So, Ballpit, what did we learn today?

[A Meat]

In PHP, the scope resolution operator is also called Paamayim Nekudotayim (Hebrew: פעמיים נקודותיים, pronounced [paʔaˈmajim nekudoˈtajim], the second word a colloquial corruption of נקודתיים, pronounced [nekudaˈtajim]), which means “double colon” in Hebrew.

The name "Paamayim Nekudotayim" was introduced in the Israeli-developed[1] Zend Engine 0.5 used in PHP 3. Although it has been confusing to many developers who do not speak Hebrew, it is still being used in PHP 7, as in this sample error message:

$ php -r ::
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

'nekudatayim' is also the fairly rare dual (as opposed to singular and plural) noun form that Hebrew mostly got rid of, so it's literally dot+dual suffix, while the colloquial version is actually an incorrect addition of the suffix to the plural, being equivalent to dots+dual suffix. paamayim is also a dual, but it's correctly applied to the singular 'paam', which means once, making it twice.

this has been A Meat with your regularly scheduled dose of Hebrew's confusing and antiquated grammar rules

[A Meat]

Canada minted a set of six gold bullion coins weighing 100 kg each called the Big Maple Leaf. Canada sold 5 of them to collectors and in 2017 one of them was stolen from a museum in Germany, and presumably melted down.

[krytton]

dehydration makes you super tired

apparently this is common knowledge

[organburner]

dehydration makes you super tired

apparently this is common knowledge

Fun fact: You can be over and underhydrated at the same time in some circumstances, like if you're me and it's summer!
Have fun with the overhydration shits while suffering the dehydration headaches!
(Or just get some electrolytes in you)

[A Meat]

Volkswagen manufactures currywurst in their car factory in Wolfsburg

[Salubrious Rex]

Other than the myth that they commit ritual suicide, there was another myth regarding lemmings that they would explode when they got too darn angry.

[Great Joe]

Turkish soap operas are surprisingly popular.

[A Meat]

UKIP is mad about fish

[A Meat]

Fela Kuti, renowned afrobeat pioneer, and Wole Soyinka, Literature Nobel prize winner, are part of the same Nigerian lower aristocratic family

[Dr. Buttplug]

A Dingo is just a kind of dog. A breed that has been been roaming Australia feral for over three thousand years, but basically just a kind of dog.

[A Meat]

the names for the days of the week are functionally identical in Latin and Sanskrit

[A Meat]

Tommy Chong is Canadian

[xX_sp00ks_Xx]

I learned that adrenochrome is real and the global elite are using it to stay young forever but it's not human children they're extracting it from.

[A Meat]

There's an internet hall of fame by the internet society, Al Gore is in there

[A Meat]

Sylvester the Cat's full name is Sylvester James Pussycat Sr.