The TILT Thread (Today I Learned That…)

[Zexy]

TILT when we say "bread and circuses", it comes from a Latin phrase that was used in Ancient Rome, except "circus" did not exist in its modern form... It was just the word for the horse riding arenas.

 

[Claire386]

The word 'petrichor' refers to the lovely scent of rain after a long period of warm dry weather.

 

[Zexy]

TIL gizmo is supposed to mean "device" as is, thought it was some super old pop culture reference to someone with that name that used lots of tricky gadget stuff

 

[Pikochu]

TIL a better way to write unit tests, basically code that test code.

 

[Sobblefan]

TIL roblox studio is hard

 

[Zexy]

TIL that studies have shown eating a single potato chip can make you crave more near immediately. It is all or none with these things, always kinda knew, but statistics and neurobiology proved it

 

[Claire386]

TIL that studies have shown eating a single potato chip can make you crave more near immediately. It is all or none with these things, always kinda knew, but statistics and neurobiology proved it

The ranch chips have my soul-

 

[TheGoldenToon]

TIL the term "selfie" was actually coined in 2002. idk, maybe that's common knowledge but I legit thought it was coined in like the late 2000s or maybe I'm just dumb.

 

[Zexy]

TIL there are a few mammals (called monotremata) that actually lay eggs. Still nurse their hatchlings with milk, however.

 

[ZekromMahDad]

TIL to ignore emos

 

[toastghost]

til that the history of the ymca is extremely gay, and that the ymca tends to sue people who say so

 

[ZekromMahDad]

TIL I learned to hate J Balvin

 

[InfiniteBakuphoon]

Today I learned that this upcoming Sunday is National Cinema Day, where they’re offering movie tickets for super-low prices. Including premium screens, it seems, and with savings extending to popcorn and refreshments, too! Apparently this happened last year too, and that it’s supposed to be a kind of “thank you” from the movie industry for supporting them during the pandemic. In any case, this sounds interesting — with many ways for me take advantage with a handful of movies playing right now that I’d be willing to see in a theater — even though I haven’t been inside a movie theater since before the pandemic started, actually. Will this be the weekend when that changes? It’s certainly possible…

 

[Revolutionary Ordinary#1]

.....custom ringtones still can't be set over 14 seconds despite it explicitly saying "30 seconds or less".
Wonderful, apple.

 

[JollyYoshi]

TILT Ken from Street Fighter dyed his hair blonde. I was wondering his hair color so I looked it up and found that.

 

[TheGoldenToon]

TILT Ketchum is a real surname. I thought it was just a made up word and a pun of "catch 'em" to be used as a last name for Ash.

 

[Sobblefan]

TIL about the Fedora of Totally Legitimate business (in roblox) and its my dream item now lol

 

[Zexy]

TILT schools in Norway do not actually teach at the first week of primary school, they take some time just to get students, teachers and even parents acquainted with each other and the location etc

 

[ZekromMahDad]

TIL I learned to always carry a knife when walking downtown at night

 

[toastghost]

til the animated show pucca has been banned from broadcast in the us for no apparent reason.