TODAY I LEARNED (TIL) - thread

[anirbandd]

TIL that ARP of Premium Trains is only 15day
also learned that when you keep scrolling down the facebook news feeds, at the end it would show- There are no more posts to show right now.

What is ARP??

 

[Vyom]

What is ARP??

Advanced reservation period. The minimum time to book a tickets allowed before train departure.
You should use Google more BTW.

 

[kaz]

Thanks [MENTION=77264]Vyom[/MENTION]

 

[kisame]

TIL that 'vest' and 'west' sound different to native English speakers.

 

[Anorion]

TIL the word for having multiple heads is "polycephaly"

 

[SaiyanGoku]

TIL one gets burps after having beer

 

[sam_738844]

TIL one gets burps after having beer

Why We Burp When We Drink Beer – Flagstaff-Grand Canyon Ale Trail

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Why We Burp When We Drink Beer – Flagstaff-Grand Canyon Ale Trail

probably the first one in my case, the carbonated beer

 

[Flash]

TIL Stan Lee created Iron Man because he thought no one would like him.

 

[nikhilsharma007nikx]

TIL Stan Lee created Iron Man because he thought no one would like him.

I faking love him. (not in Ahem manner and dont flow away from my status !)

 

[Flash]

TIL that Spider-man is a correct way to denote Spidey, and not Spiderman.

*i.imgur.com/D9PvqBb.gif

 

[Anorion]

TIL Laniakea

Newly identified galactic supercluster is home to the Milky Way -- ScienceDaily

 

[SaiyanGoku]

TIL How to open my laptop and change the thermal paste.

 

[Vyom]

TIL that Spider-man is a correct way to denote Spidey, and not Spiderman.

Damn yes. So that's why I saw hyphen in the movie posters of Spider-Man!
TFS!

 

[Vyom]

TIL the advert in uTorrent was optional, and also that I can remove it from settings. (Thanks Wikihow).
The advert was getting on my nerve since it was not allowing me to resize the sidebar.

 

[Anorion]

TIL Rubber-hose cryptanalysis is the extraction of cryptographic secrets from a person by beating that person (presumably with a rubber hose)

 

[amjath]

TIL Rubber-hose cryptanalysis is the extraction of cryptographic secrets from a person by beating that person (presumably with a rubber hose)

thats Barbaric!!! Beating with Rubber hose pains a lot

 

[SaiyanGoku]

TIL an year old "Fan Error" problem can be solved by opening the heatsink assembly, cleaning the fan and putting 2 drops of oil in the rotor.

 

[kaz]

TIL an year old "Fan Error" problem can be solved by opening the heatsink assembly, cleaning the fan and putting 2 drops of oil in the rotor.

which oil?

 

[amjath]

which oil?

coconut of course[may be], they serve good for these kind of work. He would have applied a little grease instead