Today I Learned (TIL)

Peter Chung, the guy behind Aeon Flux.

The reason the opening to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles looks familiar?

He storyboard the whole thing.

When a motor won't start with a 10mf cap no matter how you wire it, read the label that clearly states that it requires 10mf.

It's no wonder MF's and I don't get along.

TIL that jumping the shark isn't an impressive feat like when Fonzie jumped the shark on Happy Days but a feeble attempt to revitalize a TV show's tired plot line. Like when Dallas's Bobby Ewing comes back from the dead or Days of Our Lives' Marlena Evens turns into a possessed witch.

Bobzilla said:

Wait... did hte article say it was 3800lbs? 573hp and 3800lbs? Sounds like a Camaro ZL1 only 5 times as much. I don't get it. At the price point of the old NSX ($80k), that would be impressive-ish. But at $180k? It sounds just like the old NSX. Too much money, not enough performance. What's the new Z06? 3400lbs with 650hp for $80k? For that extra $100k you could have a FLEET of hybrids for the daily commute/crosscountry trek.

Once again, Honda has jumped the shark IMO.

Wikipedia.org: Jumping the shark

The idiom "jumping the shark" or "jump the shark" is a term that is used to argue that a creative work or entity has reached a point in which it has exhausted its core intent and is introducing new ideas that are discordant with, or an extreme exaggeration of, its original purpose. The phrase was coined in 1985 by radio personality Jon Hein in response to a 1977 episode from the fifth season of the American sitcom Happy Days, in which the character of Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a live shark while on water-skis.

I'm rewatching Homicide, and today I learned that Lenny Briscoe slept with Detective John Munch's wife. 

TIL that KISS once made a song that didn't suck. Mind blown!

TIL that when your husband grabs a hammer and a crow bar with a berkeley you rage in his eyes it's going to be a good car repair... Lol

TIL the largest known prime number has over 41 million digits....  in fact  41,024,320 digits

The record is currently held by 2 to the 136,279,841  power − 1 ; with 41,024,320 digits, found by GIMPS on October 12, 2024.

And OBTW the number 2 is the only prime number that is even.

SaxyHero said:

TIL that when your husband grabs a hammer and a crow bar with a berkeley you rage in his eyes it's going to be a good car repair... Lol

To be fair that's pretty much the go-to move for a rusted to the disc/ stuck parking break.

I hits it, I hits it very hard with a large hammer while cursing 

TIL that The Simpsons really really hates Gainesville 

TIL how to remove the brown, black burnt on stuff from the stainless stove top.

Make a paste of a good dish washing detergent and baking soda.  Apply it with an old toothbrush, let sit for 10 minutes or so then kiss it with a scotch brite.

(should have taken before pictures)

Not what I learned, but what friends didn't know. We had some friends over for dinner this past weekend and when everyone was done eating, we cleared the dishes to the kitchen. At the end of the evening, they offered to help clean up and wash the dishes. Someone got a bit carried away with dish soap and the sink was 1/2 full of suds. The more hot water she added to try to wash the suds down the drain, the more they grew. I heard talk and giggling in the kitchen and took a walk over to see what was going on. They were embarrassed as to what was going on and she said, "they keep growing and I can't get rid of them". I told her o could get rid of them in 15 seconds and at that point, 6 people were standing there looking over my shoulder waiting to see if it could be true. I turned the water to cold, sprayed the bubbles/suds and sure enough in a few seconds they were gone. Their minds were *BLOWN* and you would have thought I was some kind of magician. I thought everyone knew cold water kills suds, but I guess not. 

TIL, I have some interesting friends and they learned a new trick.

Not really a TIL, more like today knowledge was reconfirmed, and this story really doesn't deserve it's own thread.  People expect a level of perfection that doesn't exist in the real world.

A phone conversation I had today:

"My 2006 Acura CSX is using oil."

Me: "How much oil are you losing?"

"About a liter in 4500km."

Me:" Ohh, that's not really using oil, by my definition.  How many kilometers on it?"

"330,000km."

Me:" Hahahahaha...sorry, dude, but that is not using oil."

TIL that having an ultrasound screening for testicular cancer is a lot like getting an insurance company to pay for your next handjob.

Highly recommended.

Streetwiseguy said:

Not really a TIL, more like today knowledge was reconfirmed, and this story really doesn't deserve it's own thread.  People expect a level of perfection that doesn't exist in the real world.

A phone conversation I had today:

"My 2006 Acura CSX is using oil."

Me: "How much oil are you losing?"

"About a liter in 4500km."

Me:" Ohh, that's not really using oil, by my definition.  How many kilometers on it?"

"330,000km."

Me:" Hahahahaha...sorry, dude, but that is not using oil."

 

Honda says a quart every 1000 to 3000mi is normal.  If I get my furlongs and hogsheads right that's a liter per 1600 to 5000km.

I had to gently write up an inspection just yesterday for this.  An older Odyssey with well over 200k miles.  It had been 7000mi since the last oil change and he had to add 3 quarts, and they were concerned about oil consumption.  That's in the exact middle of the range (and a miracle for a VCM engine).

Honda, incidentally, points out in their literature that the longer it has been since an oil change, the greater oil consumption would be, since worn oil gets burned off faster.  It's nice to see some sort of official confirmation of something that I had observed over the years.

It also explains why people who like to stretch out their OCIs have much more problems with carbon deposits and have catalytic converters fail earlier.

We continue to be on the strangest timeline. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/15kRcCJTiv/?mibextid=WC7FNe

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

Wait... that's real?! I saw that last night and thought it was an actual Onion fake news headline, which, of course, is the best kind of fake news.  

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

It seems to be real, it's popped up in a few places now. 

When I started using these monthly disposable contact lenses, I was really impressed by them.  Over the last week or so, it just seems like they aren't doing much for me and just making everything blurry.  This morning, I realized that I had no idea how long I had been using this pair and that it had to have been over a month so I put a new pair in.  So TIL:  Apparently contacts "wear out".  With the new pair in, nothing is blurry any more.

TIL that Judy-Lynn del Ray, wife of old school sf author Lester del Rey and one of the absolute lynchpin editors of the early sf scene, was a small person / dwarf.

TIL that I can still hang out at a college bar until 1am.

TIL that I don't want to hang out at a college bar until 1am.

that the battery in the Miata was scanned through AutoZone on 2017-07-15 10:49:47. That's a pretty good run.

TIL my next door neighbor's brandy new Land Cruiser sounds funny because it's a hybrid.

In reply to 914Driver :

I've decided that if/when I get a hybrid that has a "running tone", I'll find a way to hack it so that it plays distorted power chords.

This was before I realized that this would make the car a little Doof Wagon.  That just makes it better.

TIL that you while you could get 2nd-gen Firebirds in a number of shades of green during that generation,Trans Ams only got one shade of green for a single year.; Brewster Green in '73 with a unique light green hood bird. 

TIL that either Audi did not sell the S3 Avant in the US or it is very, very rare.

I am a little sad.