i uh never actually saw the arrows before, i just saw the C
always reminded me of c&a:
http://www.vector-logo.net/logo_preview/eps/c/C&A(1).png
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 20 January 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
"Ascorbic acid" (vitamin C) is called "ascorbic acid" because it is literally a-scorbic; it prevents scurvy.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
I was shockingly old when I learned (just now) that 'scorbic' means 'of or relating to scurvy'.
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCGFHrVVVy0/UCFUxNFUKII/AAAAAAAAGIg/SrwMFF64dh8/s1600/Contacto+ET.jpg
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
I was aware of the old term "antiscorbutic" but had never connected it with ascorbic.
― bannonality of evil (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
Diluted white vinegar works better than commercial household cleaners.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
Scorbynistas
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
Scorby scorby doo, where are you
― bannonality of evil (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
lois (of hi and lois) was beetle bailey's sister
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 January 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
How a candle works.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:31 AM (nine years ago)
i totally had no idea how a candle worked and it never even occurred to me to ask till now, and i have to say: damn, that's some crazy stuff.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 27 January 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
xp
Never knew this either
― Moodles, Saturday, 27 January 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link
Now you know where this guy gets it.
https://i.imgur.com/1A14016.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 27 January 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
That Pavement formed in Stockton, California. (I've been a Pavement fan for 15 years. I guess I probably read this fact a long time ago, but it made no impression on me until now.)
― JRN, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 09:42 (six years ago) link
learnt yesterday that Kalinda as in Danse Kalinda Badoom was a dancer with Dr John And the Night Trippers, had thought it was either just onomatopaeic or Gris Gris related. Wonder if Jeffrey Lee Pierce knew that when he twisted teh song title into the name of a 1984 live Gun Club lp.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:35 (six years ago) link
How to use white pepper
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link
AKA the disgusting pepper
except it isn't, it turns out
How do you use it? I always found it disgusting too (I leave it out of chinese recipes).
― Yerac, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
In a tomato sauce, like a pizza sauce, it adds peppery flavor without discoloring the sauce.
― claude rains down in africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
I only ever add red pepper flakes to the hot olive oil for pasta sauces. I may just not be a ground pepper type of person.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
In a tomato sauce, like a pizza sauce, it adds peppery flavor without discoloring the sauce
obviously blends in better w/ white or cheese sauces too
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
white pepper in mashed potatoes is the bestsurprise flavor
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
or a blended potato soup with leeks or whatever
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
Ohhh, leeks and potatoes I can see.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
White pepper is essential.
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link
I made a Leek/Potato/Chick-pea soup the other day, that worked for me. Will try the white pepper next time, my mash is always full of black pepper and an improper amount of salt.
― the 'phet offensive (calzino), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
I like it for Chinese recipes, especially anything with chicken and pork, but it's great for soups and greens dishes too
It's a bit like bay leaves - it's hard to quantify what it does but you can tell when it's missing
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
I hate white pepper so much I never have a problem identifying gruner veltliner in blind tastings because it's one of the possible identifying notes.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
I saw on some clickbait the other day that quartering potatoes isn't best way of making roasties. It recommended slicing them into long diagonal thirds instead, with the main gist of it being - that the more surface area on the potatoes the better. I just tried it earlier and and it is definitely some very sound advice.
― the 'phet offensive (calzino), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
Sounds nice, but aren't you just making chunky potato gratin?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
more like "big slow-cooked chips" really, but there is definitely some good science to it!
― the 'phet offensive (calzino), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
That St. Louis in America is pronounced "Saint Lewis".
― emil.y, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
People do say “Saint Louie” sometimes, but it’s as a joke
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
How do you folks say Louis Armstrong?
― Alba, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
loo-ey, but would probably be otherwise had he not been from new orleans
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
Yeah Joe Louis and Louis Brandeis and Louis Sullivan get the terminal S. Louis the Fourteenth and Louis Armstrong don't.
― claude rains down in africa (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
If it's spelt 'Louis' it's always loo-ee to me, unless I've been specifically told otherwise.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
i believe Satchmo always referred to himself as "Lou-ISS," so that's how i say it.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
(I could be wrong!)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
apparently i was going by his hit single of "Hello, Dolly!"
ban lewis j
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
sort of indeterminate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong#Pronunciation_of_name
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
not really on the theme of the thread, but a Top Fact in a similar vein is that dionne warwick's real name is dionne warrick, but she changed it after it was misspelled on an early record. that means in the UK her last name is pronounced just like her real name, but because in the US they pronounce the name of the town wrong, they also pronounce her name wrong.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
Ella definitely calls him "Louie" in their recording of "A Fine Romance."
And that settles it for me.
Or, a compromise: his given name was Lew-is; he was often called Lew-ie as a nickname. It makes as much sense as someone whose official name Richard and is nicknamed Richie. Or William nn Willie.
― I'm my own emotional support animal (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:11 (six years ago) link
Louie vs Lucky Louie vs Louis Székely
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:14 (six years ago) link
Velma Middleton calls him Louie on St Louis Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TUlUwa3_o
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 1 February 2018 12:30 (six years ago) link
Guys there is a reddit version of this thread and it is a gift from the gods: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2yhxa9/what_fact_did_you_learn_at_an_embarrassingly_late/
That the birds and the other animals roaming around Disneyland were not robots ... I was almost starting 9th grade
I always thought I was uncircumcised, because I thought a circumcision meant cutting off the mushroom tip... which I still hadI was 18.
Last year I was in a retro arcade. That day I realised that in Tetris you have to build full rows to destroy the bricks. Till then I thought you just have to hit hard into a gap with a long brick. Always wondered why I was so bad in that game.So that night I was drunk playin' Tetris for hours, because it was such fun.I'm twentyeight years old.
I was a few months away from turning 17 and The Dark Knight was coming out. I checked IMDB to see what actors and characters would be in it, and that's when I learned that Harvey Dent's evil nickname is Two-Face, not Toothpaste as I had always thought. I never saw the name written down, in the animated series half his face was white and the other half was blue, and I just never really questioned it.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
LMFAO @ 'Toothpaste'
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
didn't the tetris guy notice that lines were being removed even when he wasn't sliding long bricks into gaps?
― koogs, Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
man when you're sliding long bricks into gaps, the world fades away
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
from that reddit thread
That est. 19xx actually meant established. I always thought it was estimated because they forgot the exact date and just said the year.
I definitely remember thinking this as a kid and actually thinking it was weird that they only had an approximate year for something that was only 50 years ago or whatever.
― silverfish, Thursday, 8 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link