What did you learn today?

[the harp unstrung]

 

[PawnBass]

That the truss rod can be adjusted without loosening the strings first. Just force them aside on the nut.

 

[Tom Bomb]

The invisible elderly is a thing. And they are many. Think everyone died young in ancient societies? Think again | Aeon Ideas

 

[PWRL]

Today I learned that the spiked thing on the end of the tails of some dinosaurs is actually referred to in scientific and academic circles, albeit informally, as the "Thagomizer", due to the famous Far Side cartoon from probably 30 years ago, now. I never knew that had actually stuck in that sort of sense.

 

[Tom Bomb]

The Pacific Ocean: The unsleeping eye of the earth slipped a matchstick or two under leaden lids, on this dozy day.

 

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TIL that a small town in West Virginia asked the Soviet Union and East Germany for help with replacing a bridge after being ignored by the West Virginian goverment. The Soviets sent a journalist to investigate and within one hour the state finally agreed to pay for it.

Vulcan, West Virginia - Wikipedia

 

[Tom Bomb]

Got wind today of more space shenanigans, where Einstein’s theory of gravity was tested with the witnessing of a star traveling at a blistering 7,600km per second, roughly 3% of the speed of light, past a supermassive black hole slap bang in the middle of the Milky Way.

 

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TIL - Most of the smoke billowing up from a space shuttle launch is not exhaust. It is water vapor from the pool of water under the shuttle designed to absorb the acoustic shock waves that could otherwise tear the shuttle apart.

Mobile Launcher Platform - Wikipedia

 

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TIL the fighting on D-Day was so intense that even to this day as much as 4% of the "sand" on Normandy is just broken down shrapnel pieces.

D-Day Fighting Was So Intense That 4% Of Normandy's Beach Is Still Shrapnel

 

[wesonbass]

I learned to hide from my wife in my man cave during certain periods of time. Seems I have to learn this the hard way every month.

 

[Tom Bomb]

~~~ Islands in the stream ~~~ That is what we are ~~~ Invalid Link Removed ~~~

 

[Tom Bomb]

Got wired with the right stuff - Invalid Link Removed

 

[toprekoms]

I keep my junk in my pants, usually.

 

[Tom Bomb]

"The Western tradition of classical music is often said to begin with the Gregorian plainsong of the 9th century AD. But the reconstruction and performance of Greek music has demonstrated that ancient Greek music should be recognised as the root of the European musical tradition."

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It's all Greek, to me

 

[garp]

Spelling affects pronunciation. Duh.

 

[Flashback Bass]

I learned about "Bronies".

I wish I hadn't!

 

[4Mal]

Reducing the subs on one side of my symetrically placed stacks, reduces the power alley affect and creates an image closer to point source for the low end...

 

[metron]

For longer threads in progress, it's wise to read at least the beginning, some of the middle, and some current posts before contributing. Specifically, let the current state of the thread dictate contribution and even if any should be made, rather than initial impressions of the OP that have no doubt already been covered.

I've been here for a generation and I still overlook how important that is. So perhaps it's what I relearned today.

 

[FilterFunk]

I learned about "Bronies".

I wish I hadn't!

Are "Bronies" still a thing?!

 

[the harp unstrung]

“STILL”??!!