You Learn Something New Every Day (cont.)

[maison rustique]

10 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

It's not just ducks:    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/science/bats-sex-cloacal-kiss.html

They never talked about that on the Batman show!

[small h]

It was implied.

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“It’s a really weird reproductive strategy, but bats are weird and have a lot of weird reproductive strategies,” said Patty Brennan, a biologist at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts

This is obviously the best quote I'm gonna read today. Or maybe all week.

Edited November 26, 2023 by small h

[MitchW]

I never knew it, but evidently millennials (and Gen Z) have "invented" mortadella AND the charcuterie board!

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With help from the European Union’s labeling laws and the rise of Instagram and TikTok (and their endless charcuterie boards), mortadella is getting a second act in America.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/dining/mortadella.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CE0.r9ri.LCBnNZXYTeVp&smid=url-share

[Sneakeater]

Cuz it's pink!

[StephanieL]

And has those cute little pistachios!

[bloviatrix]

Visited Poster House for the Art Deco show and learned that movable type pre-dates Gutenberg and was actually invented in China in the 11th century. Silk screen printing predates movable type by about a century (also China).

[small h]

Norman Lear’s ex-wife founded Lear’s Magazine with her $100M divorce settlement.

[Sneakeater]

Jane Austin and Ludwig van Beethoven were born on the same date (today's).

[Wilfrid]

Only one of those two people wrote about baseball (in case not known).

[Sneakeater]

I had no idea Beethoven wrote about baseball!

[Wilfrid]

No, he played baseball. Austen wrote about it. Tricked you.

[Sneakeater]

I've been listening to Astral Weeks obsessively for almost 55 years and only today did I realize that the last song on Side 1 is called "Cyprus Avenue" and not "Cypress Avenue".

[Sneakeater]

Also, apparently The Beatles wanted to hold your "hand" and not your "ham".

[Sneakeater]

Seriously, I also recently learned that the song I have heard since 1965 as going, "It's high time  you looked right at me", really goes, "My town, my guy, and me".

I think that even my 8- or 9-year-old self didn't like to see Lesley Gore abase herself (not that I'm sure I even knew it was Lesley Gore) (which is embarrassing, as I'm a fan).

[Wilfrid]

I wonder when I last listened to Astral Weeks. I do have it. I used to listen to Van Morrison a lot. Maybe I should skip Hinds for a day and try Van instead. I assume Ana isn't reading this.

I see I have nine Van Morrison CDs. I might have some vinyl too but that stuff is not in alphabetical order.

[Sneakeater]

"Cyprus Avenue":  great song.

I can't believe it isn't "Cypress".

[Wilfrid]

"Conquered in a car seat" is a remarkable phrase.

Or maybe it's actually "conkered in a car seat."

[backyardchef]

On 11/29/2023 at 11:55 AM, Sneakeater said:

Cuz it's pink!

"On Wednesday we eat Mortadella!"

[backyardchef]

1 hour ago, Wilfrid said:

I wonder when I last listened to Astral Weeks.

Time to venture in the slipstream

[StephanieL]

Where the leg lamp in A Christmas Story came from.

[Sneakeater]

Did you know about this?

[Sneakeater]

How did I not know that Jeanie Bryson is Dizzy Gillespie's daughter?

This is REALLY embarrassing.

[Sneakeater]

Don't TELL anyone.

[Wilfrid]

On 1/5/2024 at 9:30 AM, Sneakeater said:

Did you know about this?

No, unimaginable.

[StephanieL]

The "Cotton-Eyed Joe" song that was a staple of Yankees 7th-inning stretches was recorded by a novelty act from Sweden.