# Odd Things You've Learned Recently **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437 "2013-09-09T20:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/81 "2013-09-14T02:30:05Z")
Except apples aren’t seedless. You can grow trees from apple seeds, but the offspring apples may be quite different from the parent’s. Edit: you didn’t really say apples are seedless - sorry - tired. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/82 "2013-09-14T02:32:51Z")
> [@Dervorin](#): > > Not true. Palms of hands, underside of fingers, lips and (if you’re male) the critical inches of your penis are not. Also, aren’t your toes below your ankles, technically? **The upper sides of your toes have hair.** Do not, either. although you’re right on the other points; it was a classical reference, son. Try to catch some of these… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/83 "2013-09-14T02:45:33Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Do not, either. > > although you’re right on the other points; it was a classical reference, son. Try to catch some of these… Even worse, a classic DISNEY reference. _sigh_ What is the world coming to? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/84 "2013-09-14T07:00:00Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Giant salamanders are really much larger than I thought. And if fact larger than I wanted to know. . . [http://www.techkings.org/attachments/pet-central/9088d1365965897t-far-out-creatures-chinesegiantsalamander\_zpsb36dbb91.jpg](http://www.techkings.org/attachments/pet-central/9088d1365965897t-far-out-creatures-chinesegiantsalamander_zpsb36dbb91.jpg) They’re also edible. I didn’t know White Castle was a real fast food place. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/85 "2013-09-14T19:07:34Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > How did you gain this intimate knowledge of **Ethilrist’s** body hair :dubious: I laughed so hard at this I hurt my sides. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/86 "2013-09-14T20:56:39Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Giant salamanders are really much larger than I thought. And if fact larger than I wanted to know. . . [http://www.techkings.org/attachments/pet-central/9088d1365965897t-far-out-creatures-chinesegiantsalamander\_zpsb36dbb91.jpg](http://www.techkings.org/attachments/pet-central/9088d1365965897t-far-out-creatures-chinesegiantsalamander_zpsb36dbb91.jpg) I bought a big lizard Only a dollar fifty Well, that’s pretty neat Yeah it’s fuckin’ nifty But I just can’t afford to feed it And you should see the way it shits - Dead Milkmen ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/87 "2013-09-15T03:42:59Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > My fun fact for today? Voyager 1 has 68 KB of memory. 68 **K** B! Blows my damn mind. It’s basically a Commodore 64 in space! Er, let me correct the pronunciation … a Commodore 64 in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/88 "2013-09-15T03:51:10Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > [Giant salamanders] are also edible. > > I didn’t know White Castle was a real fast food place. I hope those two facts are unrelated. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/89 "2013-09-15T04:06:06Z")
I was startled to discover the existence (theoretical, so far) of [hypervelocity planets](http://io9.com/5895598/hypervelocity-planets-are-zooming-out-of-our-galaxy-at-warp-speed). If one of those babies came through our solar system it would probably wreck it before we could do so much as issue a speeding ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/90 "2013-09-15T21:08:51Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > [Giant salamanders] are also edible. > > I didn’t know White Castle was a real fast food place. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > I hope those two facts are unrelated. So, never been to White Castle, I see… ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/91 "2013-09-16T00:43:42Z")
I learned there is a [40 character maximum](http://i.imgur.com/UBYPBZp.jpg)on the name of a Yahoo group. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/92 "2013-09-16T08:33:52Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Not if you have heart disease. You lose toe hair if you have heart disease? > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I can’t believe I’m posting this > > The head of one’s penis has no hair follicles, but the same cannot necessarily be said of the shaft. Perhaps you don’t find those inches to be critical. Well, no. The head is quite long enough in my case without having to worry about the shaft. 🆒 On a slightly more serious note, though, apparently I need to either examine the shaft of my own penis very carefully or (this is a much better idea) get someone else to examine it and report back. I’m certainly not going to Google “penis shaft hair” at work, sadly. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Do not, either. > > although you’re right on the other points; it was a classical reference, son. Try to catch some of these… I hate to break this to you, granddad, but classical references eventually die. That’s what happens when your generation shuffles off this mortal coil and makes way for new, fresh ideas! > [@jayjay](#): > > Even worse, a classic DISNEY reference. _sigh_ What is the world coming to? A better place? Disney is responsible for the sick and twisted murder of many “classic” children’s stories. Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, Winnie The Pooh - all brutally ripped from their foundations and mangled beyond recognition. Also: see note above re: grandpa, and let me introduce you to a new and shiny idea, that not everyone in the world shares your cultural references. I know this is a difficult one to assimilate, but do try. You’ll feel better afterwards, honest! ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/93 "2013-09-16T15:24:54Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > So, never been to White Castle, I see… No, I can’t believe a company would let their name be used in that type of movie. (I don’t mind the movie, just I didn’t think a company would want to be associated with it) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/94 "2013-09-16T20:52:37Z")
I grant you it’s not exactly Citizen Kane, but White Castle has always been a little under the radar and able to have a laugh at it’s own expense. I can’t imagine “Harold & Kumar go to the Arches” would have been the same movie… BTW, Elephants can’t jump. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/95 "2013-09-16T21:29:43Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > BTW, Elephants can’t jump. That’s what they _want_ you to think! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/96 "2013-09-17T16:25:36Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I grant you it’s not exactly Citizen Kane, but White Castle has always been a little under the radar and able to have a laugh at it’s own expense. I can’t imagine “Harold & Kumar go to the Arches” would have been the same movie… > > BTW, Elephants can’t jump. And it introduced the idea: Getting the muchies? Head for White Castle. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/97 "2013-09-17T19:20:43Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > And it introduced the idea: Getting the muchies? Head for White Castle. Just look out for elephants…jumping, flying, paisley or pink… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/98 "2013-09-17T19:57:32Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > And it introduced the idea: Getting the muchies? Head for White Castle. Yeah Ok. I’m from Jersey. That idea was introduced decades ago. In fact I don’t know how anyone can eat there when they aren’t under the influence. BTW there was never a White Castle in New Brunswick. But there is no reason for them to go all the way to Cherry Hill. There is one in South Plainfield and one in Green Brook. And there is no cliff in Cherry Hill. But everything else in the movie was 100% accurate. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/99 "2013-09-18T18:14:38Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > I didn’t know White Castle was a real fast food place. Neither did I! I thought the Beastie Boys had made it up! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/100 "2013-09-18T18:34:09Z")
From another thread, The Kurgan is the voice of Mr. Krabs. Now I can’t stop hearing in my head: “Hi. I’m Candy.” “Of course you are. Aaah-gagagagagaah!” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437.md?page=6)