I Learned Something Today

[Radiant97]

I just learned that the Statue of Liberty used to be copper colored.

Originally, the statue was a dull copper color, but shortly after 1900 a green patina, also called verdigris, caused by the oxidation of the copper skin, began to spread. As early as 1902 it was mentioned in the press; by 1906 it had entirely covered the statue.

This is how it used to look:

 

[Red Arrow]

That happened to all copper statues.

 

[twilicorn]

I learned that the singer of Peanut Butter Jelly Time died in an 11 hour police standoff during which time his brother in law Snoop Dogg attempted to calm him down and get him to surrender

 

[Red Arrow]

My name is Koen (pronounced "coon") and that's apparently a racial slur in English. Why did no one tell me...

 

[Rick Jones]

My name is Koen (pronounced "coon") and that's apparently a racial slur in English. Why did no one tell me...

It's a word I first learned about from watching Forrest Gump as a kid, and I'm of the brown persuasion. Then I think watching Remember the Titans years later cemented my knowledge about it. It had become kind of antiquated for a while and seemed to pick up a little during the last couple of decades or so due to a little self-policing about stereotypes.

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[Kitschensyngk]

Grover used to be green.

 

[Peter Paltridge]

Today I learned Trenchcoat aired on Turner Classic Movies at 4 AM on June 28, 2016....and never again.

 

[Rick Jones]

I'm not interested in Joker but I had been seeing the preview clips and having Deja Vu. Today, I learned that the grimey, disgusting, trash dump steps that I ran up and down on the way to and from the 4 train during school days, in constant fear that I might misstep on a banana peel or a chipped stair were indeed the ones that Joaquin Phoenix was dancing on.

Joker fans, here's where you can go dance on those steps in the movie

Even if you haven't seen Joker yet (and we've got a five-star review that suggests you should), you already know everyone's arguing about it. Celebration of vio

www.timeout.com

My little cousin thinks they look like the Rocky steps and that's pretty much how I felt after making it up that disgusting death trap. Every woman in my life preferred to walk up the longer, hilly route and I don't blame them.


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[Chris]

I learned there is such a thing as an AAAA battery. I don't know what uses them, though.

 

[twilicorn]

I learned there is such a thing as an AAAA battery. I don't know what uses them, though.

 

[Red Arrow]

King Dice is voiced by a woman: Alana Bridgewater!!!

 

[Peter Paltridge]

It is never stated in either of the movies in which she appears, but Kevin McAllister's mother is a big fashion designer. This is part of why the family is so rich (we don't know what the dad does) and it's where Kevin got the mannequins for his "party" prank.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

It is never stated in either of the movies in which she appears, but Kevin McAllister's mother is a big fashion designer. This is part of why the family is so rich (we don't know what the dad does) and it's where Kevin got the mannequins for his "party" prank.

Heck, I was thinking the same as well.

 

[Radiant97]

Just found the guy who created some of the most legendary rage faces.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

I discovered that McDonald's had soup as a menu item in the States that only lasted briefly during the Noughties, whereas it's a popular menu item for the restaurant in Portugal.

 

[pacman000]

There was an anime version of Little Lulu: Little Lulu and Her Friends @ Toonarific Cartoons

 

[Peter Paltridge]

There was an anime version of Little Lulu: Little Lulu and Her Friends @ Toonarific Cartoons

And today I learned Toonarific's content is being moved to....a coloring book website? The modern Internet sure sucks.

 

[Kitschensyngk]

This week, on "How Bands Got Their Names"...

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
NEIL INNES​

 

[pacman000]

And today I learned Toonarific's content is being moved to....a coloring book website? The modern Internet sure sucks.

Not everything; just the bits the webmaster wants to keep.

 

[pacman000]

One of the longest running comic strips drawn by a single artist was Mr. Oswald, created by a store owner's son for Hardware Retailing Magazine in 1925.