The 'I didnt know that' Thread
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Bally Sports is what used to be regional FOX Sports Networks. Today, I realized the Bally Manufacturing of arcade machines of old and this new Bally Sports are one in the same. I was trying to remember where I may have seen that familiar "B" logo of Bally before. Lo and behold- it was in a number of old arcade games I remember! So, there you go.
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I once learned about why some people cook with beer and alcoholic beverages. I don't drink or smoke, but I have had bourbon chicken and some white wine chicken. Both VERY tasty. Some other beer-cooked meals include beer-battered fish, beet bratwurst, bourbon burgers, and stuff like that. Some others use your average beer, wine, champagne, vodka, etc. What I learned, though, is that most who cook with beer usually try to get texture and taste out of their meals. And I also learned the alcohol is usually gone or not strong enough to where you feel you're drunk from meals cooked with alcoholic beverages.
Reading @ProjectWHaT's OP in the Mercedes EQS thread I found out that there is such a thing as a "liftback". This is the very first time I heard of this.
Reading about it it seems that a liftback = fastback. A fastback is something I heard about, e.g. Ford Mustang Fastback.
And then there is this thing called "notchback", which makes it even more confusing. It seems to be a sedan/saloon, coupe, certain hatchbacks (?).
Reading about it it seems that a liftback = fastback. A fastback is something I heard about, e.g. Ford Mustang Fastback.
And then there is this thing called "notchback", which makes it even more confusing. It seems to be a sedan/saloon, coupe, certain hatchbacks (?).
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Fastback is a body style where the rear deck forms a slope from roof to rear, with a luggage opening that is separate to the passenger compartment; typically it's an extra body style for a car that was originally (or based on) a saloon/sedan or coupe.
Liftback is a body style where the rear deck forms a slope from roof to rear, with a luggage opening that can access the passenger compartment; typically it's an extra body style for a car that was originally (or based on) a hatchback.
Notchback is a body style where the rear deck is horizontal and at a marked obtuse angle from the car's rear screen, with a luggage opening that is separate to the passenger compartment; commonly it's an extra body style for a car that was originally (or based on) a hatchback - sometimes referred to as a shatchback or a hatchloon - but not necessarily.
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This blew my ****ing mind, not least because I absolutely love both songs.
The organ part that features at the end of Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime" (begins 3:06 in the first video below) was pulled from The Velvet Underground's "What Goes On."
The organ part that features at the end of Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime" (begins 3:06 in the first video below) was pulled from The Velvet Underground's "What Goes On."
There is a new Zodiac sign.
Ophiuchus.
Here are the correct dates for the star signs:
@Dennisch posted information about the correct zodiac signs a veeeery long time ago.
Ophiuchus.
Here are the correct dates for the star signs:
- Capricorn: Jan 20 - Feb 16
- Aquarius: Feb 16 – March 11
- Pisces: March 11 – April 18
- Aries: April 18 – May 13
- Taurus: May 13 – June 21
- Gemini: June 21 – July 20
- Cancer: July 20 – Aug 10
- Leo: Aug 10 – Sept 16
- Virgo: Sept 16 – Oct 30
- Libra: Oct 30 – Nov 23
- Scorpio: Nov 23 – Nov 29
- Ophiuchus: Nov 29 – Dec 17
- Sagittarius: Dec 17 – Jan 20
@Dennisch posted information about the correct zodiac signs a veeeery long time ago.
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Well, sort of.
The zodiac signs are just the constellations which lie on the plane that the Earth orbits the sun on. The current sign is more or less whichever constellation the sun happens to be crossing. But when the zodiac calendar was created 3000 years ago, the Babylonians decided to ignore Ophiuchus and use 12 signs instead, with equal durations, for convenience.
https://time.com/5867647/nasa-zodiac-star/
Which reminds me of a similar fact:
When you hear of a "Pink Supermoon" or "Super Flower Blood Moon", it sounds a lot more mysterious or exciting than it actually is.
Words like "Pink" or "Flower" describe the time of year that a particular full moon appears. In modern times we tend to use the list written in the Farmer's Almanac, which assigns a name for each calendar month. But these names were based on recorded names for the full moon as given by various native american tribes, whose calendars were based more closely on the solstices and seasons, so they often don't line up with our modern usage.
A supermoon is simply a time when the moon comes closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit. There's no precise definition because the full moon never happens precisely at perigee, but when it's particularly close we generally call it a supermoon. At most the moon may appear 14% bigger than it does when farthest from Earth.
A blood moon is caused by a lunar eclipse. When the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun, light from the Sun refracts through Earth's atmosphere, casting a reddish shadow. From the moon's perspective it's almost as if viewing a sunset through the Earth's sky.
Finally, a blue moon is a case where a full moon appears 13 times in a year, instead of the usual twelve. In modern terms, any time a full moon happens twice in a calendar month, we call it a blue moon, but the traditional definition is more complex: In each of the four seasons based on the solstices and equinoxes, there are normally three full moons per season. Whenever there are four, the third is considered a blue moon.
Hence, according to modern rules, there will be no blue moon this year. But using the traditional rules, this summer (in the Northern hemisphere) goes from June 20 to September 22. There will be four full moons in that period, and the third one, on August 22, would be considered a blue moon (a "seasonal blue moon").
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I’ve been living on lunar calendars most of my adult life. I’m currently in the year 2564.
As for horoscopes, zodiacs related to anything other than a position in space, I’m happy to believe that anyone convinced that zodiac signs are an interpretation of human…anything, should see their local GP for a lobotomy, pronto.
As for horoscopes, zodiacs related to anything other than a position in space, I’m happy to believe that anyone convinced that zodiac signs are an interpretation of human…anything, should see their local GP for a lobotomy, pronto.
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Quite a few things I have learned in just the past week or so.
1. Something I didn't know is NASCAR Rumble will actually disqualify you in time trial mode if you take FAR too long to finish. I stopped somewhere stayed there for a long time since I was multi-tasking and that was how I discovered this happens.
2. Also in NASCAR Rumble, something I never knew is the power-up pickups actually have an electric sound effect that plays when you get close enough to them. With all the other sounds that typically play in the game, you never really hear it normally, but turning off the music and muting a few of the audio channels (through means I cannot talk about) reveals they have this sound effect.
I've had this game for 16 years now and I never knew either of these!
1. Something I didn't know is NASCAR Rumble will actually disqualify you in time trial mode if you take FAR too long to finish. I stopped somewhere stayed there for a long time since I was multi-tasking and that was how I discovered this happens.
2. Also in NASCAR Rumble, something I never knew is the power-up pickups actually have an electric sound effect that plays when you get close enough to them. With all the other sounds that typically play in the game, you never really hear it normally, but turning off the music and muting a few of the audio channels (through means I cannot talk about) reveals they have this sound effect.
I've had this game for 16 years now and I never knew either of these!
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I just found out about 24 Heures Moto while scrolling Youtube.
