Today I Learned [v2]

There is a Super Blue Blood Moon on the 31st. That is to say 3 celestial lunar events at once. A Super Moon, a Total Lunar Eclipse, and a Blue Moon. The Moon will be the closest point of its orbit, be in the second Full Moon phase of this month, and be in a total Lunar Eclipse. This has not happened in 152 years.

Beast Wars is an actual sequel to Transformers Generation 1.

Jad Saxton does the adorable voice of Maeve in Paladins. She has quite the voice acting career, including Koneko Toujou from High School DxD.

Today I learned that the Unabomber was an MKUltra test subject when he was at Harvard, and that's what drove him over the edge. I'd be crazy too if I were put through that, so now I understand the significance of the Unabomber case a bit more.

The Swiss Air Force is punch clock, flights are only done during normal business hours on weekdays. Even in an emergency like a hijacked plane circling over a major international airport, the bases are unstaffed at night and on the weekends.

The Japanese name for the ability Cute Charm translates to "Mad Love Body."

So much stuff happened today in history.

In 1814, Napoleon was forced into exile because of the Treaty of Fontainebleau, which ended the War of the Sixth Coalition. In 1913, a women's rights group set a cricket field on fire and pretty much burnt it to the ground. That sounded like a great idea. 1968, someone tried to kill Rudi Dutschke, the leader of a West German student protest movement. They failed and the protests intensified. Finally rounding out our path of destruction, in 1993 450 inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility rioted and managed to take over facility for 11 days. 9 inmates and 1 correction officer were killed.

Remember that new Breaking Benjamin song I posted? Just learned that Derek Hough did backing vocals for it. Hadn't heard his name in a while (my grandma used to watch Dancing With the Stars all the time, and he was one of the pro dancers).