I Learned Something Today

[Red Arrow]

When your hands get dry and red due to cold Siberian wind, don't wash yourself with warm water unless you like a burning feeling in your hands...

 

[JoeMabbon]

A Cory in the House video game was released for the Nintendo DS.

hat tip: jaylop97

 

[twilicorn]

A Cory in the House video game was released for the Nintendo DS.

hat tip: jaylop97

and everyone keeps calling it the best game ever, to the point where it's the highest user-rated game in Metacritic's history at 9.5. To put that into perspective, the highest critic-rated game, Ocarina of Time, isn't even rated that high by users! This may be because it keeps showing up on 4chan's Pokemon forum - if there's a game being leaked then you can bet your bottom dollar it will be the Cory in the House game instead, in a manner similar to rickrolling.

 

[Peter Paltridge]

Today I learned Fox wrote off Allen Gregory on their taxes, meaning they can never legally rebroadcast it or sell it in any form. If you know anything about this show, you fully understand why they'd take such drastic measures to bury it.


On the other hand, Cartoon Network did the same with Megas XLR and Sym-Bionic Titan.

 

[JoeMabbon]

Don Lemon turns 52 tomorrow. He doesn’t look it.

 

[Dsneybuf]

I learned that Brad Bird suggested the part in Coco

Spoiler

where Coco's hand twitches before she sings along to "Remember Me".

 

[columbiaharmeowny]

Scar’s infamous “I’m surrounded by idiots.” line in The Lion King is actually a reference to a line in Spaceballs: “I’m surrounded by assholes!”

 

[twilicorn]

I learned that Brad Bird suggested the part in Coco

Spoiler

where Coco's hand twitches before she sings along to "Remember Me".

That was a lovely addition to the scene and he deserves a raise for that.
I also learned recently that some people do "Cards Against Apples" where they take the black cards of Cards Against Humanity and the red cards of Apples to Apples. One of my friends did it at a board game cafe in my area.

 

[TheMisterFree]

I learned today that a painting lost in the 1920s was rediscovered because someone bought it and used it as a prop in the first Stuart Little film.

 

[PinkieLopBun]

Nick officially launched on April 1, 1979, but started service as a week of free service on March 26 (image #17).

 

[Peter Paltridge]

Today I learned turtles will eat puppies.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teacher-investigated-feeding-puppy-snapping-203354081.html

"Yo Raph, check it out, it's a puppy!"
"Radical, dudes! Let's chow down!"
"Oh you guys, that's really gross." --April

 

[mimitchi33]

Barney And The Backyard Gang, the direct-to-video series Barney and Friends is based on, actually aired on Disney Channel two years prior to its' PBS premiere.

 

[Rick Jones]

Don Lemon turns 52 tomorrow. He doesn’t look it.

What? I was here thinking he was around my age but he was an adult when I was an infant.

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[Rick Jones]

I learned that Brad Bird suggested the part in Coco

Spoiler

where Coco's hand twitches before she sings along to "Remember Me".

Can't read the spoiler but I'll never be surprised when Brad is attached to something good.

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[twilicorn]

I learned from the brilliant book "Seinfeldia" that Frank Sinatra died while the Seinfeld finale was airing and they were able to get him to the hospital faster than in normal circumstances because the streets were so clear - everyone was watching the finale.

 

[Kitschensyngk]

Aoi Tada was only two years older than Ed from Cowboy Bebop when she was cast to play her.

 

[twilicorn]

TIL that when John Ritter died during production of 8 Simple Rules and they decided to continue without him, Michael Eisner suggested that the character's widow get pregnant by her late husband and have the baby during May sweeps. Bob Iger loved the idea but ABC's chairman at the time, Lloyd Braun, found it tasteless and exploitative. He was out the next year and the baby idea never went through.

 

[Dsneybuf]

I learned that James C. Mathis III, Marvel Animation's go-to Black Panther VA since at least The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, got to attend the premiere of the Black Panther movie:

 

[Red Arrow]

Today I learned Canadians can't cross the border whenever they please. Why isn't there free movement between Canada and the USA?

 

[Chris]

I learned that "Where's Waldo" is known in Britain as "Where's Wally?" Why change it?