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Re: TIL

Postby Edgar Cabrera » Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:33 pm

I learned that How I Met Your Mother and American Horror Story both have a page in guarani, one of the official languages of my country, on Wikipedia. Here's How I Met Your Mother's, and American Horror Story's.
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Re: TIL

Postby Matthew Notch » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:42 am

Today I learned that this is a thing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_in_China

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Re: TIL

Postby Sparrow » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:46 am

The proliferation of John Adams compositions is always a positive development.
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Re: TIL

Postby Malfeasinator » Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:15 am

I learned that cookie butter is pretty freaking awesome. The description really undersells the tastiness.
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Re: TIL

Postby OrangeEyebrows » Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:50 am

That sounds gross and awesome. What is it?
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Re: TIL

Postby Malfeasinator » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:06 am

It's this spreadable stuff that tastes like milder and sweeter ginger snaps. I don't know what kind of food alchemy is responsible for it but it is delicious.

The description on the label says it's made from biscuits. It seems like biscuits got upgraded.
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Re: TIL

Postby OrangeEyebrows » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:43 am

I shall seek some out, eat it and report back with my conclusions! I adore ginger snaps.
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Re: TIL

Postby Australia » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:57 am

OrangeEyebrows wrote:I adore ginger snaps.

Well, you are what you eat.
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Re: TIL

Postby Qinglong » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:18 am

I'm a vegetable? This would explain much.
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Re: TIL

Postby OrangeEyebrows » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:42 am

Misunderstood instructions and am now watching Ginger Snaps.
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Re: TIL

Postby CarrieVS » Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:18 pm

Milder then ginger snaps? Can't be terribly much ginger in it them.


I eat chunks of crystallised ginger. Have to have milk with it to cool my mouth down but I really really like ginger.
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Re: TIL

Postby JamishT » Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:58 pm

I just learned that the Philippines have their own basketball association and some of the team names are pretty great. I'm rooting for the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers or the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters to win the Philippine Cup.
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Re: TIL

Postby Malfeasinator » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:23 am

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Alright, keyboard's clean.

So, the taste of cookie butter is amazing. It fades all too briefly from memory, like the face of a beautiful person you once knew.

Then you have to try some more.

I think I might be addicted.
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Re: TIL

Postby FaceTheCitizen » Fri Jul 04, 2014 3:57 am

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Re: TIL

Postby JamishT » Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:43 am

Today I was feeling a little homesick...so I googled my hometown as anyone would. I found some stuff out that...well, that's the point of this post. The area I come from looks like this:
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On the left we have Bellville, on the right is Butler. I lived 4 miles South of Butler. This is the Clear Fork Valley.


According to Butler's fancy website, they have 3 policemen on their payroll. Bellville's even fancier website they have 9 officers. THE WHOLE CLEAR FORK VALLEY HAS 12 POLICEMEN. I had no idea. I don't know what they do when the Bellville Street Fair brings 40,000-50,0000 people to the Valley (as the natives call it)...
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