Things I Learnt in 2021

The "Subway 'Tuna Sandwich'" one annoys me, because it's false. But more importantly, why would anyone consider some rando lawsuit (you can sue anyone for anything in the US with all kinds of bullshit statements) as fact? The "their bread is not bread" thing is also annoying. Fine, their bread has more sugar in it than Ireland allows for their staple foods, but the Internet just loves a good BS story.

https://www.subway.com/en-us/tunafacts

Peanuts are not nuts, but they are often processed using the same factory lines as tree nuts, and thus there's a risk of cross-contamination. So if you are allergic to peanuts (or vice versa), it's usually better to just avoid both peanuts and tree nuts.

Like I just tell people I'm "allergic to nuts" even though it's one specific tree nut I have an allergy to, and not the rest.

I do let myself eat Wonderful Pistachios (and only that brand), specifically because they're supposed to be processed separately from other nuts and tree nuts, at least according to some article I found online a while back.

Most fascinating and new (to me) thing in the list:

"Starved men, but not women, significantly oriented toward the ambient/modulated magnetic north or east, directions which had been previously food-associated, without any other helpful cues, including sight and sound. The orientation was reproduced under blue light but was abolished under a blindfold or a longer wavelength light (> 500 nm), indicating that blue light is necessary for magnetic orientation."

So many questions..

I’m waiting for the first robot AI chessboxing championship.

The title might lead you to expect deep discoveries, but it's generally more entertaining than applicable or worldview changing.

Impressed by the variety

The Manga one in particular makes perfect sense...in hindsight

After going through 1000's of articles this is what remained?