TIL a coronavirus test involves a nasal swab. You know that scene in Total Recall where Quade is pulling out the tracker? Yeah.

dalecosp Haha oh yeah, to be fair half my family is from Galway. We also learnt that Laserlight is a little Irish inside too lol

Weedpacket Ouch...I'm never leaving the house

        Glad to know that everyone has learned a new things. Carry on!

          Today I learned During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.

          cluelessPHP Today I learned During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.

          [citation needed]

            Not really a TIL, but some JavaScript I wrote to check that what I was understanding really was the case. Guess the output:

            (function() {
	var i = 42;

var f = function() {
	i = 17;
	if(false) {
		var i = 'fnord';
	}
};

f();
console.log(i);
})();

              TIL you can target keywords and specific accounts using twitter ads, and that you can buy traffic for under a nickel a click.

                Today I learned

                input.addEventListener('input', grab_data);

                and

                document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', grab_data);

                aren't really the same thing, I'm sure there was a thread about saying doh somewhere

                  TIL the word "parodical" — if you're looking for an adjective to say that something is like a parody of something, you've just found it.

                  The word was used in this rant about UI design.