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Bad_Elephant , Nelson Pavlovsky/Flickr Report

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Puffer fish fill up with water to inflate. Not air. I don't know where I thought the fish got the air from.

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156points

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WindySwede 1 month ago (edited)

Cause we live in air thus that connection when not thinking about it? edit: or did some cartoon bend our view of reality here as well? 😄

25points

LBNTAckee , Romina BM/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life My cat used to never drink a lot of water and she would just spend a lot of time staring at the bowl, turns out she was experiencing whisker fatigue so I got her a wider bowl.

Poor cat.

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149points

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Bex 1 month ago

My girl likes moving water, but won't drink from those cat fountains. So I keep clean water in a bowl for her, and the cold watwr dribbling out of the bathtub faucet all the time. 99% of the time she's not sleeping, she's playing w the water in the tub. She's weird and almost 18 and the love of my life lol

101points

mentat70 , Ron Lach/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life When you say no because you don’t feel comfortable doing it and someone pushes you to do it anyway, just don’t do it. I just learned about boundaries and I’m freakin’ over age 50.

Final score:

148points

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Mayblater 1 month ago

This can be a hard thing to learn. 8 sisters and 3 brothers here. I have to keep learning everyday. You figured it out at 50ish l, Awesome keep going. So much to learn

28points

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Human skin doesn’t have the ability to sense water. We can only tell that something is wet because of temperature or pressure, but we don’t have the proper receptors for water itself.

That’s why sensory deprivation tanks with room temperature or barely warm water work so well, and why you can’t tell if clothing left out to dry is damp or if it’s just cold.

When I read that somewhere, it was a huge mindf**k. Now I think about it constantly.

Edit: We know that humans don’t have these receptors because we know that certain animals DO. Including fruit flies and cockroaches. Which is weird.

Edit: To all the people saying that they test an object’s wetness by placing it against their lips or cheek, this is still exactly the same principle I’m describing above. You can’t feel the wetness, you’re feeling the sensation of air moving against the wetness. It’s no different from holding the object in your hand. We rely on cues like temperature and pressure to decide if something is wet.

Edit: A lot of people are saying this is b******t and I made it up because you CAN tell when something is wet. Congrats, you’re restating exactly what I already said. We rely on environmental cues to determine it. Also, what I’m referring to is hygrosensation. Do your own research. Google it.

eli-the-egg , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

140points

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Feathered Dinosaur 1 month ago (edited)

You can easily confirm this: wear a latex glove and put your hand in water (preferably cold). Your hand will feel wet even though there are zero water molecules touching your skin

115points

pantherghast , Simon Robben/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life There are people who do not have an internal monologue. I was like WTF.

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132points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 month ago

I don't have an internal monologue, I have an external dialogue with myself, usually ending with me telling myself to shut up

93points

casualladyllama , Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Report

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life That the “Spanish flu” probably started in Kansas soldier barracks and spread due to WW1. The only reason it’s named the Spanish flu is because Spain was the only country that reported on it- many other countries had a media blackout on it.

Final score:

130points

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Zephyr343 1 month ago

They all masked up and didn't complain. They did what they needed to. Media blackout was probably for the best

14points

Intelligent-Pop9553 , Licet Studios/Youtube Report

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life It wasn’t new information, but through the footage during severe storms from massive waves crashing on ships today, realizing how terrifying it would be to cross the ocean in the 1400s.

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129points

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WindySwede 1 month ago (edited)

[or] On a not so large wooden boat!

46points

FluffyTid , Pia B/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Octopus predate dinosaurs.

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116points

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Ru Bee 1 month ago

Ain't no way octopus eat dinosaurs 😜

60points

#10

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Oxen are just employed cows, not a whole separate species of bovine.

InfernalOrgasm , L Church/Flickr Report

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114points

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Zephyr343 1 month ago

Do they get a 401k and health insurance?

46points

bri_like_the_chz , Jacob Von Bank/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#11

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life It’s not the stripper that spins- it’s the pole. Blew my mind, I thought those ladies were masters of centrifugal force AND core strength!

Final score:

114points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

Now explain to us how you found out, please.

45points

Mysterious_Lesions , Ardail Smith/Flickr Report

#12

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life To be tea, it has to come from the tea plant. Black, white, green, oolong teas are all the same plant but with different processing and harvesting.

Anything else that calls themselves a tea is actually a tisane - including roiboos.

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113points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

Sue me, but I'll still call all that just "tea".

35points

#13

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Eartha Kitt, the woman who sings Santa Baby, also voiced Yzma from Emperor's New Groove.

Mr_Archer1216 , Nesster/Flickr Report

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109points

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Ginny Moses 1 month ago

Catwoman!

70points

Starbucks__Lovers , Timothy Tolle/Flickr Report

#14

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life When they kept liquor stores open at the beginning of the pandemic, it was to ensure that alcoholics wouldn’t overflow the hospitals even more by suffering from alcohol withdrawals.

Final score:

107points

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Zephyr343 1 month ago

That is depressing but makes sense

72points

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#15

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Groundhogs and woodchucks are the same animal.

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101points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

How much ground would a groundhog hog if a... ah never mind, it just doesn't work the same..

97points

SquishymustNotdie , Chrtlmn/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#16

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life That opossums are great for the environment and if your dog attacks them, you should stop them. And if you're brave enough to move them to safer grounds, they will emit a foul odor while playing dead. It stinks, but if you're willing, pick them up like a kitten (scruff of neck)and relocate. Don't worry, like skunks, the smell comes from there a**s, but! they don't douse you with the smell. It's just to deter predators.

Final score:

95points

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Barbara Burns 1 month ago

I love opossums - they eat a HUGE number of ticks and other parasites!

76points

hay9 , anoldent/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#17

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Cooking food in a cast-iron skillet increases the iron content in your meal. I don't know why I never thought of it like that until recently...

Final score:

93points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

So you are eating the pan?

35points

#18

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Linen is not just a particular weave of cotton. It's made from a completely different plant (flax).

estreya2002 , Sara/Flickr Report

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91points

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Rachel Pelz 1 month ago

Takes a hell of a lot of work to get linen from flax. But guess what, cotton doesn't grow in most parts of Europe but flax does.

49points

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#19

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life That the filter in the dishwasher should be cleaned out monthly. Not my original schedule which was never.

Final score:

88points

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WindySwede 1 month ago

And then the whole machine! There are special cleaning products for that. Se your manual.

22points

#20

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Percentages are always reversible.Example 32% of 78 is same as 78% of 32.

Jedihallows , fauxels/Pexels Report

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86points

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MirohLoome (he/she/they) 1 month ago

WAIT REALLY? I LOVE MATH AND NEVER REALIZED THIS HOW-

29points

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#21

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Ponies are not baby horses. They are small foreveeeeer

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81points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

What if you have a giant sized pony and a midget horse?

14points

#22

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life When using nasal spray, you are supposed to **inhale** and spray simultaneously. I discovered this while watching TV a few weeks ago.

Nobody ever showed me how to fkn use a nasal spray, and it wouldn’t have occurred to me to do it on my own because it feels a bit uncomfortable, but my allergy sprays work sooooooo much better now.

I feel like a dumba*s.

snappyirides , NIAID/Flickr Report

Final score:

81points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 month ago

Presumably the instructions to do so were on the packet or leaflet.

53points

Wonderful_Whereas402 , Alena Darmel/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#23

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life I knew that a litter of kittens can have different fathers but I just found out that twin humans can have different fathers also. Crazy.

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78points

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Don't listen to me 1 month ago

But not identical

37points

#24

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Revolving restaurants on towers only revolve on the inside. The entire top of the structure does not move. That would be insane.

CurNoSeoul , Elviz Low/Flickr Report

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78points

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Val 1 month ago

Yes, I ate at the top of the Space Needle. It was little disturbing for me. I hate heights.

16points

Turbulent_Juicebox , Timothy Vollmer/Flickr Report

#25

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Until yesterday I thought blackened chicken was just that, chicken that had been grilled the f**k out of.

Turns out it's a delicious blend of spices.

Final score:

76points

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Zephyr343 1 month ago (edited)

And I thought jerk chicken meant they were the ones picking on the other chickens

60points

chaos_abounds , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#26

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Sigh, to remove the top from deodorant, you need to twist it up. I was pulling the plastic barrier out with my teeth.

I know.

Final score:

76points

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Lost Panda 1 month ago

Old Spice breath...

22points

#27

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life A litre of water weighs a kilogram.

anon , Lisa Risager/Flickr Report

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74points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

Metric system, best system!

117points

victims_sanction , Jessica Simpson/Flickr Report

#28

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Narwals are real.

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74points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

And they are having a whale of a time! But for what porpoise?

64points

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#29

You are only supposed to have a few crackers with your soup.

So growing up my parents were not fond of having me. So by age 5 i didn't eat unless i made my own food. So when i got to the point where i could make soup i would eat a whole sleeve of crackers for every bowl i ate. I didn't find out until just recently how unhealthy it was. I always ate soup when i was alone since its single serving. The few times i got it at a restaurant i assumed they wanted you to pay more to get the rest of the crackers so they tease you with 2 packs.

Edit: Wow, thank you for all the amazing responses. For context my parents always had food around, i was never without anything. But my parents basically ignored me whenever they were not emotionally abusing me. I couldn't tell you why, but i was often told i was a mistake. They both passed during the pandemic but i was able to build a relationship with my dad a bit before they passed. I have 2 boys of my own now and of course i am over compensating by showering them with love!

Final score:

70points

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Zephyr343 1 month ago

??? Does it matter how many crackers you have with your soup?

54points

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#30

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life How common stillbirths are.

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68points

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Dusty's mom 1 month ago

And yet conservatives want to force women who have experienced them to be examined in case of attempted abortions. I can't imagine the trauma on top of the tragic pain.

145points

Swimmingllama , Marco Antonio Victorino/Pexels Report

#31

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life The potato company OreIda is a named after two states that produce much of their potatoes, Oregon and Idaho.

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68points

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sofacushionfort 1 month ago (edited)

C&H sugar = California and Hawaii. Domino sugar = Dominican Republic

42points

#32

For 42 years of my life I thought that historical people who killed themselves by sticking their heads in the oven (ie Sylvia Plath) were just _metal as f**k_ and baked their brains to death, and only just learned that old timey ovens ran on highly toxic coal gas that basically knocked you out permanently.

illepic Report

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67points

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Lost Panda 1 month ago

Never thought it was baking, but the natural gas from the oven. Never truly thought "What about before nat gas?"

30points

i_just_say_hwat , Barry Tan/Pexels Report

#33

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Up til she was about 25 my ex wife thought reindeer were made up for Christmas movies.

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64points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

"Look reindeer!" "Better get the brolly out then."

22points

GiuseppeJ03 , Pixabay/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#34

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Babies aren't supposed to drink water apparently. Not that I should have known, but never would have guessed.

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63points

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Amina Trabelsi 1 month ago

They get enough Water through milk, they start drinking Water during weaning, no Need before!

26points

T-LAD_the_band , João Jesus/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#35

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Another one I only learned about 2 years ago. There are people who are "mind-blind" and can't visualise objects or images in their mind. It's called Aphantasia and I (and about 3% of the population) have it. Never know other people could mentally visualise their thoughts.

**edit: Thanks for the many upvotes and replies.** Seems like this is quite interresting to many people who have it or don't understand it. I wanted to add some information that came to me during some conversations here:

1) It seems to happen in different "degrees" on a visual spectrum. Some people are also face-blind, some can visualize very simple forms like square for example. Someone here said that it's maybe like with different image qualities. Some can see images in 4K HD, some have blurry edges on their images, some see only very simple shapes, some can't image anything visual.

2) I can clearly explain to you what my house looks like, I can describe every part of my house from memory, I could draw it to you, but maybe I would get the textures a bit wrong but everything that is there every day, I can describe it. for example, the couch I sit in every day is something I could draw and know if I touch it that it's my couch, but I might get the color wrong or the texture. The older a memory, the more faded it is.

3) I don't have many memories from my childhood. It's very vague. Like not even a picture of the moment. But a blurry picture where I can't focus, I might see a face or a house that I saw many many times, or a really huge event for me as a child (like dancing in front of the whole school at a talent show) I remember the event, some details, (like the cool sunglasses I was wearing with led lights in it) but everything around it is one vague blur, no further details about the stage, theater, audience, I only remember the applaus very well ;-)

4) something else clicked: I'm a real story teller and i'm kind of a "funny guy" so people like to listen when I talk/tell stories. But I had different occassions where I'm telling something that I recall happened to me (altough maybe I would spice it up for humorous effect) , but then afterwards I had people coming up to me to say that they told ME that story and it happened to them and I guess I create a false memory as it was my own. (and felt really bad about it)

*** edit 2:
5) apparently you people SEE numbers when doing calculus?! Now I understand why my partner thinks it's odd that I "still" count with my fingers or try to write in the air. That's all I got to work with!

*Questions I still have. People who don't have this. Can you really taste a taste when thinking about it, and smell a smell?*.

Final score:

63points

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Nicky 1 month ago

I also have Aphantasia. I also write in the air! For some reason, It is easier for me to sort of remember an image if my eyes are open and just think about the picture. When I close my eyes, all is black.

10points

#36

How the Spanish arrived in the Philippines to conquer and settle. They did not sail East from Spain, you you would think. They sailed West from their Mexican colony across the Pacific.

casapulapula Report

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61points

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Nicky 1 month ago

This is really interesting.

10points

#37

That Sherbert doesn’t have two R’s in it and is Sherbet! Who the hell says Sher Bet!? I’m in my late thirties and just found this out in 2023.

I_throw_Bricks Report

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57points

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Dusty's mom 1 month ago

Always been sherbet for me, but Mom was a stickler for proper pronunciation. Relatives called it sherbert. It's fine. No big deal.

21points

Dougsbar , Nannette Turner/Flickr Report

#38

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Pickles are just small pickled cucumbers.... what? Who knew? Apparently everyone.

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55points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

The name is kind of a subtle hint..

12points

Heather Atwood 1 month ago

How does pickle translate to cucumber?

13points

TotallyNOTAFox 1 month ago (edited)

Could be a non-native english speaker though, here in Germany they are called "Spice cucumbers" (literal translation) for example. Sounds simple, but it's not very clear that they aren't a separate type of cucumber

4points

Mat Hall 1 month ago

You do realise other things can be pickled too, right?

1point

Ace 1 month ago

It's only in America that the word "pickle" is used on it's own as a noun in this way.

6points

Manana Man 1 month ago

Not exactly a full answer because you can pickle lots of things. I have fond memories of my mother's watermelon pickles (made out of the rind - delicious).

5points

Auntriarch 1 month ago

Was that just the white layer or the whole rind?

0points

Roxy222uk 1 month ago

In the UK traditionally the bigger ones were always called pickled cucumbers, and the little ones are gherkins (and gherkin cucumbers is a variety of cucumber). 'Pickle' is something else. It's similar to chutney, I suppose, with smaller chunks, and eaten with a ploughman's lunch or delicious in a cheese and pickle sandwich.

4points

Cynthia Tuinstra 1 month ago

In Dutch, cucumber is komkommer and a pickle is augurk. I recently discovered they are the same thing. The words don't match at all

2points

Germán Noé Soto 1 month ago

I (41) just found this out this year as well.

1point

Ru Bee 1 month ago

I like pickles but hate cucumbers idkw

1point

Ann Mohrmann 1 month ago

To be fair, every other pickled item is named 'pickled item', like pickled onions, pickled pigs feet, etc. Cucumbers are the only ones that don't.

0points

Panda'sMom 1 month ago

Picked asparagus is delicious!

0points

Pamela Keown 1 month ago

Who knew? Everyone.

0points

Princess Bride 1 month ago

I didn't realize this until I was about 25 yrs.

0points

Stannous Flouride 1 month ago

But not the same cukes you see in the produce dept. Those are too full of water to make good pickles. They use a special breed for those.

0points

dandylilah 1 month ago

yea. everyone.

0points

Corvus 1 month ago

In Bulgarian, they are called "sour cucumbers," so their origin is not a mystery to anyone.

0points

Sue Denham 1 month ago

Wonder why they don't do pickled full-sized cucumbers?

0points

El Cucuy 1 month ago

They do, actually.

2points

quentariel 1 month ago

They also have a bit thicker skin, so it takes longer to get pickled.

1point

Sand Ers 1 month ago

They wouldn’t fit in the jars.

-1point

WindySwede 1 month ago

From the pickle tree? Beeing little and joining parents in boiling stuff used for pickling helps to know where they are from I guess..

0points

#39

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life In Super Mario Brothers on the NES, you can continue where you lost your last life by pressing a+start on the main screen.

Dainiad , JOE MADONNA/Flickr Report

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51points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

about 30 years too late for me, but good to know.

72points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#40

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Maybe not recently learned but a few years ago when I found out how our solar system is just bumping along through space really fast, I can’t believe I didn’t know that. Thought we were stationary. Big ole dumb.

softstones , pingnews Report

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46points

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WindySwede 1 month ago

PBS space did a good job portraying this https://youtu.be/1lPJ5SX5p08

13points

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#41

Soaking dishes in the sink overnight actually works. My parents wouldn’t go to bed if there was a dirty dish. That’s how I was raised. If it was stuck that meant work harder.

Recently my wife and mother in law let something terribly cooked on soak overnight and I’ll be damned if worked.

I honestly thought “letting it soak” was code word for “lazy a*s.” Or used as a trope in media to represent someone that shirked work or was too good/too lazy to do dishes.

ohyeahwell Report

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28points

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Dusty's mom 1 month ago

Add a couple tablespoons baking soda and fill with hot tap water. I've gone back a couple hours later and could easily clean most pans. One reason to not leave dishes in the sink is if you have ant or fruit fly problems.

18points

reddittheguy , Ed Castillo/Flickr Report

#42

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life If you write on a dry erase board with a permanent marker, you can remove it by writing over it with a dry erase marker and then erasing.

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26points

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Rachel Pelz 1 month ago

You can also just use some disinfectant on a papertowel. Will remove the permanent marker and you don't even have to follow the lines exactly.

8points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#43

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life White wine does not come from green grapes.

(Excuse me, but does it not stand to reason, f'r Crissakes?).

druu222 , fauxto_digi/Flickr Report

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25points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

Red grapes make white wine, the red colour is added, taken from the red skins. Red or green grapes make white wine.

8points

#44

Pineapples do not grow on trees. I was barely in my 40s.

anon Report

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24points

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Nicky 1 month ago

He's correct! Just googled the image and it blew my mind!

5points

FaveDave85 , Juan Pablo Serrano/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#45

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Abcdefg has the same melody as twinkle twinkle little star.

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22points

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Sue Denham 1 month ago

And also "Baaa, baaa, black sheep".

11points

#46

If your tee shirt has a tag at the bottom, it's always on the left (at least if you're a guy, not sure if this is one of the things that's mirrored for the ladies).

So many wasted seconds figuring it out.

JUSTICE_SALTIE Report

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22points

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Jihana 1 month ago

It's on the left as well.

12points

#47

I didn't know lamb was a baby sheep until very recently. I was reading a farm book to my 3 year old kid and I was enlightened... I cried. No wonder the lamb chops are so small. I should have known! I know.

Nervous-Eye-8905 Report

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21points

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Lost Panda 1 month ago

Wait until they learn what veal is

52points

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#48

The Aztecs had only been in that area for about a century before the Spanish arrived, were just as obsessed with conquering the local people, and likely were just as bad as the Spanish to those people.

In addition to ruinous taxes and tributes, the Aztecs demanded their vassal states supply them with people for their rituals that sacrificed tens of thousands of people per year. Some of these sacrifice rituals specifically called for children or pregnant women.

I always thought the native peoples of the Americas were pretty innocent victims of imperialism and colonization, but the Aztecs lost to just a few Spaniards because the other peoples of the area joined the Spanish against them.

I don't know what's worse, to be enslaved in a silver mine or to lose your life or your kid's life to human sacrifice.

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21points

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FreeTheUnicorn 1 month ago

There aren't any activities that could make a people deserve to be colonised. Just like genocide is always wrong, no matter the culture. Just because it turns out indigenous people are people and not colourfully dressed dolls with no agency, doesn't mean they aren't the wronged parties.

17points

#49

It is prerogative, not perogative.

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

That's your perogative.

18points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#50

Parkways used to be roads that … ended in a park.

Popping_n_Locke-ing Report

Final score:

20points

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Bill 1 month ago

I think George Carlin asked why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways.

12points

monkeyselbo , Donald Tong/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#51

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life After decades of doing it wrong, I realized from NASA's website that the abbreviation for US time zones during Daylight Saving Time is EDT, CDT, MDT, PDT... That is, Daylight Time. EST, CST, MST and PST are for standard time, which is what we just went back onto a week ago.

Final score:

19points

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Barbara Burns 1 month ago

Daylight Savings Time is pure insanity. For the love of God, could we please just stop doing it?

53points

FuzzyAssociation4687 Report

#52

English is a Germanic language not Latin.

Final score:

19points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

English has a lot of Latin through the French language due to the Norman conquest. Originally Germanic but also now a Latin language as well.

13points

#53

Bryers was the best ice cream years ago. Now it's garbage. Take look at the containers. They are now frozen desert. Bryers no longer legally meets ingredients of ice cream. Sad where it is now.

pch14 Report

Final score:

18points

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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 1 month ago

As someone who lives in the desert, I can assure you that no one has frozen it. Additionally, the desert is not filled with Breyers frozen dessert.

25points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#54

Gunna get buried here but I thought expatriates was only referring to Americans living abroad and was spelled like ex-patriots. I thought it was really odd but never questioned it. However it seemed odd enough to me to also never bring it up so I am learning.

RedSonGamble Report

Final score:

18points

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Peter Korsten 1 month ago

'Expatriate' or 'expat' is the word that white immigrants use for themselves. It's to distinguish them for the kind of immigrant that you don't want.

7points

tnmoltisanti420 , Jimmy Tan/Flickr Report

#55

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life Margarine is made from oil not butter.

Final score:

18points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

I can't believe it's not butter!

21points

#56

That asbestos is found in nature. I just thought it was some awful human invention used for insulation.

yepitsdad Report

Final score:

18points

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Kira Okah 1 month ago

They are fibrous formations (known as asbestiform) of crystals that naturally occur. Only six of these are classified as asbestos, and they are stable so long as they are not damaged to release the fibres...which their mining and asbestos removal absolutely does.

8points

#57

Correct way to do a rolling start in a manual car when the battery is dead.

Put the transmission in Neutral gear.

- Instruct the person outside to push the car forward to gain some momentum and keep pushing until the vehicle reaches a speed of about 5-10 mph.

- Disengage the clutch and shift into second gear and quickly engage--or "pop"--the clutch

Don't Try This With an Automatic , not possible and will damage stuff.

whiplash369 Report

Final score:

17points

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D Nehls 1 month ago

put the transmission in second gear, keep the clutch pedal pressed down until the car gained momentum, then disengage the clutch.

18points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#58

That if you boil eggs in salted water, the peels come off easier. Plunge them in cold water for an even better effect.

anon Report

Final score:

16points

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Kira Okah 1 month ago

Salt water does nothing for the ease of peeling. The water temperature change is what is doing it here.

5points

#59

If you type something wrong on an iPhone calculator but only want to get rid of the most recent digit you typed, you just swipe.

Concertcat24 Report

Final score:

16points

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Alison Key 1 month ago

I did not know that! Just swiped some numbers - so entertaining!

5points

#60

That the von Trapp Family Singers were real people and The Sound of Music was based on a true story.

TheLittleUrchin Report

Final score:

15points

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Brian Hawley 1 month ago

Loosely. Like most “true stories “

13points

#61

It took me WAY TOO DAMN long to realize that it's called deodorant because it de-ODOR-izes you! I think I was 29 when I figured this out. I am 30.

dungeonblaster93 Report

Final score:

15points

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StrangeOne 1 month ago

Antiperspirant stops sweat. Deodorant masks the odour of the sweat.

15points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#62

When you have your face in the flow of the shower you can just open your mouth and breathe, you don't need to hold your breath and take your face out of the shower flow when you need to breathe, as I was doing for most of my life. It seems even more stupid now that I've written it down, but I genuinely just realised this a couple of years ago, I'm 37...

sa_ra_h86 Report

Final score:

15points

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keyboardtek 1 month ago

I swim laps everyday. I occasionally forget that I cannot breath underwater and end up choking. I wish I had gills.

7points

#63

Diagon Alley is diagonally. Realized this like 20 years after watching the first Harry Potter movie.

anon Report

Final score:

15points

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Jihana 1 month ago

Same with Nocturn Alley.

14points

#64

I always knew that Alaska wasn’t like, an island the way an inset on a map of the US depicts it, but I never realized just how gigantic and how far away from the ~~mainland~~ contiguous United States it actually is. Same goes for Hawaii—never realized how far southwest it is from us. I’m in my mid-30s, reasonably intelligent, and I noticed this stuff when looking at a world map like sometime last year. Embarrassing.

ElderTheElder Report

Final score:

14points

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Dusty's mom 1 month ago

Remember that flat maps with Mercator Projection will show distortions. Try looking at a globe for better size reference.

15points

#65

Being born and raised in Florida, I only recently learned we have native crocodiles.

321fishinfool Report

Final score:

14points

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Dusty's mom 1 month ago

Taught me something! Thought we only had alligators. Thanks!

5points

#66

When you snap your fingers, the sound is from your finger hitting your palm.

manderifffic Report

Final score:

12points

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Mama Clare 1 month ago

I'm totally sitting here snapping my fingers now

18points

#67

There's a wee triangle next to the petrol light which indicates which side of the car the fill cap is on.

Just realized this about my car yesterday and I think it applies to all cars.

I've been driving for two decades.

SixicusTheSixth Report

Final score:

11points

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Kira Okah 1 month ago

It does not apply to all cars, or even cars by age. Neither of my parent's cars, my sister's car, or our non-working one have this, these cars range in age from 2001 to 2022.

11points

Johnwayne18889 , Jacques-Louis David Report

#68

“Oxen Are Just Employed Cows”: People Share 40 Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life The Holy Roman Empire only ceased in the 19th century because of napoleon. For some reason I always think of the early 12 century.

For some reason it’s hard to fathom Rome only ceased to exist in a bastardised form 300 years ago.

Final score:

11points

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Annik Perrot 1 month ago

It was not Roman, hardly an Empire and certainly not Holy.

6points

#69

Ok, I feel dumb but in my defense I’m not a wine drinker. I had no clue wine types are named after the grape variety that was used to make it.

caseymeadows71 Report

Final score:

11points

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Nicky 1 month ago

A Japanese friend saw others wine tasting at a party. He asked if they wanted him to guess what kind of wine it was. He took one sip and said, "Grape."

26points

#70

I guess this only applies for my context. But I (30 yo) only quite recently learnt my neighbouring country (Malaysia) is in Borneo as well. I’ve always thought Malaysia was only the mainland part.

zool714 Report

Final score:

8points

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Kira Okah 1 month ago

East Malaysia is the Borneo part, the mainland part is Peninsular Malaysia.

4points

#71

It is the “Cupid Shuffle,” not the “Cuban Shuffle.” Source, went to a wedding Saturday, thought I misheard the name, looked it up and found I’d been mishearing it for years.

arriesgado Report

Final score:

7points

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Adam Zad 1 month ago

🎵 Lock the cashbox! Lock the cashbox! 🎵

4points

#72

On Duck Hunt on the NES if you have a p2 controller you can direct the ducks.

TickTockM Report

Final score:

5points

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Lace Neil 1 month ago

But can you shoot the dog?

3points

#73

My father is not my biological father, which has tainted my medical history my entire life and I had to go searching for my biological father after my cancer diagnosis.

I love my father, and don’t blame my parents, but that’s some s**t I should have known.

EyeFicksIt Report

Final score:

4points

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Peter Parker 1 month ago

Yes, that is a fact everonye here should have known, but didn't..

21points

Choice-Grapefruit-44 Report

#74

How to put air into a tire.

Final score:

4points

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Zephyr343 1 month ago

Is that a question or a statement?

3points

#75

Space heaters are called that because they are used to heat up a space. Not because they use space age technology.

Strong_Ad_3722 Report

Final score:

1point

POST

ZuriLovesYou 1 month ago

Come on, now. This is just common sense.

8points

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What do you think ?

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Jihana 1 month ago

Mine is that I realised way to late that police dogs are called K9 because they are canine. In my defence: English is not my first language.

31points

Mary Peace 4 weeks ago

That's fair enough, Jihana.

0points

Zephyr343 1 month ago

The list kind of lost some steam about halfway through

20points

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

Another fact you might not know. Uranus is large and gassy.

17points

Auntriarch 1 month ago

Speak for yourself

13points

Corvus 1 month ago

Also liquid deep below, and I think there are diamonds floating in there too.

2points

Mark Olsson Moreno 1 month ago

You should have a colon in this sentence...😜

0points

Nicky 1 month ago

Here's another one: the word "decimate" actually means kill one in ten, which is what the Romans did to their deserters. If your community is decimated, it literally means that 10 percent were killed, not that the whole place was wiped out.

10points

Sand Ers 1 month ago

Not any more. Word definitions can change to reflect usage. That one has.

9points

StrangeOne 1 month ago (edited)

Things I've learned, adults don't automatically just know what they know because they reached a certain age. They got all their information from their parents, friends, schooling, books and even had to learn how to be parents. Just like their parents, and their parent's parents, etc. Every generation is winging it and they don't always know what they're doing.

9points

Sand Ers 1 month ago

I’ve had customers apologize for asking me “dumb” questions. I tell them that nobody was born knowing how to do any of the stuff I do. Somebody had to teach me. I love to explain how things work. I’ve talked myself out of a few jobs that way. I don’t mind. They’ll still call me when they hit something they can’t figure out. And they know I’m not trying to slip something past them.

8points

nine4t4 1 month ago

I was at a farmer's market with a friend and they were blown away by brussel sprouts still on the stalk. Something I realize most people have never seen. My repsonse, "Did you think they grew in rows like tiny cabbages?" His answer was a pause and a very unconvincing, "Uh....no?"

7points

Janissary35680 Premium 3 weeks ago

I'll confess. Until the first time I saw them growing on a stalk I did think they grew in rows like tiny cabbages.

0points

chamomile tea 1 month ago

Does anyone else always scroll down to see the hidden comments, only to sigh and also downvote?

5points

Bay Bo 1 month ago

Fun one, the sun doesn't rise or set. The earth is the one moving

3points

Brian Droste 1 month ago

The sun doesn't come out from behind the clouds. The clouds move out of the way.

2points

Lenore Jean Jones 1 month ago

Obligatory XKCD: https://m.xkcd.com/1053/

2points

Sky Render 1 month ago

Working with HCFA forms has taught me that most medical facilities have no idea for to properly fill out a HCFA form. Let alone that the main reason insurance doesn't pay them the first go around is because they messed up filling out the form so badly that it couldn't be read properly.

2points

Nicky 1 month ago

Loved this!! So informative and fun!! Great job!

2points

Brian Droste 1 month ago (edited)

I learned some things new on this post for the first time. I am 65 years old. I am not embarrassed. If you are a little bit older and you learned something for the first time, why should you be embarrassed. You either was taught something wrong or you never knew it in the first place and learned it for the first time. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

1point

Janissary35680 Premium 3 weeks ago

Raisins are dried grapes and prunes are dried plums. I reached young adulthood without knowing that.

0points

Sara 1 month ago

The yellow starburst are lemon, not banana! I have been missing out!!

0points

Deep One 1 month ago

I did not know a good 1/3rd of these!

0points

dandylilah 1 month ago

Just, Wow.

0points

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Jihana 1 month ago

Mine is that I realised way to late that police dogs are called K9 because they are canine. In my defence: English is not my first language.

31points

Mary Peace 4 weeks ago

That's fair enough, Jihana.

0points

Zephyr343 1 month ago

The list kind of lost some steam about halfway through

20points

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

Another fact you might not know. Uranus is large and gassy.

17points

Auntriarch 1 month ago

Speak for yourself

13points

Corvus 1 month ago

Also liquid deep below, and I think there are diamonds floating in there too.

2points

Mark Olsson Moreno 1 month ago

You should have a colon in this sentence...😜

0points

Nicky 1 month ago

10points

Sand Ers 1 month ago

Not any more. Word definitions can change to reflect usage. That one has.

9points

StrangeOne 1 month ago (edited)

9points

Sand Ers 1 month ago

8points

nine4t4 1 month ago

7points

Janissary35680 Premium 3 weeks ago

I'll confess. Until the first time I saw them growing on a stalk I did think they grew in rows like tiny cabbages.

0points

chamomile tea 1 month ago

Does anyone else always scroll down to see the hidden comments, only to sigh and also downvote?

5points

Bay Bo 1 month ago

Fun one, the sun doesn't rise or set. The earth is the one moving

3points

Brian Droste 1 month ago

The sun doesn't come out from behind the clouds. The clouds move out of the way.

2points