What Did You Learn Today?

[Mikey the Gengar]

"Draconic rule came to an end when the elves created the Dracorage mythal, a powerful magical effect that incited all dragons across Faerûn to madness and mindless destruction, turning against each other and even against their offspring"

D&D lore

 

[Mikey the Gengar]

theoretically I'm learning how to make honey garlic sauce for chicken wings
I'll let you all know in a few hours if I learned that, or how not to make honey garlic sauce for chicken wings

 

[TheGreatCthulhu]

Well, I learned from my psychologist that ADHD directly affects testing and test anxiety, which I suspected, but I also learned that those who have ADHD who are also intelligent, can actually brute force their way through school, but when they hit college, they hit a wall and they tend to fail.

ADHD also can directly affect IQ testing by as much as 20 points, due to the attention problems the disorder causes.

I directly had that experience, because that describes my entire school career. Did fine through elementary, middle, and did kinda okay in high school, but I got put on academic probation twice in college because of me just raw dogging academics with pure logic, no studying, and untreated ADHD.

Seriously, if you're young and suspect you're going through something please, for the love of all that's holy, get it addressed while you're still young, as untreated issues only get worse as you get older.

I wish I had this knowledge at least 10 years ago, and I wish I had addressed this when I was a child.

 

[Mikey the Gengar]

those who have ADHD who are also intelligent, can actually brute force their way through school, but when they hit college, they hit a wall and they tend to fail.

well crap

today I learned 37 billion tons of carbon dioxide are emitted each year, but we have a couple decades left to make that 0 until it's too late

 

[OGSniper]

I learn that the idea of a Wind Waker port for the GBA was pitched, but it was scrapped before Nintendo saw it. This would have been awesome.

 

[thePlinko]

Apparently the word “forecastle” is pronounced “fowk•sl”

 

[Link&Midna]

pitched, but it was scrapped before Nintendo saw it

uhh would nintendo not have seen it if it were pitched? who did they pitch it to?

 

[OGSniper]

uhh would nintendo not have seen it if it were pitched? who did they pitch it to?

https://screenrant.com/zelda-wind-waker-2-cut-sequel-gba-pitch/

This article has all the info. I should have been more specific.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

the existence of dreadnoughtus, the largest known terrestrial animal in history

 

[Mikey the Gengar]

Apparently the word “forecastle” is pronounced “fowk•sl”

you can thank sailors' incessant need to shorten and simplify literally everything for that (probably, I'm guessing)

 

[thePlinko]

the existence of dreadnoughtus, the largest known terrestrial animal in history

I looked it up, apparently it’s named after the classification of warship and not the other way around.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

I looked it up, apparently it’s named after the classification of warship and not the other way around.

yeah it's on the recent end of when it was discovered

 

[Chevywolf:30]

Apparently the word “forecastle” is pronounced “fowk•sl”

I've always hated this.

 

[ThePoesareLoose]

Got my mind blown after learning this

Caribbean Shaktism - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Mikey the Gengar]

Learned a little bit about WWI aircraft, ama