The "Today I Learned" Thread • Page 15

Do they technically still own them though if Yum! split into their own seperate entity?

 

I thought Yum! was a PepsiCo company thus meaning they do. But I could totally be wrong

 

TodayI learned alot of people are fucking assholes

 

TIL there is a type of banana named the Blue Java Banana. It is cold-tolerant and apparently has a consistency similar to ice cream and has a flavor reminiscent to vanilla custard.

It’s a native of Southeast Asia, but they are available in Hawaii where they are nicknamed the “ice cream banana”

 

TIL about the Maltese language from the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Malta. It's an offshoot of the now extinct Sicilian Arabic dialect from when Arabs dominated that region in the middle ages. it is the only middle eastern derived national language in the European Union. It sounds just like someone trying to speak Arabic with a thick Italian accent.

 

TIL about the concept of Urban Forest Inequity. How in many urban areas poorer neighborhoods statistically have far less trees and canopy cover than richer neighborhoods. This contributes to less shade, higher temperatures, and psychological impacts.

 

TIL: There are now two Trader Joe’s across the street from each other in Sherman Oaks, CA. Apparently the one in the foreground was set to close and be replaced with the new one in the background. But the lease of the old one was due to expire shortly before the opening of the new one, so they opted to renew the lease of the old one in order to keep business open despite the new one and now… this



(Photo obtained from Reddit)

 

TIL Kevin Hart was originally supposed to play Alpa Chino in Tropic Thunder but backed put when he learned the character was gay.

 

TIL if you type the name of a certain internet nerd music critic on this site it autocorrects to "Ronald McDonald"

 

Lol

 

lol people still learning about that

I thought that was chorus canon at this point

 

I just tried it and it doesn’t seem to work? Am I typing in the correct internet music nerd?

 

it should autocorrect when you press "post"

 

Anthony Ronald McDonald

 

like so

 

Ahhh I didn’t post it. That’s why I didn’t see it

Ronald McDonald

 

TIL some more very grim and upsetting facts about cute animals

never knew ladybugs got around like that or that dolphins have been observed in several different instances killing for fun (knew about the necrophilia tho) and the most upsetting to me was that baby elephants have to eat the poop directly out of their mother's waste because they lack the bacteria to digest an elephant's diet. I'm sorry to tell y'all and I wish I didn't know either

 

TIL

This entire time I thought if you wanted to use Or/And/But you had to add a comma to an existing sentence. And creating a new sentence was grammatically incorrect.

 

I thought this too, but I still do it anyway lol

 

I’m curious about the ladybugs, do they not just walk and fly? Side note: I could really use some ladybugs to control the aphids in my garden.

 

they're incessantly horny

 

and promiscuous

 

Ooooh that kind of get around lol I was wondering if they had some third secret kind of movement

 

inspire brands owns arby’s, buffalo wild wings, sonic, jimmy john’s, dunkin and baskin robbins.

AND

arby’s is the flagship brand. wild.

 

Yeah learning how many chain restaurants are owned by conglomerates is wild



Restaurant Brands International also owns Firehouse Subs too

Also you have Dine Brands which owns both Applebee's and IHOP