You learn something new everyday: what did you learn today?

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I learned this:

That my neighbors may be the source of my night terrors. If this is true, then I cannot wait to move out of this s****y apartment.

That roughly a third of the Nobel science winners in America are immigrants. Thanks, Neil DeGrasse Tyson!

^^^ I guess that means anyone who likes Disney must be an evil Nazi dictator or has the tendencies of one, just like all aspies must be like Hitler because he obviously had Asperger's

Do not eat junk food in the presence of parents with young children.

In Switzerland, women were granted the right to vote in 1971.

I'm learning what a valuable resource Quora is, for various types of information.

That I posted the 1,000th post in this thread.

Oh, and that lighting thermite in a porcelain crucible = cracked crucible. Need to upgrade to alumina next time, and that it's not always apparent on the camera screen whether or not something's actually in focus.

I learned that often video ram on Graphics sometimes tends to be a marketing scam, in most cases.

I learned that the bureaucrazy of the VA and its component parts is playing me for a fool.

I learned that rough rubies really do look like pop-rocks.
I wouldn't recommend eating them, though.

This was last night, but I learned what Everclear is. I thought at first it was a brand of eye drops or something. Having the stuff even near your eyes probably isn't a good idea, because it's a very potent grain alcohol and there's even a warning on the bottle to keep it away from flames and not to drink it unless it's diluted and mixed into beverages.

I don't drink alcohol, which may be why I didn't know what it was. But doing something doesn't automatically make you an expert on the subject.

Dropping in on McD's on the way home from a short winter walk in a forest is a great idea.

(Nom nom nom)

That at this time of year I should expect for things I normally do or look forward to doing outside the house be cancelled due to the weather being bad about 3-4 times a week.

I learned that cats won't take 'No', 'Stop', or 'I want to sleep' for an answer.

That some people should literally look before crossing a motorway, as if to avoid winding up becoming another statistical casualty