One thing you have learnt today.
 

I've done a search and can't find a similar thread (perhaps there is one, but at least I tried.)

Anyway, this thread is a pretty simple preposition, since it's coming to the end of the day; at least in England - you lot have a while to get learning.

Throughout my time on the internet I've learnt a lot of things. Many of these are from links to wikipedia, which turn into long trawls through endless related links where you find out lots of stuff you would never need to know, but it still intrigues you.



For example.

I've often wondered how testicles don't get twisted up as they feel pretty free bouncing around in their scrotum.
I was bored and happened to be on wikipedia, so I cast my doubts relating the graphic nature of images pertinent to the scrotum aside, manned up, entered "scrotum", and clicked "go" on the wiki search.

This is what I found on my (brief) look at a diagram of a dissected human scrotum (legs firmly crossed).
Basically there is a dividing wall in the scrotum, which stops them interfering with each other when you get a bit enthusiastic in your pounding missions. Apparently they're called "scrotal halves" - innovative.

Whilst this is incredibly logical, for some reason I'd never thought of such a thing existing, but now I know.



Now, I know this will never come in useful, bar reducing my fear that one day I may need to travel to a doctor in agony with a case of twisted testicles, but still it's somewhat interesting to me. :thumbsup:


Lets see what you've got!


ps:
Do I use too many commas/write too complex sentences for internet usage? Seems as if I always have to edit my posts to make them less "commaful" :p

I learned the word lesbian comes from the island of Lesbos.

they can, its called "Testicular Torsion." But it usually takes some outside interference, such as a ballsy girlfriend (Ha!)

the only thing i learn from day to day is either new songs or chords on the guitar. today, i learned the song "Canon" by johann pachelbel, tabbed by Jerry C, all the way up to measure 85.

i feel confident

And now the worry is back ;)

I learned that poison oak and poison ivy have an oil in their leaves that soaks through the skin and surrounds the cells, causing an immune response and thus, a rash.

doesn't make having it any better tho :(

Actually, you'll want to go to the ER for that. If you want children and don't want to be neutered that is. Testicular torsion affects the blood supply and can happen without any "outside interference".

Today I learned about a particular syndrome that causes elevated liver enzymes. I learn something new every day at work.

I learned that 3 times more Law Enforcement Officer deaths are attributable to suicide than "line-of-duty" deaths.

There is a statistically significant inverse relationship between the number of pirates and average global temperature.

Actually I learned the above fact earlier this week, and as soon as I learn something cool later today I'll post that, too, if I think it's generally interesting.

seeqpod has a pitiful selection of Steely Dan songs.

that a wheel of aluminum, set spinning behind a wooden resonator, and struck on its side with a wrench, will produce complicated chords that deploy in a straight line across the wheel, and so become sound-spokes.

I learned that if you look at the pretty wildflowers in the field long enough
you will eventually see the dead baby bird with ants pouring out of its eyes.

Morning is always better with food, water, and plenty of hugs.

Thats almost romantic in its beauty GH

Today I learned that puppies have no problem with sitting and lying in their own puddles of urine.

Next time you're out in the wild and run a risk of picking it up, take a shower in cold water when you return home. If you wash with warm water, your pores are opened and your reaction will be worse, but if you shower with cold water and lots of soap, it's likely to wash off (assuming the reaction hasn't already started, usually within 4-6 hours of exposure).

It's a trick my dad taught my sister and I, after her first run-in with poison oak. Always works for me.

I learnt how far you can twist your ankle and still not have it break... but it sure swells up nicely!

I learned that April 30 was still to early to take off my studded snow tires.

$%^&ing scary ass ride down the mountain

I have learned that Eddie Izzard did a tv show where it showed him....full frontal nudity, I have now seen it and damn does that man have one of the best butts I've ever seen (it obviously shows full back nudity as well :p ) and he's totally hot from the front too. I now have some very nice screen shots to drool over

does that count?

I can't sleep without E., my significant other.

for me, i think nothing can last forever

I had a new client today, but one who had seen other therapists in our office. In the client notes, it said "Recommend use of Ocean room" (the other is the Mountain room). I learned that this is code for "obese client", as Ocean has a stronger table.

Jesse Ventura isn't as smart as I thought.

My daughter's boyfriend's father is every bit as scatterbrained as she says he is.

Driving down a gravel road will always result in a dirty car. Driving down said gravel road every day (because you live down it) will result in a chronically dirty car.

When does washing my car make sense, then?

Do what the Enterprise Rent-a-Car commercials do.
http://www.purchasing.cmich.edu/images/enterp1.jpg

Then my next "thing learned today" will be: Driving down any road, anywhere, with your car completely wrapped up so it doesn't get dirty results in running into a tree, mailbox, another car, pedestrians, or small animals.

That's what the covering is for.

Peter North aint got nothin' on me.

I would lay down next to any TFP woman any time. They rock!

Since the hard top is off the Jeep for the summer... keep that cab cover VERY close by.

I (literally) just learned that relating to people is harder than it sounds and I suck at it. Now that I'm aware of this fact, I will make an effort to improve.

If you ever try to remain friends with someone you broke up with when they still like you they will always want more, and think that they can get more. It just leads to agony. So just stay away, and keep away to avoid it all.

Women can make you do and say anything they want.

I learned that Nine Inch Nails' new album The Slip kicks much ass.

I learned that I now have enough hair to head bang in full early nineties grunge style.

I learned that extended head banging makes you dizzy.

These three lessons may have been related.

I learned that this is the traditional theory behind why we say Break-A-Leg in theatre.

I learned that in the Bee Gees song You Should Be Dancing what always sounded to me like:

whatcha doin' eminin eminah

actually says:

whatcha doin' on your back :orly:

A lot of people like Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman.

Getting a new job is exciting

Never, ever trust your coworkers not involved in direct service provision to have the same care about your clients/patients/families or insight about them as you do.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in positions of authority.

fred, that is so, so true...

A Burmagomphus is a species of dragonfly.

Ruby red grapefruit juice tastes horrid when it's made with Splenda.

Ha! I have something really relevant to add to this thread. Today, while at work, as I contemplate while working, I came to the epiphany/revelation that it is all-wise to go about life without any certain standard or expectation for it, and consider no situation to be extra-traumatic.

In other words, as the morbid things happen, you will just face them as simply a situation you haven't yet encountered in life, instead of looking at it like, "Wow, this absolutely shouldn't be happening. It's ridiculous..." because life has no standard or honor, nor has it signed any treaty with any member of humanity.

No situation or unforeseen occurence in life is something you should think could never happen. With that, you will face a situation, a new one and possibly a terrifying one, with more focus. Get it out of the way first, then look back on it with disbelief.

I don't know if anyone will read this whole thing but if you do, you will gain what took me 26 years to realize, in a few minutes.

I have learned that breeding is a mistake, and that a second child does not lead to any sort of economy of scale.

Ellipticals aren't just for women.

when, at the start of a long dirt road in a country notorious for poor roads, there is a pool of water, diameter about 4m, depth about 50cm, it´s probably an indicator as to what you´re going to face further down so don´t just drive around it and hope for the best...

When you have an excel workbook with detailed records on one spreadsheet and a summary on the second spreadsheet, it is important to make sure that the summary subtotals equal the detail subtotals.

Similarly, it is important if you have a target total and a bunch of items that are supposed to add up to something near that total, make sure you sum the items and compare the total with the target.

I learnt my meaning of life is currently inaccessible.

Y nada mas.

This is ridiculously true. Back when I was actually fit I used to love ellipticals on rainy days when my knees were too sore to run. Fuck what other people think, you're not at the gym for them anyway.

Unless you're trying to pick up. But there are easier places for that. Places where you don't have to sweat.

I learned that even though I've been playing guitar for years I've been doing it wrong. I learned that classical is fucking hard. And I learned that I love it.

That the junker wheels I picked up to throw my spare tires on weigh a TON.

I also learned that a diotomaceous earth filter for an inground pool is absolutely worthless if it doesn't have a backwash feature built in.

I CAN overcook chicken. Oh boy can I. So much so I had to go back and braise it.

I should have purchased an acoustic guitar 15 years ago.

Working on cars with a PCM/ECM & sensors is extremely difficult even when you have a digital multimeter, code reader, & many years of experience working with all of the above.

Forget about trying to get much real work done the first day back from vacation. Just do small, mundane tasks that you've been putting off for a while to get back into the proper mindset.

Apparently in order to get rid of your Mormon girlfriend's crazy ex, she simply has to talk to him to keep him away. No need to cut his balls off and shove them down his throat.

Who knew?

That I really don't know all that much.

when starting a bbq, down stand over it, especially if you´re having trouble lighting it as your beard will disappear and your eyelashes will look straight ou of a clockwork orange.

Running in 30 degree Celsius heat with a humity index of 36 degrees is a bad idea.

Ran 8k this morning and just about died - it was hot!

i learnt how to spell "learned" today...

I learned never to crawl across the bed on sunburned knees.



Yesterday and into this morning, I learned that Rock Star for PS3 is awesome. And that my SO can actually sing. And that boys will play something like that, given enough alcohol, until four in the morning.

Ignorance is a ripe piece of fruit waiting to be picked. And how sweet it is.

Giant Pandas are indeed bears and the smaller Red Panda is related to the raccoon. I was taught in high school that the giant panda was related to raccoons, not bears.

neat.

I'll be damned. I thought for sure they were still procyonids, but following from Wikipedia to the O'Brien, Nash, Wildt, Bush & Benveniste article in Nature (September '85) and reading the abstract, yup, that's a bear alright.

Who'd'a thunk it.

That's my new larnin' for today.

I can paint 2.5 rooms and it looks good.

Never say 'hi' to a sniffer dog.

Yes, Hamm's will give you a hangover.

Shaking Hideo Kojima's hand and getting his autograph on my MGS3 game disc was totally worth 2 and a half hours waiting in the sun in downtown manhattan.

If you are trying to cut a straight line with a circular saw, do not stand on the cord.

The blade will pull toward the motor housing and your cut will wander to the right. It does not matter if you have a guid fence clamped in place; that will only cause the blade to jam quicker. If this ever happens to you, you may think that you have a warped blade. If you remove the blade (after giving it time to cool) and find that it is not warped, and you can put the cut back on track with a hand saw, pay careful attention to where your cord is - it's likely if the blade is straight and the cord is not underfoot, you'll have no trouble cutting a straight line against a guide fence.