The Today I Learned Thread

2013-03-28 15:46:16

#1

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|6905|United States of America

I don't go on reddit, but I if I did, TIL would be the place I'd go because I relish learning new and interesting facts about a great many things. So, today I learned...

The first stage of the Saturn V rocket had a fuel efficiency of 5 inches/gallon

The process of splitting words or phrases with other words is called tmesis, and a special case of that is expletive infix (e.g. out-fucking-standing).

2013-03-28 15:55:41

#2

Brasso: member; +1,549|6850

there are three bolts that hold a 737 engine to the body

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2013-03-28 16:18:00

#3

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,741|6957|Oxferd Ohire

i learned that threatening to AWM a mod is a personal attack

2013-03-28 16:21:13

#4

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|6962|London

Brasso wrote:
there are three bolts that hold a 737 engine to the body

did you learn that from air crash investigation?

RTHKI wrote:
i learned that threatening to AWM a mod is a personal attack

yeh i learned that too

2013-03-28 16:22:40

#5

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6683|cuntshitlake

dauntless loves lamp

main battle tank karthus medikopter 117 megamegapowershot gg

2013-03-28 16:23:47

#6

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4474

du loves getting ulted

2013-03-28 16:24:25

#7

Brasso: member; +1,549|6850

Dauntless wrote:
Brasso wrote:
there are three bolts that hold a 737 engine to the body
did you learn that from air crash investigation?

idk what that is

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2013-03-28 16:26:59

#8

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|6962|London

oh it's a tv show about plane crashes

i saw one a few weeks ago about the 1989 crash where the engine fell off the 737 just after take off

2013-03-28 16:29:16

#9

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4474

i saw one of those about the tenerife accident, and i learnt that a lot of people got killed

2013-03-28 16:44:20

#10

Brasso: member; +1,549|6850

Dauntless wrote:
oh it's a tv show about plane crashes

i saw one a few weeks ago about the 1989 crash where the engine fell off the 737 just after take off

lol that sucks. nah someone mentioned it to me, i'm not sure if it's true or not

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2013-03-28 17:07:32

#11

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|6905|United States of America

Dauntless wrote:
oh it's a tv show about plane crashes

i saw one a few weeks ago about the 1989 crash where the engine fell off the 737 just after take off

Was that the one in the Netherlands or Belgium and the engine fell into a lake?

2013-03-28 17:12:11

#12

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6373|what

That Roc is black and Hurricane is white.

Like, seriously what the hell?

2013-03-28 17:23:06

#13

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|6962|London

DesertFox- wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
oh it's a tv show about plane crashes

i saw one a few weeks ago about the 1989 crash where the engine fell off the 737 just after take off
Was that the one in the Netherlands or Belgium and the engine fell into a lake?

nah actually the one i was thinking wasn't a 737, it was a DC10 and it was in chicago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_A … Flight_191

2013-03-28 17:27:59

#14

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|6905|United States of America

Ah, I was thinking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al_Flight_1862

2013-03-29 00:06:15

#15

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6913

Today I learned that that's the way she fucking goes.

x

2013-03-29 03:53:11

#16

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6911|Devon, England

What TIL means.

2013-03-29 12:42:56

#17

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6008|Catherine Black

that you can right-click on items in the LoL store to buy them.

2013-03-29 12:47:51

#18

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4474

lol mentioning the fact you spend money on LoL aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaha

2013-03-29 12:49:15

#19

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5806

DesertFox- wrote:
I don't go on reddit, but I if I did, TIL would be the place I'd go because I relish learning new and interesting facts about a great many things.

I unsubscribed from TIL as soon as I made my account. Everything there is either stuff I learned in elementry school, half truths, or bias lies. I would stay away from it.

2013-03-29 12:50:50

#20

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4474

Macbeth wrote:
DesertFox- wrote:
I don't go on reddit, but I if I did, TIL would be the place I'd go because I relish learning new and interesting facts about a great many things.
I unsubscribed from TIL as soon as I made my account. Everything there is either stuff I learned in elementry school, half truths, or bias lies. I would stay away from it.

plus the whole thing is layered with the smug veneer of teenage beta-males who wield these facts like ordinary functioning people wield sexual relations with that woman

2013-03-29 13:23:24

#21

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|6905|United States of America

Macbeth wrote:
DesertFox- wrote:
I don't go on reddit, but I if I did, TIL would be the place I'd go because I relish learning new and interesting facts about a great many things.
I unsubscribed from TIL as soon as I made my account. Everything there is either stuff I learned in elementry school, half truths, or bias lies. I would stay away from it.

Like I said, I'm not a redditor. I just like the concept of sharing interesting things you learn. I had first heard about it from a friend of mine who just found out about that bayonet charge British troops did in Iraq in 2004, which I was already aware of.

2013-03-29 13:25:56

#22

Roc18: `; +655|6011|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

lol going on reddit. It's basically the new ebaumsworld for hipsters and people with autism.

https://g.bf3stats.com/pc/gcv8Vckg/roc18.png

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2013-03-29 13:29:50

#23

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4474

roc you spend half your online time watching videos of hipster chicks and dudes with autism, so it's probably a cornucopia for you.

and all those meme images you linked? for years and years? now you're too cool for content aggregation sites? LOL ok

the saddest thing is that your reddit dislike doesn't come from the fact you're a normal guy, it's probably some lame "9gag army" or "le 4chan" type tribal bullshit.

2013-03-29 13:35:29

#24

Roc18: `; +655|6011|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

Uzique The Lesser wrote:
roc you spend half your online time watching videos of hipster chicks and dudes with autism, so it's probably a cornucopia for you.

and all those meme images you linked? for years and years? now you're too cool for content aggregation sites? LOL ok

the saddest thing is that your reddit dislike doesn't come from the fact you're a normal guy, it's probably some lame "9gag army" or "le 4chan" type tribal bullshit.

Dis guy.

Go back to reddit fagit.

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2013-03-29 13:37:29

#25

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4474

you know, quite a few people on this forum strike me as cool/collected enough to avoid things like reddit and other forms of internet geekery. you are most definitely at the bottom of the pile. your whole annoying thing on this forum for like 2 years was just posting meme photos, or communicating like it's /b/ or /r/ or whatever it's called in ">" functions. now you want to make out you're too cool for internet geek sites. okay dude. lol. i think everyone here is raising a big eyebrow at you.

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