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TIL that traditional lacquer is made w urushiol sap, aka the rash-causing toxin in poison ivy & poison oak. In fact, “urushi” (as in “urushi-ol”) is the Japanese for the Chinese lacquer tree (also toxic) & an English word for lacquerware. They all fall in the genus Toxicodendron, or “poison tree”.

by whatilearned March 1, 2023, 3:06 pm

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TIL The Earliest Known Use of Rubber Dates Back to Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations of the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec. They used the sap of rubber trees to make a variety of products, including balls for a ball game and waterproof coats.

by whatilearned December 8, 2022, 9:46 am

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TIL Chiclets get their name from the Chicle tree, this trees sap being a prehistoric form of chewing gum.

by whatilearned July 15, 2022, 12:43 am

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TIL during the monsoon season, the Mekong River swells so much it forces the Tonle Sap River to flow backwards, away from the sea, filling Tonle Sap Lake, temporarily making it the largest freshwater lake in SE Asia. It’s the only river in the world that changes direction seasonally.

by whatilearned May 24, 2022, 3:56 pm

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TIL: General Santa Anna, of Alamo fame, is credited with helping introduce chewing gum to the United States by trying to sell tree sap to tire makers.

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 5:33 am

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TIL that the discovery of viruses started from a mysterious disease that affected tobacco crops in the Netherlands at the end of 1800s. A Dutch microbiologist named Beijerinck proved that filtrated sap from plants was still infectious, and called it “contagious, living fluid”.

by whatilearned February 17, 2022, 4:03 pm

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TIL about the unusual phenomenon of “exploding trees.” The trees explode when water in the tree’s sap freezes. As the liquid hardens, it expands, eventually bursting the trees open emitting a gunshot-like pop. The exploding trees often bring down others with them, resulting in major damage.

by whatilearned February 10, 2022, 7:13 pm

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TIL about the manzanilla de la muerte or “little apple of death”, one of the most toxic trees in the world. The milky white sap present in every part of the tree is so toxic that standing beneath the tree during rain is enough to cause one’s skin to blister.

by whatilearned January 31, 2022, 6:34 am

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SAP GRC Access Control Training and User Guides

by ProgrammerDude November 23, 2021, 12:42 pm

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MIGO tcode in SAP

by ProgrammerDude November 13, 2021, 2:55 pm

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SAP User transaction codes, tables & other references

by ProgrammerDude November 13, 2021, 2:06 pm

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TIL there is fossil evidence of farting insects, insects that were trapped in tree sap and farted prior to the amber setting, millions of years ago.

by whatilearned August 9, 2021, 4:46 pm

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