What did you learn today TIL

[Vela Nanashi]

Also we all glow in the dark mostly in infrared

[msslave]

Also we all glow in the dark mostly in infrared

And here I thought it was because I was such hot stuff.

[ObiDongKenobi]

[MintJulie]

Poor Pluto.  Didn't even complete it's victory lap before being deemed disqualified.

[Pornhubby]

Pluto was discovered in 1930, 94 years ago. Pluto was long considered our solar system's ninth planet. But after the discovery of similar intriguing worlds deeper in the Kuiper Belt, tiny Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.

Pluto's 248-year-long orbit has an eccentricity of 0.25, which means that Pluto's distance from the Sun is as little as 29.7 astronomical units (temporarily bringing it closer than Neptune) and as great as 49.3 astronomical units. For about 20 years in each orbit, Pluto is actually closer to the Sun than Neptune.

[MintJulie]

Wait, 248 years?  The last time Pluto was is in this position in our solar system, our nation was signing the Declaration of Independence .   1776

[MintJulie]

The Wordle answer.  I knew one of. The definitions, though I couldn't tell you clearly the meanin of it.  I learned the other definitions for it. 

[Pornhubby]

One of my Ukrainian kids complained that they only had “Mivina” to eat today. TIL “Mivina” is the instant noodle in Ukraine. So much so the name has become generalized to an extent. You can totally get away with calling any instant noodle a "Mivina.”
Pot noodles. Ramen.

[MintJulie]

I love Yahtzee.  I have been playing for almost 45 years,.  I remember my 5th birthday, with my construction paper birthday crown on my head, sitting on my grandpa's lap, throwing the dice on the felt fabric my grandma had made for a quiet playing surface (which I still have).
Dan and I will sit down and play 6 games, filling a score card.  Three times a week we will do this.
I have not one, not 2, but 3 alligator clip's spread wide, holding just about every one of my Yahtzee scorecards since I was 12 years old.   
I PLAY A  F*@&IING LOT
Still do in fact.  Dan and I will sit down about 3 times a week and fill up a new scorecard, which is 6 games.
A LOT

So today I've discovered a rule I didn't know about.  Blew my mind.  Yahtzee is a big part of my life and I just discovered a rule I didn't know about. 
#MindFuckingBlown


Update.... might as well tell the rule I just learned. It's the Joker Rules

After recording a Yahtzee Bonus, you must score the the total of the five dice in the appropriate Upper Section box. If this box has already been filled, then you score as follows in any open Lower Section box:

3 of a Kind: Total of all 5 dice
4 of a Kind: Total of all 5 dice
Full House: 25 points
Small Straight: 30 points
Large Straight: 40 points
Chance: Total of all 5 dice

If the appropriate Upper Section box and all Lower Section boxes are already filled in, you must enter a zero in any open Upper Section box. That’s right, it is possible to roll a valid Yahtzee, collect your bonus, and still have to take a zero. At least you’ll have an extra one-hundred points to console you.


I never knew you could also play it in Full House, Small Straight, or Large Straight's boxes with their respective scores.