MadEngineer: Well, there’s a thing I learned right there.

That's why this thread is called "Today I learned that...".

k1w1k1d:

 

Is bunnings called the green church?

 

I call it that because I am there every weekend giving them craploads of my money.

SepticSceptic: 

Hammerbarn.

I came here to say this... if you have kids then you know it as Hammerbarn. 

If you don't have kids and haven't watched Bluey, it's actually a good show for adults too, better than a lot of animated crap. 

neb:

 

xpd: I learnt that speed of a computer mouse is measured in "Mickeys" - always thought it was DPI. NEVER heard of it as a "mickey". (NZHerald quiz says so)

 

Thus the OS/2 API call MouGetNumMickeys() which, in case the name isn't obvious enough, gets the number of mouse mickeys.

 

That takes me back - the requirement for VDM to use Int33 to handle the mouse which led to ‘mickey mappings’ among other things.

Who know such a club existed, now that sounds interesting -

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/30/smooth-mars-bar-wins-aylesbury-man-2-compensation-and-internet-fame

rb99: Who know such a club existed, now that sounds interesting -

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/30/smooth-mars-bar-wins-aylesbury-man-2-compensation-and-internet-fame

There's an equivalent in NZ, or was pre-Covid, the Boring Conference (or possibly Workshop).  Not sure if it still exists, Google isn't turning up much.

that a Tesla caught fire in Australia due to kangaroo but not by hitting kangaroo

Today I learned that "since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year."

Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00850-X/fulltext 

cddt:

 

Today I learned that "since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year."

 

While vaccination is generally a good thing, I can't miss an opportunity to promote basic understanding of growth figures...

Arithmetic, Population and Energy - a talk by Al Bartlett

Today I learned that my next-door neighbour might be a psychopath and/or sadist.

A desire for a loud car is predicted by psychopathy and sadism