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Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Posted: 2026-04-26 08:45am
by The Xeelee
TIL this place is still going. My nostalgia is off the charts.

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Posted: 2026-04-26 02:37pm
by muse
EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-25 12:01pm It's also bollocks. The Houthis are named after the actual tribe.
Why must you ruin the fun with facts?

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Posted: 2026-04-26 08:03pm
by EnterpriseSovereign
muse wrote: 2026-04-26 02:37pm
EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-25 12:01pm It's also bollocks. The Houthis are named after the actual tribe.
Why must you ruin the fun with facts?
Well the idiot who wrote that Tweet only did it twelve days too late :P

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Posted: 2026-04-27 12:38am
by bobalot
EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-26 08:03pm
muse wrote: 2026-04-26 02:37pm
EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-25 12:01pm It's also bollocks. The Houthis are named after the actual tribe.
Why must you ruin the fun with facts?
Well the idiot who wrote that Tweet only did it twelve days too late :P
I remember the days before the internet was widely available on mobile phones.

Many discussions at the pub were dumb arguments about whether something was true or not.

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Posted: 2026-04-27 07:34am
by EnterpriseSovereign
bobalot wrote: 2026-04-27 12:38am
EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-26 08:03pm
muse wrote: 2026-04-26 02:37pm

Why must you ruin the fun with facts?
Well the idiot who wrote that Tweet only did it twelve days too late :P
I remember the days before the internet was widely available on mobile phones.

Many discussions at the pub were dumb arguments about whether something was true or not.
We still have those at the dinner table in my house with the parents, we're actually really good about not using our phones at the table unless it's for something related to whatever random thing we're talking about :lol: