Today I Learned

[jedishrfu]

Today I learned that Lagrange was Italian and that he lamented the execution of Lavoisier in France during the French Revolution with the quote:

It took them only an instant to cut off this head and a hundred years might not suffice to reproduce it's like.

 

[lisab]

Today I learned that Lagrange was Italian and that he lamented the execution of Lavoisier in France during the French Revolution with the quote:

Today I learned even smart people like Lagrange can inappropriately use apostrophes.

 

[OmCheeto]

Today I learned even smart people like Lagrange can inappropriately use apostrophes.

I see only one apostrophe, and my French is almost as bad as my Klingon, but I would guess that it was not his fault. Wiki seems to have fixed the error:

"Il ne leur a fallu qu’un moment pour faire tomber cette tête, et cent années peut-être ne suffiront pas pour en reproduire une semblable."
("It took them only an instant to cut off this head, and one hundred years might not suffice to reproduce its like.")

ps. Lavoisier named Oxygen.

pps. The wiki entry on his last days: Final days and execution
sounds very much like, um, right now.

ppps. Was that here, FB, or in a dream, where I theorized that the French were nice to us back then, because they knew we'd be here one day?

Never mind. It was on my sister's FB page, regarding her disgust of the images that U.S. kids were tweeting of their icky looking lunches. And then she commented on how healthy French children ate. And then, it happened...OmCheeto: I hope that you are aware, that France has the highest tax burden in the world. hmmm... I wonder if this is why the French, from our very beginning, as a country, sided with us. They went through what we are going through now, 200 years ago. Don't we have a castle in the north of France?

 

[jtbell]

Today I learned how to address a cat:

But always bear in mind that he
Resents familiarityYou bow, and taking off your hat
Ad-dress him in this form: "O' cat!"

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/cats/thead-dressingofcats.htm

(I just now saw the musical "Cats" for the first time, in a TV production on PBS.)

 

[mcknia07]

Today I learned how to fix my own mistake. You tear apart your work and start over

More work than I thought.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Today I learned a new word, hyperacusis, after Googling for my medical symptoms.

It started suddenly on Tuesday morning. I hope it's temporary, as it's playing havoc with my music-making. In my case, it includes the weird feature that some notes sound at different pitches in my right ear (the broken one) from my left ear.

 

[Enigman]

Today I learned that cyclobutadiene doesn't follow hund's rule.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Today I learned a new word, hyperacusis, after Googling for my medical symptoms.

It started suddenly on Tuesday morning. I hope it's temporary, as it's playing havoc with my music-making. In my case, it includes the weird feature that some notes sound at different pitches in my right ear (the broken one) from my left ear.

And now I've learned another new word, diplacusis, which is the medical term for the different pitch effect. (Hyperacusis describes the effect which I've also been experiencing that normal sounds seem frighteningly loud).

 

[Borg]

Today I learned the things from Today I learned today.

As I was reading this thread, I was thinking the same thing. Today I learned that I have to be quicker if I want to make a comment like this.

 

[Drakkith]

Today I learned something. But I promptly forgot about it.

 

[lisab]

Today I learned something. But I promptly forgot about it.

Yeah that happens a lot to me too...sigh.

 

[OmCheeto]

Today I learned something. But I promptly forgot about it.

Yeah that happens a lot to me too...sigh.

Today, I learned that there are other people with full brains. :D

ps. The capacity of the average, aka non-PF, brain is a million gigabytes.

pps. I decided, as I said, when I was 18, that I had reached my capacity. So I mentally chose not to remember stupid stuff. I posited this idea to someone about a decade ago. He said it was preposterous. But later, I discovered that he was an idiot, and would probably never fill up his brain, even if he lived to be 1000 +/- 100.

ppps. As proof of my theory, I present Gary Larson's corroborative paper. He was, and still is, a genius.

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pppps. Gary Larson lives in Tacoma Washington. Ha! Two things!

 

[Drakkith]

Today, I learned that there are other people with full brains. :D

Om, you better not leave this world before I do or I swear to the god of popcorn and long lines at the mall that I'm going to come dig up your rotting corpse, reanimate it using a bunsen burner and the static electricity from sliding my feet across the carpet, and then make you continue to post on the forums until the day I die.

 

[JorisL]

I learned it's easier to buy curry paste than gather just the herbs needed to make your own.

Suffices to say I took the easy way.

 

[RonL]

Thanks Om, for the info on the brainoo) now I know that I need to find a neuron alignment specialist

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Today I learned there is an antibiotic for a cat that can be taken as an injection. No more shoving a pill down my cat's throat!. Yay!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Today I learned a wealth of symbols awaits if you just click the sigma.

 

[DiracPool]

Today I learned a wealth of symbols awaits if you just click the sigma.

Today I learned that one of my favorite symbols, the proper time tau symbol, is conspicuously missing from this list, unless it's supposed to be this one,"τ." But that doesn't look like tau, tau has that cool squiggly line on top, like it's a goofy T

 

[Bandersnatch]

But that doesn't look like tau, tau has that cool squiggly line on top

I think that's only true if you write your Greek in comic sans.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Today I learned that only dark chocolate over 70% will yield any benefit

 

[RonL]

Today I learned that only dark chocolate over 70% will yield any benefit

Add to that that over 90% of all women love dark chocolate, there is no reason for any man to be lonely on a weekend:D

 

[Enigman]

A week and 3 days ago I learned that chocolate is running out.

 

[mcknia07]

A week and 3 days ago I learned that chocolate is running out.

I bought some today so I'll be just fine!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Today I learned how to thin rubber cement. I have a very old bottle of it that has gotten too thick. I googled and found there is a dedicated product called, straightforwardly, Rubber Cement Thinner!

 

[nsaspook]

Today I learned how to thin rubber cement. I have a very old bottle of it that has gotten too thick. I googled and found there is a dedicated product called, straightforwardly, Rubber Cement Thinner!

Be careful with that stuff.

 

[collinsmark]

Today I learned that the atrocious Far Cry 4 night-day transition effects (of dusk and dawn) are related to the character's movements. To speed up the process, move around -- even if just back and forth -- rather than standing still and waiting it out.

 

[lisab]

Today I learned Barn Owls are emotionally sensitive.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Today I learned that, at some point in the past, the day before Black Friday was actually some strange kind of holiday in its own right.

 

[Borg]

Today I learned that, at some point in the past, the day before Black Friday was actually some strange kind of holiday in its own right.

I also heard that all of the stores would close and that people would spend the day with their family and loved ones.

 

[RonL]

Today I learned Barn Owls are emotionally sensitive.

I wonder why that makes me think of open doors ?