# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**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 21, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/121 "2013-09-21T03:36:16Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The robber crabs aren’t the reason your plan is stillborn…[these are](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod). My robber crabs are [much bigger and have gigantic claws.](http://www.hoax-slayer.com/coconut-crab.shtml) Actually, they appear to be called coconut crabs. But a crab by any other name tastes as damn good in drawn butter. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/122 "2013-09-21T03:37:29Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The robber crabs aren’t the reason your plan is stillborn…[these are](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod). And that was our first, and last, mistake - now they know about US… ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/123 "2013-09-21T03:55:59Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The robber crabs aren’t the reason your plan is stillborn…[these are](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod). Dammit, you beat me to it! So instead of the giant isopod, let me recommend to \*\* Evil Captor\*\* the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: > **[Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus](https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/)** > > Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it. ---
**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 23, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/124 "2013-09-23T05:18:27Z")
Toronto is south of Green Bay ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/125 "2013-09-23T22:36:51Z")
People talk about Kelsey Grammer setting a record by playing Fraser Crane for twenty years. But that’s not his longest-running character - Grammer first played Sideshow Bob Terwilliger on _The Simpsons_ in 1990 and will be playing the character again this season. ---
**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 23, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/126 "2013-09-23T23:58:54Z")
In a current CS thread, I just learned Frank Zappa could not play guitar and sing at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437/127 "2013-09-24T00:41:02Z")
I edit Wikipedia way too much. One project I work on is [disambiguation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation_pages_with_links) - fixing ambiguous links so that they point to the correct articles. That led me to learn this set of facts: There’s a Bosnian footballer named [Nikola Vasiljević](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Vasiljevi%C4%87_%28Bosnian_footballer%29). He’s played defender for a number of clubs in the former Yugoslavia. He was born on December 19, 1983. There’s a Serbian footballer named [Nikola Vasiljević](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Vasiljevi%C4%87_%28Serbian_footballer%29). He has also played defender for a number of clubs in the former Yugoslavia and was _also_ born on December 19, 1983. And to cap it off, there’s a third Nikola Vasiljević who plays defender for the club [OFK Beograd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OFK_Beograd#Current_squad). This one is Serbian, but thankfully he was born in 1991, so at least it’s not _completely_ ambiguous. If there are any Vasiljević parents reading this who are dead-set on naming their son Nikola, I implore you, at least make the kid play midfielder or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437.md?page=6)