TIL thread? TIL thread!

Just post what you learned today. (preferably what you ACTUALLY learned today... )

So, I'll start with today's post, will try to make 1 a day even if the shit I learned is boring. :3

feel free to add &t=?m?s to the end of youtube links to skip to a particular moment (? == numbers (ie: &t=6m00s))

TIL that you can add &t=?m?s to the end of youtube links to skip to a particular moment, where the ?s are numbers... For instance, if I want to link to the 6th minute and 12th second of something, the link would be <usual youtube link>&t=6m12s.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaEJ9WXlCuE is a random youtube link sent by some guy on IRC. If I wanted to link specifically to 1:07, the link would be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaEJ9WXlCuE&t=1m7s . Awesome, right? (Yep, I just learned that today!)

Well, you can post what you learned today too, not necessarily with a big explanation, just say what you learned and give an anecdote of how (or not). ^_^

I learned the major plot-points and themes of Frankenstein today

I learned that I am 'better' than Orc in TF2.

TIL that Pete goes on Reddit <3

Things I learned:
Some more *nix shell scripting / shebangs / fucking around in the shell-mode of a program is annoying

I learned that games are online at 1am on their release date... with a fitting crack (From Dust)

PureCraft wrote:I learned that games are online at 1am on their release date... with a fitting crack (From Dust)

I learned that it's coming out in 7 hours and I can't fucking wait because I fucking paid 15$ for fucking Bastion and it ain't fucking working fucking.

orly? Im playing it already!... jelly?

PureCraft wrote:orly? Im playing it already!... jelly?

Not really. Portal 2 taught me my lesson

TIL that I can fit my entire fist in my mouth ... But i can't get it back out.

TIL that if you place 9 nuclear warheads surrounded lithium triteride casing you make a bomb which destroys planets... dont ask,just dont

I'm going to have to call bullshit on that Maroon. Even 100 Tsar Bomba's tied together wouldn't be able to tear the planet a new asshole. Poison the atmosphere and block out the sun effectively killing all higher lifeforms on Earth, sure. But "destroy the planet"? Mother Earth survived a shitload more than that.

Thats right kids, mother earth survived me, twice.

TIL that maroon_potatoe is a failed terrorist.

Today I learned that Pete likes chickens a bit too much

I don't go on Reddit...

BTW, Today I learned someone created the first artificial biologic living cell.

http://inhabitat.com/artificial-life-scientists-create-first-synthetic-living-cell/

TIL where to find a torrent of system shock 2, and I learned the history of Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios

TIL that changing your schedule in school really puts you in a bad situation... Stupid counsilers not knowing how to swap 2 freaking classes

TIL that my stairs hate me ... I have a minor fracture on my spine now.

Wow, that sucks...

TIL Belize (That's in spanish, I assume the English name is the same/similar?) is a country with about 300k people.

TIL To not post the phrase "DOUBLE POST" on a thread. Apparently this is bad.

TIL that nylon is made by mixing sebacoyl chloride [C10H16Cl2O2] and hexamethylenediamine [H2N(CH2)6NH2], then using tweezers to lift the part where the chemicals separate.

Just so people actually know what rules they are breaking...

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"If we wanted you doing so, we'd offer you an administration rank."

...Yeah...

TIL that my completely boring science teacher that should be a college professor, uses a microphone in his classroom so people can here him

TIL that Chad (the country), is good.

DoughnutSpanker wrote:TIL that nylon is made by mixing sebacoyl chloride [C10H16Cl2O2] and hexamethylenediamine [H2N(CH2)6NH2], then using tweezers to lift the part where the chemicals separate.

Neat!

FillerB wrote:

DoughnutSpanker wrote:TIL that nylon is made by mixing sebacoyl chloride [C10H16Cl2O2] and hexamethylenediamine [H2N(CH2)6NH2], then using tweezers to lift the part where the chemicals separate.

Neat!

Yeah, it was a picture in my chemistry book. Quite interesting, if you ask me.

DoughnutSpanker wrote:then using tweezers to lift the part where the chemicals separate.

That might be a way of doing it at home as a small experiment, or how they did it back in the days. It is however not todays industrial standard

That's what underaged children in Chinese\Chilean sweatshops are for Skog

TIL that UrMomsMoat was a hacker lulz. So many assholes who get away with being assholes end up getting banned. Ego = on fire

TIL from a podcast that Alexander the Great's mom was a fucking cunt. Also, if you were a female in that time, odds were your name was Cleopatra

TIL that carrying a really heavy back pack around a school with about a million steps and is on a hill is painfull with a fractured spine ...

Fuck you, Filler.

TIL that nothing suites me like a suit.

TIL, the longest word in the English language that has all it's letters in alphabetical order is "Almost".