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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.

Final score:

156points

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WindySwede 2 weeks 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.

Final score:

149points

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Bex 2 weeks 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

100points

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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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.

Final score:

132points

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Tucker Cahooter 2 weeks ago

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

92points

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 2 weeks 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.

Final score:

129points

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WindySwede 2 weeks 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.

Final score:

116points

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Ru Bee 2 weeks 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

Final score:

114points

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Zephyr343 2 weeks ago

Do they get a 401k and health insurance?

45points

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 2 weeks ago

Now explain to us how you found out, please.

44points

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

Your mum told us! Boom! Mic drop!

57points

Kira Okah 2 weeks ago

I found out through fail videos on youtube.

9points

JB 2 weeks ago

Extensive research, I'd wager.

2points

Jenna Kay 2 weeks ago

Core training club 😉

1point

Thomas Bentley 2 weeks ago

Lost a bet with one.

1point

Dusty's mom 2 weeks ago

There's also static poles. The rotating poles require mechanical equipment that may not be affordable.

19points

Fairybaby 1 week ago

marlow... no?

0points

PeepPeep the duck 2 weeks ago

As an ex stripper I find this hilarious 😂 and cute 😂

17points

Bat cat in a hat 2 weeks ago

My ex-roommate of three years (a decade ago) was a pole dancer teacher and I never knew that poles spinned until a few months ago!

7points

quentariel 2 weeks ago

It's pretty much explained already, but tgere are rotating and static poles. if a bar have poles in the dancefloor where the customers can try them they are usually static. Probably safer that way.

12points

Roxy222uk 2 weeks ago

There's plenty of moves where the pole dancer is spinning, not the pole, though? I have had pole fitness lessons.

9points

Mason Kronol 2 weeks ago

Yes. As a former stripper I can tell you I never worked anywhere that the pole moved, just the dancer. Soft skin and talcum powder helped me.

11points

leendadll 2 weeks ago

Most poles have a little pin joint in the base. Pin in = static. Pin out = spinning. If you every hear a dancer squeaking down the pole, that's a pole burn - aka: massive bruise due to skin sticking.

9points

StrangeOne 2 weeks ago

There's a static pole and a spinning pole. I've watched some pole dancing competitions. Some of them can make themselves spin on a static pole. But they're more for climbing and posing.

7points

ZuriLovesYou 2 weeks ago

Wait, what?!

4points

TribbleThinking 2 weeks ago

I'm with you there. I genuinely did not know that!

1point

StarCrossedFriday 2 weeks ago

Well, TIL. Now I want to try.

1point

Paloma Vita 1 week ago

That is not true... I was a stripper and it was me spinning around the pole. We had to keep it oiled somewhat (but not too much!) to avoid metal burn on our thighs. Ouch.

0points

Bewarethere@gmail.com 1 week ago

Have u ever watched someone learning to pole dale?

0points

Deep One 1 week ago

TIL

0points

D W 1 week ago

Of course the stripper spins, just holding the outer pole that spins around the inner pole.

0points

Meowlanie Meowpants 2 weeks ago

Not always true some spin an other poles don't just depends on the club

0points

Kalikima Premium 2 weeks ago

My mom used to be a stripper, and I never knew this..

0points

Mason Kronol 2 weeks ago

I was a stripper in the 90s. I did the spinning, not the pole. Didn’t realize they made it so much easier these days. Trust me, I had the bruises to prove it when you jump and wrap your leg around a static metal object several times practicing.

0points

David 2 weeks ago (edited)

And TIL there are three kinds, static, spinning and dual mode, with dual being the 'best'. Dual has bearings it can spin on but also a way to lock it stationary depending on what you are doing. I've never been interested in strip clubs so most of my exposure to the poles has been in the backgrounds of movies when the characters happened to be meeting in some strip club.

0points

MrsFettesVette 2 weeks ago

I did, too!

0points

Mariët 2 weeks ago

Some poles are on bearings, not all

0points

Glenn Milliken 2 weeks ago

Only the fat week lazy strippers use a spinning pole

-2points

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.

Final score:

113points

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Peter Parker 2 weeks 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

Final score:

109points

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Ginny Moses 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

That is depressing but makes sense

72points

jamesiscoolbeans , patrice schoefolt/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#15

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

Final score:

101points

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Peter Parker 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

75points

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 2 weeks 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

Final score:

91points

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Rachel Pelz 2 weeks 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

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

#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 2 weeks 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

Final score:

86points

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MirohLoome (he/she/they) 2 weeks ago

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

29points

bearclawmcgee2 , Donald Tong/Pexels Report

#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

Final score:

81points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

53points

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

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#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.

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

Final score:

78points

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Don't listen to me 2 weeks ago

But not identical

38points

#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

Final score:

78points

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Val 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Old Spice breath...

21points

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

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#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

Final score:

74points

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Peter Parker 2 weeks ago

Metric system, best system!

116points

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.

Final score:

74points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

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

63points

Dead_Man_Redditing Report

#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 2 weeks ago

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

53points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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#30

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

tristnaber , RDNE Stock project/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

68points

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Dusty's mom 2 weeks 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.

143points

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.

Final score:

68points

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sofacushionfort 2 weeks ago (edited)

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

41points

#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

Final score:

67points

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Lost Panda 2 weeks 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.

Final score:

64points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

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

22points

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

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#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.

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

Final score:

63points

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Amina Trabelsi 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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

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

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#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

Final score:

61points

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Nicky 2 weeks 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

Final score:

57points

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Dusty's mom 2 weeks ago

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

20points

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.

Final score:

55points

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Peter Parker 2 weeks ago

The name is kind of a subtle hint..

13points

#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

Final score:

51points

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Peter Parker 2 weeks ago

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

72points

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

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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

Final score:

46points

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WindySwede 2 weeks ago

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

13points

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What do you think ?

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Jihana 2 weeks 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 6 days ago

That's fair enough, Jihana.

0points

Zephyr343 2 weeks ago

The list kind of lost some steam about halfway through

20points

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

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

17points

Auntriarch 2 weeks ago

Speak for yourself

13points

Corvus 2 weeks ago

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

2points

Mark Olsson Moreno 1 week ago

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

0points

Nicky 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

9points

StrangeOne 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 days 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 2 weeks ago

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

5points

Gillbella 2 weeks ago

Yup

5points

Bay Bo 1 week ago

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

3points

Brian Droste 1 week ago

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

2points

Lenore Jean Jones 1 week ago

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

2points

Sky Render 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

2points

Brian Droste 1 week 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 2 days ago

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

0points

Sara 1 week ago

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

0points

Deep One 1 week ago

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

0points

dandylilah 2 weeks ago

Just, Wow.

0points

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Jihana 2 weeks 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 6 days ago

That's fair enough, Jihana.

0points

Zephyr343 2 weeks ago

The list kind of lost some steam about halfway through

20points

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

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

17points

Auntriarch 2 weeks ago

Speak for yourself

13points

Corvus 2 weeks ago

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

2points

Mark Olsson Moreno 1 week ago

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

0points

Nicky 2 weeks ago

10points

Sand Ers 2 weeks ago

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

9points

StrangeOne 2 weeks ago (edited)

9points

Sand Ers 2 weeks ago

8points

nine4t4 2 weeks ago

7points

Janissary35680 2 days 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 2 weeks ago

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

5points

Gillbella 2 weeks ago

Yup

5points

Bay Bo 1 week ago

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

3points

Brian Droste 1 week ago

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

2points