The "Today I Learned" Thread • Page 9

TIL about Snow Volleyball. It is similar to Beach Volleyball except that it is played in the snow and there 3 players on each side instead of 2. The IOC has plans to eventually include it as a Winter Olympic sport, but it is waiting for the sport to grow internationally a bit more. There is a current push in World Volleyball to have experienced Beach players switch over to Snow. The hope is that it will give countries that don't usually factor heavy in the Winter Olympics like Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, ect a chance to get winter medals.

 

today I learned that morgues prefer to hire women for exactly the reason you’re thinking of

 

TIL that Sally is a nickname for Sarah. Unhinged shit

 

names are weird in general

 

What’s even the point of that? It’s the same amount of letters and syllables

 

TIL: Ricky Gervais was in a new wave duo in the 80’s before his acting/stand-up career

 

holy shit

 

Omg it couldn't get more 80s looking if it tried

 

TIL: There is a stretch of road in LA nicknamed “Sushi Row” which has the highest concentration of sushi restaurants in the United States (and apparently the second highest outside of Tokyo)

 

You know my policy. Except for work, I only go to the Valley November through March. And even then, only to sushi row.

 

Maybe I'm the only one with this almost 20 year Entourage quote seared into my brain.

 

What happens in the valley April-October?…

EDIT: Nvm, I didn’t know this was an Entourage quote lol

 

It's too damn hot.

 

Facts

 

There's absolutely no reason you or anyone else should.

 

TIL

 

I think instinctively we've all always known this.

 

today I learned that possibly my most hated phrase of our current cultural zeitgeist “unalive” originally came from a Deadpool and Spider-Man crossover cartoon and nothing has shocked me less in a while

 

This makes me want to unalive myself

 

TIL there’s a new street drug out there called zaza that is just as bad as drugs like heroin, OxyContin, etc. the worst part is it can easily be purchased at a shifty gas station and the withdrawal effects are said to be worse than even fentanyl. what a (terrifying) world

 

TIL: Sabrina Carpenter is a niece of Nancy Cartwright, best known as the voice of Bart Simpson

 

I thought zaza was just slang for weed.

As someone who had a seizure due to gas station Spice in 2012, shit like this needs to be banned.

 

100%

 

TIL:



(and this is true, I looked it up)

 

it wasn’t today but I learned a few days ago that the stag beetle is more expensive than an Audi or a BMW for a few reasons, but mostly due to their rarity