Today I Learned [v2]

Pokémon Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon spoilers(?):
...how did I miss this until just now?

And now I just learned about a new anime movie coming soon: Batman Ninja.

I'm not kidding:

Okay, now it makes a lot more sense. That was actually the first trailer I saw, but it didn't have the subs on...

The most prestigious scientific prize of all...the Ig Nobel Prizes!

seriously they're pretty cool research things

Just now saw that, earlier this month, Bayonetta 3 was announced exclusively for the Switch. The first 2 games are being ported to the Switch as well in February.

My interest in the Switch has finally piqued. Feel free to hit me up with more reasons to buy a Switch and have yet another massive library of games I'll probably never even touch.

get through your backlog first >:V

Join me in backlog hell

Okay, okay, I get it guys. *goes to tackle his backlog of games*

There's an actual species of wasp whose scientific name is Aha ha.

In 1961 a US bomber broke up in flight over Goldsboro, North Carolina. The bomber was carrying two nuclear bombs, one of which somehow self-activated 3 out of 4 of the devices needed to arm the warhead. A simple toggle switch is all that prevented a 3+ megaton nuclear explosion.

A photo of the device after it landed.:

You can right click to use Tracer's dash ability in Overwatch. So much easier than left shift...and probably one of the reasons why I suck as Tracer.

According to legend, Sonic Adventure 2 was originally written in English, by Americans. Then that English script was sent to Japan, and the developers made the cut-scenes according to their Japanese translation. But then, when the game was brought to America, instead of using the original English script they already had, for some reason, they translated the Japanese translation back into English and used that. It boggles the mind.

That would explain...

some of it