The "Today I Learned" Thread • Page 16

TIL what Applebee's markets as "Riblets" technically are not Riblets. Riblets are a real pork cut, but that isn't what Applebee's sells.

What Applebee's serves as Riblets are actually a cut called Button Ribs which is found just past the ribs near the backbone, just underneath the tenderloin. This cut of meat has no bones but instead has "buttons" of cartilaginous material with meat attached.

 

I kind of knew Dunkin and BR because I’ve seen some combination DD/BR shops before. But didn’t know about all the other ones. That’s interesting

Burger King and Popeyes being owned by the same company is wild to me

 

Most DD stores I have ever been to serve Baskin Robbins

There are also combo Cinnabon/Carvel stores now too.

 

Also that graphic made me realize how many chain restaurants I’ve never been to or even heard of before. Like wtf is Eddie V’s? Lol

 

Looks like an upscale seafood/steak chain. Similar to a Ruth's Chris (also owned by Darden) or a Morton's.

 

TIL that most nutritionists consider tomatoes to be both a fruit and a vegetable

 

TIL: The Ataris released a limited edition 7” single of their song “Car Song” that was pressed on clear vinyl containing the ashes of frontman Kris Roe’s father. Because of this, it is illegal to purchase it in 8 different states. Only 300 copies exist

 

TIL you can easily kill wasps by just holding a cup of gasoline up to them/their nest

 

Nothing about that sounds easy!

 

lol I agree but it works

 

TIL: There is a time of year in Australia called “Spider Season.” It’s a period in late summer/early fall in which numerous spiders release silk thread to float through the air. The result is fields/areas looking like they’ve been snowed on. But it’s not snow. It’s web….

 

TIL the Safdie Brothers are first cousins with Dov Charney, the controversial founder of American Apparel.

 

TIL: Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age) actually auditioned to play guitar in Faith No More in the mid-90’s. They turned him down because they didn’t think he was a good fit.

But everything worked out in the end I guess lol

 

Good. FNM rules and Josh Homme sucks

 

similarly Les Claypool from Primus auditioned to be in Metallica

 

Yeah him and Kirk went to the same high school. This always tripped me out

 

Keeping on the Primus train I just recently learned that their guitarist played in what is considered the first death metal band.

 

I knew he was in Possessed, but I had no idea they’re considered the first death metal band. Crazy

 

That Alexandra Daddario has a brother who is also good looking which I guess yeah of course everyone in the family would be beautiful. Which then led to me googling and finding out their grandfather was a democratic politician in the 60s. He was less good looking though to be fair most of the pics of him out there are when he's older.

 

TIL the Chinese name for China is Zhongguo, which literally translates to "the central state", with central meaning main focal point. So to the Chinese the name of their country is just "the main country".

 

TIL Everlast is the stage name of a guy, not the name of a band.

 

TIL Danny Boy, one of the frontmen of the 90's rap group House Of Pain is so obsessed with the novel/film The Outsiders that he bought the house in Tulsa Oklahoma that the primary setting of the film, restored it, and turned it into a museum dedicated to The Outsiders.

 

This is weird because I just watched The Outsiders for the first time all the way through last weekend, and my fiance and I are currently texting about how her great aunt allegedly championed the book hard and wrote Coppola about adapting it.

 

I knew that museum existed but didn’t know he was the guy behind it

 

It's crazy that S.E Hinton wrote that book when she was only 16 years old.