloid song in history, and is also the first to reach 100 million views.
ironically, it's one of the few Chinozo songs I don't really care for ¯\_(ツ)_/¯