I Learned Something Today

[Peter Paltridge]

Barbie's last name is "Roberts."

She's modeled thousands of designer fashions, lived in dozens of mansions, driven expensive hot pink cars and been to outer space (I'm not going to look it up, but I'm convinced she's been to outer space at some point). How can all that be accomplished by a "Roberts" ?

 

[Dsneybuf]

By studying hard and buying the proper outfits.

Anyway, I learned today that the part of Fred Armisen's family tree he thought hailed from Japan actually hails from Korea.

 

[Chris]

What I meant was that whoever named the planet after the god was dumb.

 

[superkeegan9100]

The Hub Network's YouTube channel is still up, with over 91,000 subscribers to boot!

 

[Peter Paltridge]

In recent years I've been told the stories about the Far East eating dog meat are a fabrication. Nope, someone over there is clearly doing it:
International rescue effort brings dogs to Oregon - Oregon Humane Society

 

[Red Arrow]

I like dogs too, but when you think about it, Chinese and Korean people eating dogs isn't different from Americans eating cow meat ("beef"), or Belgians eating horse meat.
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EDIT:

“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”

Socrates, 5th century BC.

There has always been this stupid idea that the current generation of children is horrendous

 

[Dsneybuf]

I learned that apparently Koreans start planning their futures at the age of one:
(For those who don't watch Stretch Armstrong, Nathan/"Wingspan" has a Korean VA, Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead and Voltron: Legendary Defender fame.)

 

[Kitschensyngk]

Where the samples from Gorillaz songs come from:


Bonus fact: The song "Man Research (Clapper)" is named for its sample.

 

[Dsneybuf]

I learned that the Spectacular Spider-Man intro has cameos by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook:

 

[Rick Jones]

The Hub Network's YouTube channel is still up, with over 91,000 subscribers to boot!

I really wanted the Hub to make it.

Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

 

[Red Arrow]

The results of the elections in Brussels are quite surprising.

* Socialist party - 28.38%
* Green party - 16.81%
Liberal party - 13.87%
Communist party - 11.58% (what... )
Christian party - 9.29%
Francophone nationalists - 7.55%
Flemish nationalists - 3.7%
* "Change.Brussels" - 3.22%
Far-right Flemish nationalists - 1.61%
Islamic party - 1.6%
Nonsensical party - 0.87% ("We'll just pick a mayor at random like the lottery"!)
Far-right Francophone nationalists - 0.69%
Radical Islamic party - 0.55%
"Citoyen d'Europe" - 0.29%

*These three parties won. (together they have got 48.31% of the votes, the biggest party can always chose who they want to work together with)

 

[ToonJay723]

The tombstones in the intro for Billy & Mandy had names of them.


Evil Con Carne, Time Squad, and Robot Jones.

 

[Dsneybuf]

I learned that a cheesy horror movie that Billy and Grim watched in one episode, The Mummy's Ghost, shares a name with a real Universal Monster movie.

 

[Dsneybuf]

I learned that the extended version of Belle's Magical World refers to the stove as, "Chef Bouche". Before this, I just thought about calling him, "Mr. Potts".

 

[twilicorn]

TIL that Harrison Ford was offered the role of Mike on All in the Family but turned it down. Rob Reiner got the role instead.

 

[twilicorn]

 

[Kitschensyngk]

Have you ever noticed a number near the expiration date on a milk carton that starts with two digits and a dash?

That number tells you what farm the milk in that carton came from.

There's a website where you can do a search and find out.

 

[Rick Jones]

TIL that Harrison Ford was offered the role of Mike on All in the Family but turned it down. Rob Reiner got the role instead.

I really can't imagine anyone else being called Meathead.

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[Dsneybuf]

I learned that Fuller House has more Emmy nominations (1) than Full House did (0).

 

[Peter Paltridge]

Today I learned Stan Lee and Elvira were really good friends. Actually, more like I had it confirmed, because I think deep down we all knew this.

You know what DOES surprise me? That there's any point in her day where Cassandra Peterson ISN'T wearing the Elvira costume.