What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Rosehip Jul 2018 9:38pm, 25 Jul 2018 10,745 posts	0 Rosehip That not being able to visualise something is not normal and that I have aphantasia
Cyclops Jul 2018 10:03pm, 25 Jul 2018 3,515 posts	0 Cyclops Well I never knew that before either, Rosehip, and I have it too! My sister clearly has a fantastically visualising brain and we have had many weird conversations in the past as I can't 'see' what she sees.
Rosehip Jul 2018 10:09pm, 25 Jul 2018 10,748 posts	0 Rosehip That's where this came from - a conversation with several "what?" "how?" don't get that?" from me
ChrisHB Jul 2018 9:40am, 26 Jul 2018 16,971 posts	0 ChrisHB that there is an actual company called Budgy Smuggler - complete with spelling mistake - that makes the item in question. (Advert in the Guardian today.)
Markymarkmark Jul 2018 12:49pm, 26 Jul 2018 7,210 posts	0 Markymarkmark Interesting Rosehip - I always assumed it was a deficiency in my ability to articulate what I "see" in my mind, rather than a known "thing" in some people. Are there any other interesting characteristics of it, do you know? i.e. don't dream much, strongly "mathematical" mind, or anything? (Yes, I do have someone in mind!)
TomahawkMike Jul 2018 8:55am, 27 Jul 2018 1,405 posts	0 TomahawkMike Fetch is on twitter. So now after 5 years on twitter I am following 5 twitter feeds. One is temporary as I always keep an eye on my next tourist parkrun (when they have a twitter account). The excitement is mounting (or so that goat said).
Night-owl Jul 2018 9:01pm, 27 Jul 2018 30,847 posts	0 Night-owl Petrichor The Delicious smell of rain after a hot dry period bbc.co.uk
Jenelopy Jul 2018 12:37am, 28 Jul 2018 191 posts	0 Jenelopy You can see a solar eclipse and the sun at the same time! Albeit only for a few minutes near sunrise or sunset. It is called a selenelion.
Jenelopy Jul 2018 12:39am, 28 Jul 2018 192 posts	0 Jenelopy That once the moon is in total solar eclipse, you can't see it any more, so you don't know it is there while the sun rises...
Diogenes Jul 2018 8:38am, 28 Jul 2018 29,154 posts	0 Diogenes The smell of the air after a storm is caused by Geosmin: A chemical released by dead soil bacteria. Humans are hyper sensitive to it, capable of detecting at a concentration of 5 parts per trillion. It's theorised in our evolutionary past this helped us seek out water.☔️⛈️