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today we learned: apparently the word pasta was unheard of in english before the 1980s
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@heatherhorns "No ma'am, we're asking if you support pease. You know, like pease pudding."
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today we learned: the word black traces its etymology back to the same PIE root as the French word blanc, which means white

the root, *bhel-, means "bright, shining". the route to blanc is relatively straightforward and obvious, but the one to black goes through "burning" to the fact that black is the color of burnt things
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@niss off-by-one error, it's actually outputting D
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@codl we do in the US too, the kind that fits in your driveway is also called a pickup or pickup truck, and the large kind is also called an 18-wheeler (even if it doesn't have 18 wheels. don't ask why)
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@pup_hime two reasons: how would you then fire?, and they copied the control scheme from samus returns, which was on the 3ds with only one analog stick
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dragon quest has good gryphons. they have three eyes!
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you ever thnk about how one of the world's major religions uses a torture device for its main symbol?
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re: food poll (pastry) 

Huh! filo and croissant are good pastries but we actually made this poll after having an eclair (which is made with choux pastry) for the first time in a really long time and remembering how good it is
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concept: in a video game, have one character who's just animated at a lower framerate than anyone else. never explain why. perhaps never even mention it

alternatively, do mention it. maybe the character themself is even aware of it
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@Cabtcougalope That breadboard sure had something exciting happen to it
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@niss we didn't know the dig dug guy even had a name
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@niss you are going to have to explain this one -F

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