# What's the most random thing you've learned recently? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 4, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485 "2021-05-04T04:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/24 "2021-07-27T16:15:30Z")
I subsequently heard that he started making cars essentially just to screw with Enzo Ferrari. I don’t know if it’s true but that won’t stop me from saying it. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/25 "2021-07-28T01:31:28Z")
Firebase’s logo is a pineapple ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/c/c861b7b579feee4a58100e906f31f01de0178483.png) ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/26 "2021-07-29T21:53:54Z")
> **[700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is...](https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/31/700000-lines-of-code-20-years-and-one-developer-how-dwarf-fortress-is-built/?cb=1&_ga=2.262293388.1609866959.1627594457-1768847837.1625691117)** ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/27 "2021-07-31T05:05:16Z")
History of Chobani! > ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/28 "2021-08-03T16:06:09Z")
I wish I was smart enough to do that. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/29 "2021-08-09T16:26:34Z")
V8 vegetable juice was [named after the V8 engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(beverage)#:~:text=The%20product%20was%20named,most%20powerful%20at%20the%20time.) (and not the essential 8 vegetables you’d want in a vegetable juice as I always suspected). ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn\_Duff](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kaitlyn_duff/32/15098_2.png) [@Kaitlyn\_Duff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kaitlyn_Duff)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/31 "2021-08-12T03:53:23Z")
I learned more recipes and I think that’s amazing. I actually thought that it is amazing since I saw some cooking tips and tricks. It’s progress for someone who doesn’t know how to cook at all. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/33 "2021-08-17T18:02:29Z")
How the Atlas robot works. Now I can build my own with duct tape, an old Zune, and some paperclips. [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/f/f0fc6e32e9373c71d1b9a8d0e50dbb9569f69899.jpeg "Inside the lab: How does Atlas work?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezdinoG4mk) ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/34 "2021-09-06T06:26:32Z")
This is why the internet and twitter was invented…to make sharing things like this possible: > ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/35 "2021-09-07T05:13:25Z")
Please, no judging of my taste in tv shows 🤣 > **[40 Rules You Didn't Know 'MasterChef' Contestants Have To Follow](https://www.delish.com/food-news/g33441595/masterchef-contestant-rules/)** > > Rule #1: Avoid Gordon Ramsay's bad side. ---
**Author:** ![steve.mills](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/steve.mills/32/14961_2.png) [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/36 "2021-09-07T05:32:16Z")
My wife’s leaning Japanese… If I were a Japanese teacher I would probably troll the students by making a video roll of commercials like that one and using it in in their tests …😆 ---
**Author:** ![EkmlBbglu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ekmlbbglu/32/15323_2.png) [@EkmlBbglu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/EkmlBbglu)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/37 "2021-09-09T03:12:54Z")
I had an ear infection last week and now, all of a sudden, I am an ear rumbler. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/38 "2021-09-11T21:35:31Z")
> **[Turns Out The Hardest Part of Making a Game Is...Everything - IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/turns-out-hardest-part-making-game-everything?utm_medium=email&utm_source=topic%2Boptin&utm_campaign=awareness&utm_content=20210911%2Bprog%2Bnl&mkt_tok=MTA3LUZNUy0wNzAAAAF_dMlaapJWbrECWUDY70Xbid2792HvytRIi0gMWuBwpfhRKrOcrvdiENlp9xTfGZJJxItwwG-grdI_ed7gosi4bBz6ZsicUd1KuqhWfNZvbMn449E)** > > Game devs of all sizes and scopes respond to the question: "What is a thing in video games that seems simple but is actually extremely hard to make?" ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/39 "2021-09-12T10:01:23Z")
So: everything ---
**Author:** ![steve.mills](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/steve.mills/32/14961_2.png) [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/40 "2021-09-14T00:57:08Z")
Kangaroos have 3 VGJ’s. They can also control growth rate of the foetus and can have a joey in the pouch, a foetus in the womb and a fertilised egg on ice at the same time… ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/41 "2021-09-19T09:54:25Z")
No idea why this was recommended to me, but I had to watch till the end 🐄 [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/8/e/8e5d131cacca408f8720396b3efe4e2f6a6a7311.jpeg "Cows jumping for joy as they are released on to grass") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKU2E0N8ja4) ---
**Author:** ![Brackwom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@Brackwom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brackwom)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/44 "2021-10-11T13:25:45Z")
For many years, I assumed the strange floating items in my vision were lumped microorganisms, and I wondered that my vision was so clear that I could even see organisms!!! The reality that there are no living organisms or items in the surroundings was revealed to me. They’re known as FLOATERS. Why are they brought about? Vitreous humour is a gel that fills the gap between the lens and the retina in the human eye. It will be clear when you are young, but as you get older, it will thicken. The most common type of floater is caused by degenerative changes in the vitreous humour, which can be found in almost everyone’s eyes. They’re also known as flying flies. So These FLOATERS exist in one’s eye itself and they are not external objects… !!! ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/45 "2021-10-11T14:24:15Z")
> [@Brackwom](#): > > So These FLOATERS exist in one’s eye itself and they are not external objects… !!! Now this I didn’t know at all 😀 ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/46 "2021-10-16T06:11:18Z")
That the JS book I wrote (and @senocular edited!) looks like this in Russian: > ---
**Author:** ![steve.mills](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/steve.mills/32/14961_2.png) [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485/47 "2021-10-16T11:44:00Z")
That’s awesome it looks like a Russian Foghorn Leghorn 😁 [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-most-random-thing-youve-learned-recently/647485.md?page=3)