# Today i learned **URL:** \ **Category:** Science!\ **Created:** [March 11, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177 "2018-03-11T01:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/248 "2026-05-22T23:33:04Z")
Well we’d need more unicode characters as those begone organisms for that first ---
**Author:** ![AnthropocenianAge](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/anthropocenianage/32/16095_2.png) [@AnthropocenianAge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/AnthropocenianAge)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/249 "2026-06-18T06:05:50Z")
Today I learned that a daemon is a program that runs as a background process. > **[Daemon (computing)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computing))** > > In computing, a daemon is a program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Customary convention is to name a daemon process with the letter d as a suffix to indicate that it's a daemon. For example, .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}syslogd is a daemon that implements system logging facility, and sshd is a daemon that serves incoming SSH connections. > Even though the concept can apply to many computing syst... ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/250 "2026-06-18T07:37:44Z")
A pretty menacing name for this sort of an utility… ---
**Author:** ![DeepSix](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/deepsix/32/15150_2.png) [@DeepSix](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/DeepSix)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/251 "2026-06-19T00:30:37Z")
I remember that a [Mr. Robot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Robot) episode played on the definitions of “deamons”. ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/252 "2026-06-19T07:52:56Z")
Huh, never heard of that show before ---
**Author:** ![AnthropocenianAge](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/anthropocenianage/32/16095_2.png) [@AnthropocenianAge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/AnthropocenianAge)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/253 "2026-06-23T06:35:46Z")
Today I learned that there are zooflagellates with proboscis called [Apusomonadidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apusomonad). The proboscis is formed by the Anterior Flagella (AF) being covered by a membrane-like sleve. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Podomonas_kaiyoae_C.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Podomonas_kaiyoae_C.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/254 "2026-06-23T08:17:10Z")
Maybe spore wasn’t all that inaccurate afterall ---
**Author:** ![Poodelicus](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/poodelicus/32/14372_2.png) [@Poodelicus](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Poodelicus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/255 "2026-08-21T06:33:39Z")
Today I learned about Aestivation. It is like Hybernation, but it happens during the Summer to avoid the heat, rather than during the Winter to avoid the cold. > [@Random Video Posting](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/random-video-posting/7198/3945): > > The Triassic Cuddle fossil. [[The Oddest Couple in the Fossil Record] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2kURaqzCdA) ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/256 "2026-08-21T08:50:56Z")
Torpor is somethink similar to hibernation in amphibians and fish iirc ---
**Author:** ![AnthropocenianAge](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/anthropocenianage/32/16095_2.png) [@AnthropocenianAge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/AnthropocenianAge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/257 "2026-08-21T17:55:54Z")
Does every major living group have some sort of hibernation like behavior? ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/258 "2026-08-21T17:56:30Z")
I think so, it can do be useful when the environmental values get to extreme… ---
**Author:** ![AnthropocenianAge](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/anthropocenianage/32/16095_2.png) [@AnthropocenianAge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/AnthropocenianAge)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/259 "2026-08-27T23:15:24Z")
Today I learned Ontario is named after the lake, and not the other way around. Also, Ontario means “Great Lake” in Wyandot language. ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/260 "2026-08-27T23:16:51Z")
I think it means beautiful lake in some other language too ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Pukilar](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/mr.pukilar/32/15401_2.png) [@Mr.Pukilar](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Mr.Pukilar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/261 "2026-08-28T10:41:24Z")
lake ontario was just renamed to lake america by trump (im not joking go check the news) ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/262 "2026-08-28T10:43:19Z")
AA already posted an article about that in the misc thread ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Pukilar](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/mr.pukilar/32/15401_2.png) [@Mr.Pukilar](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Mr.Pukilar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/263 "2026-08-28T10:48:19Z")
yeah i read all new posts in order from bottom to top, so i didnt see the misc thread while posting this ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/264 "2026-08-28T10:49:09Z")
I hope more names do NOT get bastardized like that… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Pukilar](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/mr.pukilar/32/15401_2.png) [@Mr.Pukilar](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Mr.Pukilar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/265 "2026-08-28T10:51:32Z")
i saw a meme where trump would rename the universe to “The united states of everything” ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/266 "2026-08-28T10:54:34Z")
Also apparently now the acronym for those lakes will go from HOMES to SHAME… ---
**Author:** ![AnthropocenianAge](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/anthropocenianage/32/16095_2.png) [@AnthropocenianAge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/AnthropocenianAge)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177/267 "2026-08-28T15:02:50Z")
I wonder if only the U.S. will recognize the new name, just like when the Gulf of Mexico was renamed to Gulf of America? [Previous page](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177.md?page=12) [Next page](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/today-i-learned/177.md?page=14)