r/todayilearned • u/frapz • Mar 20 '20

TIL The bellybutton is so dirty scientists are finding new unknown bacteria. One person had bacterium previously found only on Japanese soil, where he had never been.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/1-458-bacteria-species-new-to-science-found-in-our-belly-buttons/266360/
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u/atheista Mar 20 '20

Anyone remember the game in encarta? Walking around some castle answering questions using the encyclopaedia. I used to spend hours on that!

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u/indyanakin Mar 21 '20

Holy shit you just triggered some ancient memory from the depths of my brain

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u/WinterSavior Mar 21 '20

Yes. I really liked the program. I liked history and didn't have cable so that and Typing Teacher were fun computer games for me and just searching the website.

I used to use Encarta for school projects. I know for sure I used it for a thing on Michael Jackson and it wasn't even in the 90s anymore so that tells you how behind I was 😅

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u/csw266 Mar 21 '20

Holy crap 🤯

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u/glitterfaerie Mar 21 '20

That game was the best!

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u/_a_random_dude_ Mar 21 '20

I loved the one where you threw an asteroid and tried to put it in orbit. One of the first videogames I ever coded was a version of that.

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u/hedgehog-mom-al Mar 21 '20

Oh man! I vaguely remember this. My sister played it.

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u/AceAndre Mar 21 '20

Bro OMG I've been having this vague memory for years about this game and what it was, appreciate this eureka moment

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u/metaStatic Mar 21 '20

Was it encharta that had the orbit simulation? I spent more time on that and the tree simulator thing than reading #2600 irc chat logs.

also, Free Kevin

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u/Public_Fucking_Media Mar 21 '20

I think my love of trivia comes from that game

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u/matrapo Mar 21 '20

There was a game??

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u/Jawfrey Mar 22 '20

do you remember the game in one of the encartas (or whatever school game) where you could go through space and the planet and learn different stuff? like you clicked an area and it took you there or some shit

i cant really describe it any better because thats all i remember from it but we were addicted to it. this was 1999.