# What's out there that it didn't occur to you even existed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183 "2013-10-02T15:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/1 "2013-10-02T15:20:34Z")
What have you just found about that you had no idea existed, never even considered it, but now that you know you can never forget? Here’s a start: [Dinosaur porn.](http://jezebel.com/dinosaur-erotica-exists-and-its-just-as-amazing-as-you-1438081697?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jezebel%2Ffull+%28Jezebel%29&utm_content=FaceBook) > [@](#): > > She wasn’t sure if her sudden arousal was because of her earlier thwarted climax in the cool stream, or if she was just desperate for one last pleasant sensation before being torn limb from limb by the great, scaly beast. Either way, Azog relished the rasp of its tongue, hot and rough, on her sensitive skin. What else ya got, folks? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/2 "2013-10-02T15:21:57Z")
…I was not ready for that example. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/3 "2013-10-02T15:22:50Z")
Dang! I was gonna say “Glitter polish” but that pales in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/4 "2013-10-02T15:25:34Z")
Those parasites that replace the tongue of their host. And, by the way, I am SO happy to not click on the OP’s link… ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/5 "2013-10-02T15:27:58Z")
I had no idea [these](http://www.shespeaks.com/pages/img/review/apple-slicer-corer_09092011161645.JPG)existed until about twelve years ago. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/6 "2013-10-02T15:30:58Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > And, by the way, I am SO happy to not click on the OP’s link… FTR, the two-click rule is observed. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/7 "2013-10-02T15:52:37Z")
Decorative and ornamental onions are apparently a thing. Alliums. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/8 "2013-10-02T15:55:58Z")
Grape pie. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/9 "2013-10-02T16:28:44Z")
Another vote for grape pie (but now I want it). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/10 "2013-10-02T16:54:26Z")
Dark matter. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/11 "2013-10-02T17:34:02Z")
Biscuits and gravy. I’m pretty sure I first learned of their existence via this board. Edit: I should add that, as an Englishman, I was fully aware of [biscuits](http://www.bitterwallet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/chocolate-digestives.jpg), and of [gravy](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/food/ic/food_16x9_608/foods/g/gravy_16x9.jpg), but not in the sense of things that belong on one plate. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/12 "2013-10-02T17:45:51Z")
Intelligent people on the Internet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/13 "2013-10-02T17:53:03Z")
Furries. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/14 "2013-10-02T18:08:34Z")
This is almost embarrassing but the first time someone served me Seedless Watermelon, I had literally no idea such a thing existed. I found it amazing. It was like I was the apes in 2001 A Space Odyssey 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/15 "2013-10-02T18:23:59Z")
It’s been a few years now, but anal bleaching. Never occurred to me that anyone would want or need to do that to themselves, or that they would pay good money to have it done. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/16 "2013-10-02T18:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@madmonk28](#): > > > > Another vote for grape pie (but now I want it). Yet another vote for grape pie. I’m routinely amazed by the modern world. I’ve been experiencing future shock intermittently since the first time I burned a CD. As for Dinosaur Porn, that’s covered under Rule 34. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/17 "2013-10-02T18:29:26Z")
Lifelong baseball fan. Never knew that each clubhouse has a guy who dirties up baseballs before games until I read [this article](http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2013/07/mlb_baseballs_must_get_dirty_b.html) earlier this year. They’re rubbed with special dirt even. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/18 "2013-10-02T18:33:02Z")
^^^ there’s an episode of Dirty Jobs about harvesting the special mud. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyUseless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/19 "2013-10-02T18:35:14Z")
How coincidental! There was a show last night on interesting jobs and one of them was the guy who provided the specific mud for scuffing baseballs. Evidently, the mud comes from where a river is near the Atlantic in New Jersey and has a high content of an element I want to say was quartzite, but could have been something similar. Evidently, he learned the source of this mud from his father who learned from his father. He ships some 800 pounds of this mud to various teams per year. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183/20 "2013-10-02T18:41:39Z")
The Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands who have aggressively resisted all contact with civilisation. An untouched people - I hadn’t realised there were any left on the planet. [http://excitingearth.com/tag/andaman-island/](http://excitingearth.com/tag/andaman-island/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-out-there-that-it-didnt-occur-to-you-even-existed/670183.md?page=2)