I just counted my comic book collection and it's over 2,000 single issues

I was sorting my long boxes in my garage last weekend and decided to finally add everything up, which took hours. The total hit 2,047, which is way more than I thought I had after collecting since middle school. Has anyone else been shocked by their own collection size?

Pro tip: I switched from a standard post hole digger to a power auger for a big job in Phoenix last summer.

We went from digging 40 holes by hand in two days to finishing them all in one morning. Anyone else find the upfront cost totally worth it for the time saved?

My grandma told me to never use cold butter for pie crust, and I should have listened

She said it has to be frozen and grated into the flour, but I thought using butter straight from the fridge would be fine. I made a blueberry pie last night and the crust was tough and chewy, not flaky at all. It took me over an hour to get it rolled out because the butter chunks were too big. I ended up with a soggy bottom and a top crust that cracked. Has anyone else had a pie disaster from not getting the butter cold enough?

Shoutout to the guy who called my moon landing timeline 'conveniently vague'

I was at a friend's BBQ in Austin, explaining the Apollo 11 timeline from memory, when a guy I just met interrupted to say, 'You're off by 12 hours on the lunar orbit insertion, which is weirdly common in these retellings.' I went home and actually checked the NASA transcripts. He was right, I'd been repeating a slightly wrong timeline for years. Now I triple-check my dates before I even bring it up. Has anyone else had a fact they were totally sure about get picked apart like that?

Shoutout to the old guy at the blueprint shop in Tacoma who called me out

I was picking up a set of prints last year and he asked why my title blocks were still in the bottom right corner. He said, 'Kid, that went out with vellum. Everyone's on PDFs now, put it top left so it shows first on screen.' I'd been doing it the old way for six years because that's how I was taught. It seems small, but it changed how I set up every drawing file since. Anyone else have a simple habit they had to unlearn when the tech changed?

PSA: My bokashi bin just ate a whole lemon, rind and all

Honestly, I was reading a gardening blog from Seattle and it said bokashi can ferment citrus peels, which blew my mind because I thought that was a big no-no. Tbh, I tossed a whole old lemon in there last Tuesday and it just vanished into the pickled mush with zero bad smell. Has anyone else tried composting weird stuff like that with their bokashi system?

Honestly, I just figured out why my code kept breaking after 50 lines. My instructor said 'you're not using functions, you're just writing one long script' and it clicked.

TIL that the first known novel was written by a woman in Japan over a thousand years ago

I was reading a random article online about literary history and it said 'The Tale of Genji' by Murasaki Shikibu, written around 1021, is considered the world's first novel. My brain just went 'WHOA' because I always pictured some old European guy in a library. What's a historical fact that totally surprised you and would make a good writing prompt?

My uncle swore by using ATF to free up a seized diesel injector

He told me, 'Just pour a little automatic transmission fluid in the fuel filter housing, let it sit overnight, and it'll break loose.' I tried it on a 6.0 Powerstroke that came into my shop last month with one injector stuck solid. After about 12 hours, I cranked it and it actually fired right up, no kidding. But my boss saw me do it and got mad, saying that trick can mess up the high-pressure oil system over time. Now I'm not sure if it's a legit fix or just asking for bigger problems down the road. Has anyone else here used ATF for this, or is it one of those old-school shortcuts that causes more harm than good?

Tried a $20 blade grinder for a month after my old burr one broke.

The coffee tasted like bitter dust and I had to clean grounds out of my machine every morning. I finally replaced it with a basic Baratza Encore and the difference is night and day. Is there any real use for a blade grinder besides making spice powder?