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CasualPhilosopher25 , Nate Steiner Report

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That I needed glasses. At age 21 my friends were hassling me about being dyslexic because I kept getting words mixed up (second year at Uni). Until then, I had just been reading by looking at the shape of words and guessing the words based on the context and wider story. I had been reading this way for years and survived Uni before finding out my prescription was +1.50. The optometrist said it was amazing I hadn’t noticed. When I put the glasses on, everything was in 4K Ultra. I can now see individual letters.

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525points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago

"When I put the glasses on, everything was in 4K Ultra" We all who wear glasses felt that

527points

Miserable-Penalty188 , Christmas w/a K Report

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That the more work you get done at work, the more they will pile it on. I could have saved a lot of my mental health in my 20’s

Final score:

501points

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

The best workers are the most overworked ones too.

201points

ItsPaulKerseysCar , Helder da Rocha Report

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) “Paradigm” is pronounced “pear-uh-dime”. It is definitely NOT pronounced “pear-uh-dig-um”.

…I learned this at age 19. In college. While delivering an oral report.

I try not to think about.

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454points

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DrBronxx 2 years ago

I pronounce it as "pa-ra-dime", but that's just an accent thing.

151points

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That Abuela and Abuelo were not my Cuban grandparents actual names

MarzipanJoy-Joys , Hugo Chisholm Report

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453points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago

My mum's name is not 'Mum' That broke my heart when I was 2 yo 💔

195points

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I thought everyone’s mouth got itchy when eating bananas. Almost 40 years old and find out I’m somewhat allergic to them.

tbr6742 , Amaury Laporte Report

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450points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

It's called oral allergy syndrome. It really sucks, at least it's only bananas for you. My list of fruit and veg that affects me gets longer every year.

168points

west_end_squirrel , Loren JavierFollow Report

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) The Lion King is basically Hamlet. That was Monday. I'm 41.

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447points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

Never seen or read Hamlet so I am none the wiser.

286points

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) The the longest time I always heard of sports teams “Drafting” people. And I am tall, so as a kid I was constantly afraid I’d get drafted for the state basketball team just out of the blue, I thought it worked like a military draft.

I learned this wasn’t the case when I was like 10-12.

Asone2004 , cruisedotco Report

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442points

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

Basketball dodged.

148points

midwesternvalues73 , Gabriel White Report

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That if you wear a white bra, you can see it through a l white shirt, but if you wear a nude colored bra, you can’t. I was 40 when a coworker shared this with me.

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431points

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Valerie G. 2 years ago

The same thing holds for wearing white panties under white slacks. You need to wear nude coloured ones under those.

190points

#10

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That sodas were called soft drinks because they had no alcohol lol

zejus_christ , supcece Report

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425points

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glowworm2 2 years ago

I never even pondered about that name.

278points

#11

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That you can flush used toilet paper. Parents taught us as kids to throw away the paper in the trash can for fear of backing up the toilet. Wasn’t until college that I realized my parents were accustomed to that method because they had s***ty plumbing where they grew up in Central America

f**kintacos , Carlos ZGZ Report

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424points

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MarioRossi 2 years ago

This is standard in Greece too.

155points

#12

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) Wasn't until I was 21 when I drank Lactose Free milk and DIDN'T go sit on a toilet for an hour that I realized I am lactose intolerant. I thought it was normal to s**t constantly after drinking milk.

xeredge , Neil Turner Report

Final score:

424points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

In 21 years, you never met anybody who didn't rush to the toilet after dairy products?

105points

charlessturgeon , Trevor Pritchard Report

#13

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) It’s “for all intents and purposes” not “for all intensive purposes”

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410points

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

A lot of people get this wrong.

189points

#14

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That our next door neighbors were lesbians and not just “good friends”. Lovely people. Didn’t figure it out until I was in college

secretbaldspot , Les Chatfield Report

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395points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Hopefully nobody told you they were good friends to avoid talking about same-sex couples with you.

143points

#15

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) Ponies are NOT baby horses

phrygN , Rigothamus Report

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392points

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JelliTate 2 years ago

They’re not?… I’ll head on over to the google.

166points

#16

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) Womens pads stick to their underwear and not themselves like a band-aid.

brettrknowlton , pikulkeaw_333 Report

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389points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

Riiiiiiip, OUCH!

256points

#17

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I learned how to ride a bike at the ripe age of 24

newhvac Report

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374points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago

It's okay...we all learn something new everyday, it's not mandatory for you to learn this when you're a kid.

233points

#18

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) Baby carrots are just shaved down big carrots. I was devastated a few years ago.

Txflood3 , dee m Report

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364points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago

Excuse me, WHAT

272points

#19

At roughly 37, I learned pineapples grew from the ground. Not from a tree.

Human_Watch4506 Report

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361points

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not_at_school ;) 2 years ago

WHAT?!?! I've been lied to.

218points

#20

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) Corned beef wasn’t made by cattle that were strictly fed corn. My mom couldn’t stop laughing.

Ilikestarwarstoo , Frank Hebbert Report

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347points

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Scagsy 2 years ago

Is it just me or is corned beef a lot less affordable these days than it used to be? It seems very expensive for what it is.

186points

ninjaskooldropout , Krishna Santhanam Report

#21

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That sea horses are not roughly the size of penguins. In fact, they are incredibly tiny. Stupid Saturday morning cartoons!

Final score:

346points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago (edited)

Omg, you should see the pygmy seahorse, it is super duper teeny tiny, it's just so damn cute.

167points

skewed-perceptions , Bernard Spragg. NZ Report

#22

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That puffer fish don't use air to inflate.

Final score:

330points

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

I was today years old.... Actually, it's obvious (cause where would they get the air), but who stops to think about it? At least I didn't.

305points

#23

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That puffins are in fact NOT extinct. I had a 3rd grade teacher misinform me. I found the truth as a teenager in an embarrassing group setting where I was quite confidently wrong.

shofawnda , Matthew Britton Report

Final score:

316points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago

For a moment I was like "Where are the legs of that bird in the picture!?" Then I put my glasses on :)

151points

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

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#24

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) Washington state and Washington DC are two different places.

PotatoesPancakes , SounderBruce Report

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316points

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DrBronxx 2 years ago

I think that's a fair enough misunderstanding to have, especially if you're not from the US.

221points

#25

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That cows are female and bulls are male. I thought they are two different species

Mary99t , John McIntyre Report

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303points

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Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

Technically, a cow is a female that has given birth. Before birth they're called heifers.

315points

#26

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) At 42 years-old, I realized there is no donkey in Donkey Kong.

Shelsb , SobControllers Report

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302points

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Polar_bear_lover 2 years ago

Why do they call it that, then?

135points

#27

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That Flo Rida spells Florida. Also will I am was William. Realized this last year. I’ll be 42 in a month lol

boring_prairedude , Eva Rinaldi Report

Final score:

299points

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Tucker Ramsey 2 years ago

That C.R.E.A.M by wu tang stands for cash rules.everyrhing around me

113points

#28

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I was 20 years old when I learned that salt lamps are indeed made of salt.

I always thought that it was plastic carved into a rock-like shape

CapaxInfini , Tony Cecala Report

Final score:

294points

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

Reminds me of a recent post about putting the salt lamp in the dishwasher to clean it...

259points

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

#29

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That roadrunners are not the size of an emu.

PURKITTY , Josh McGinn Report

Final score:

292points

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glowworm2 2 years ago

We all know Looney Tunes are to blame for this one. They also don't go "Beep! Beep!" aren't colorful and a coyote could easily outrun and catch one without needing an Acme rocket.

217points

#30

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I was almost 30 when I realized that travelling uphill does not always mean you're travelling north. And similarly rivers can run north because they aren't going "uphill".

I'm not normally that stupid.

Dianacolada , Jeff Report

Final score:

290points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

However long it takes you to travel to a location down south, it will take twice as long on the return journey because you are travelling uphill.

77points

Financial-Corgi1067 , Steven Depolo Report

#31

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That when i deposit cash in the bank, there isn’t a specific money locker just for me.

Final score:

289points

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Lisa Shaw 2 years ago

When I was kid I thought all my money went into "my' drawer at the bank, so I made sure to write my name on all my dollar bills!

198points

Unoriginal920 , ▓▒░ TORLEY ░▒▓ Report

#32

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That menstrual fluid isn’t blue. The tampon and pad commercials had me fooled.

Final score:

280points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

We started getting ads where the fluid they use was red. Apparently they got a lot of complaints saying its disgusting and not suitable for TV. F**k that noise, we need to stop periods being a taboo subject and something we need to hide.

503points

#33

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I thought women get pregnant at a random moment in their life until my friend told me you have to have intercourse in 7th grade.

Ero-2005 , Britt-knee Report

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280points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

You have to have intercourse in the 7th grade? That cannot be right....

611points

Lisa Hearn 2 years ago

Oh for the love of punctuation, and correct placement of words, I believe it should read as "my friend in the 7th grade told me that you have to have intercourse 1st.

62points

Paul Davis 2 years ago

That sure wasn't the rule when I was in Junior High...definitely would have changed the experience

28points

Incitatus 2 years ago

And people say grammar isn't important.

19points

Sasquatch The Almighty 2 years ago

Genuine belly laugh there, Nathaniel

16points

Robert T 2 years ago

I must've missed that lesson!

13points

Jennifer Robertson 2 years ago

Hahaha thanks for this! Made me spit my morning coffee all over my ohone laughing! I really needed that kinda laugh this morning so double thanks!

10points

Front_Runner 2 years ago

Punctuation really does matter LOL

9points

Ecclissi D 2 years ago

Hello grammar, my old friend... XD

6points

Anne Reid 2 years ago

I hope not! My mom hadn’t been born when my Pop was in 7th grade!

6points

SilentBob731 2 years ago

Well played, Good Sir. ;-)

5points

Lélio Falcão 2 years ago

LOL

5points

•Blanqui _Playz• 2 years ago

(°o°:)ᴼʰ no! Ah damn that's next year(school year so August)! sWeEt hOmE aLaBaMa

3points

Lightning_Thief 2 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHA I laughed SO LOUD and scared my siblings bwahaha 😂😂

3points

Martha B. Higgins 2 years ago

Good grammar prevents this kind of misunderstanding.

2points

OGA 2 years ago

That's exactly what I thought when I read it.

2points

Maggie Hood 2 years ago

Lmao

1point

Mark Howell 2 years ago

You didn't go to my school! ;o)

1point

ממ יי 2 years ago

In 7th grade you only knew the "w***y" & "mary" were where you did pee-pee

1point

NurseSuzee 2 years ago

Hahaha 😂 That’s how I read it, also! Commas matter! Lol

1point

Emmett O'Brian 2 years ago

"The old man thinks he's in love with his daughter. Good God we're out of our depths! No no he hasn't got a daughter. The old man is? Hamlet, in love, with the old man's daughter... The old man thinks. Oh, it's beginning to make sense now."

1point

E Hall 2 years ago

🤣🤣🤣

1point

Red 2 years ago

Its true. I got community service hours back when I was in 7th as the "one to do the deed".

1point

Theresa Long 2 years ago

Lmao Nathaniel, that was my first thought 😂

1point

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

You didn't learn about sex until the 7th grade?

0points

Ichor 2 years ago

My school taught it in the 7th grade too but I learned it when I was 8 by watching sheep on the farm.

0points

GramDB 2 years ago

No! No! Please wait until you are a freshman in college … at least!

0points

backatya 2 years ago

they're sluts in that school

0points

Kim Henderson 2 years ago

NATHANIEL... lmfao!!!!! I'm dead...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

0points

Brent Hollett 2 years ago

Yeah, if you miss out then, you'll never have babies later.

0points

BIG SKUBA 2 years ago

They start so young now a days lol

0points

Yort 2 years ago

If you don’t have sex in 7th grade you can never have a baby! My uncle at Nintendo told me this definitely true fact!

0points

Marina Schwartz 2 years ago

I love that your reply has more numbers than the actual post Way to go!

0points

*insert funny username* 2 years ago

No she told her while she was in seventh grade the fact you had to have intercourse. Not intercourse in the seventh grade

0points

Rumple Schleppskin 2 years ago

Literally read that the same, have sex in 7th grade.. Then you randomly get prggers sometime in the future.

0points

Lindsey Gibbs 2 years ago

Bahahahahahaha!

0points

Marilyn Myers 2 years ago

Oh my goodness! LOL

0points

alisa 2 years ago

lmao i was wondering the same.

0points

pinkytoes 2 years ago

oh that made me laugh. thanks

0points

Jaaawn 2 years ago

Sadly some immature people took that too literally, children having children.

0points

Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

I thought that till fifth grade when i looked up sex to confirm if it meant gender. From there one thing led to another and i lost all innonence by the time i was 10

23points

Official_Blink 2 years ago

Yo- I can feel that , cause SAME 😭

1point

Polar_bear_lover 2 years ago

I used to think that when someone got married and kissed, then the baby would magically start growing in the mom's belly! XD

22points

Towner 2 years ago

Same

7points

Lyone Fein 2 years ago

You have to have intercourse in 7th grade?

17points

Abhijeet 2 years ago

Yes

4points

No you can't have my name 2 years ago

This is why we need proper sex ed in schools. -.-

11points

Victoria Lynn 2 years ago

How horrible that would be. Just walking around, minding my own business and BAM! I just caught Pregnancy.

11points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I mean, that would make it easier for some people.

0points

Himiko 2 years ago

I'm literally 15 and all my friends say I'm so innocent. I probably have the innocence level of a fourth grader.💀

8points

HalfFinnishedAustralian 2 years ago

So not really innocent?

4points

Lukas-not-Luca (he/him) 2 years ago

I'm the opposite lmao-

3points

Imurkittie 2 years ago

4th graders aren't innocent... I did a report in college on Sexual Relations in Young Children. Los Angeles numbers see kids becoming intimate by 10 years of age. I've worked with girls as young as 12 with kids for their own. So yea not innocent at all 😅

0points

Zainab Azim 2 years ago

If your friend is true then I'm the opposite.........

0points

Eat Dirt Crow 2 years ago

This is actually how we as a people used to think about pregnancy. It wasn't that long ago that we didn't know how babies were made. Don't get me started on telegony.

6points

Baleygr 2 years ago (edited)

What's "not that long ago"? People in ancient times already knew more than that, so...

0points

Courtney Johnson 2 years ago

My daughter asked me the other night if I knew how babies were born. "You lean on the bed like this, and the baby pops out." Sure, sis.

2points

the_casscass 2 years ago

I just wanted to say; sentence structure and punctuation are important. And this one reads in a disturbing way...

2points

Claire 2 years ago

They are saying they were told this in 7th grade lol

2points

Bi bird️‍y 2 years ago

I knew pretty young, like 6 or 7 young (age appropriate of course)

1point

Ogre Juan Canolli 2 years ago

What About The 6th ? Or 8th ?

2points

Julian McCallum 2 years ago

7TH??????!!!!!!!!!

2points

janice deane 2 years ago

When I was about four I thought the same thing. At age four I also thought boys were gross. In front of my parents and a group of my parent's friends, I told them all that I would grow up to have lots of babies but NEVER get married. THAT got quite the reaction.

1point

Teresa Stabler 2 years ago

Boys are still gross.

0points

Rose Button 🇺🇦 2 years ago

Waiiit... this sounds like they knew what intercourse was, but not that it leads to pregnancy. So they were just living with that trauma without knowing there was good reason?

1point

Alana Voeks 2 years ago (edited)

I still have never been given the sex talk and I'm 29 lmao I learned about it from my CNA class and was even the person to have the most knowledge when doing the group answers in my college biology. I didn't know only one of like ten questions. Everyone else got 7 or less. It was...bad

1point

Zanshin 2 years ago

Strangely, as a fairly young child, I knew about sex, but didn't know it's purpose was reproduction and thought it was just a weird thing adults decided to do. Books I read about having a baby said the parents "decided" to have a baby, so I thought they just consciously decided together.

1point

Sean Simpson 2 years ago

That’s the sad state of sexual education in a lot of places. We were in 4th grade when we got told the whole mechanics of making babies. 2nd and 3rd grade was proper names for body parts and about not letting anyone touch your privates/ that it’s ok to tell an adult you trust if someone has touched you.

1point

Verified Losr 2 years ago

You do not get pregnant when a guy pee's in you (a lot my 7 year old self was told by my mom's friend daughter). I didn't know until I was 11...

1point

Stephanie Casey 2 years ago

Yeah definitely could've worded that better lol

1point

Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 2 years ago

This is so weird to me. I don't even remember learning about where babies came from, but I must have just known because I never really questioned it at all and never thought it would just "happen". However when I was about 6ish, I was getting ready for ballet class and my mum comes in excitedly and tells me no class today, the teacher is having her baby! Apparently I was just like, what? What baby? My I had younger siblings and cousins and neighbours so I'd seen plenty of pregnant women and babies. But apparently seeing this woman multiple times a week since I was 4 for ballet class I never clicked that she was pregnant and just didn't believe my mum until I later saw the baby. Is it possible that because I didn't expect it, I just didn't see it/ notice it?! For 9 months?! Kids minds are wild.

1point

Storm 2 years ago

Omg the thought of mandatory intercourse in 7th grade made me spew my hot tea just now 😆

1point

Accidental Genius 2 years ago

I thought the same thing!!!! This happened to me too!

1point

Kathleen Hart 2 years ago

Wait a minute. 7th grade??? That's way too young to have sex. So then what?? Does your body just hold all the necessary ingredients until it's time?? ( No I'm not that stupid. Just joking.)

1point

Fraxinus excelsior 2 years ago

What a sweet notion

1point

socially inept idiot 2 years ago

I thought you could get pregnant from kissing until I was 13 lol

1point

Guy Incognito 2 years ago

Kissing doesn't cause pregnancy but it's a gateway activity to sex.

1point

Anne Mitchell 2 years ago

I didn't have intercourse in 7th grade and am now wondering where/how my kids came from.

0points

janice deane 2 years ago

When I was like four I thought the same. I remember telling my parents in front of company (a group of my parent's friends) that I was going to have a baby but NOT EVER get married! Boys - YUCK! THAT got quite the reaction.

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

I was in 8th grade & my sister in 1st at our Catholic school. I had explained the birds & the bees to her in an age appropriate manner, so when her little classmate said her Mommy had a baby in her tummy my sister corrected her. Horrified, the little girl ran to Sister Joan practically in hysterics. Sis & I were called to the Principal's office and she was terrified of getting in trouble. They called my Mom (a nurse) to come to the school. Long story short, she reamed that ignorant prick a new one & we got to go have ice cream.

0points

SilverStar Heggisist 2 years ago

I thought this too until I was almost 20, because well with all the pop culture having people or even the girl herself shocked that she got pregnant, the only way to be shocked that you got pregnant was if getting pregnant happened randomly. Now I thinks it's dumb that anyone would be shocked to get pregnant. Or not have a plan before having sex.

0points

Maggie Hood 2 years ago

Imagine being a woman and just waiting to get pregnant. That must be nerve-wracking lol

0points

voice of reason 2 years ago

I had an aunt who wasn't married and I remember wondering when God would know to give her a baby. I was about 14.

0points

Shabbir Yamani 2 years ago

I thought gestation was standard at 8-9months for humans... Imagine holding that in until you are 18...

0points

CrazyCat 2 years ago

Learnt this in 6th Grade. Lost all innocence eventually. 😂

0points

naturespocket 2 years ago

in kindergarten i thought that when people got married, God knew they were now married and then God made her pregnant. (i went to catholic school until 8th grade)

0points

Cindy Herrera 2 years ago

I have zero clue where my kids can from cuz I definitely wasn’t gettin busy in 7th grade. Maybe they’re adopted …

0points

Featherytoad 2 years ago

I'm beginning to wonder if they even teach punctuation and word placement in school anymore. I'm not that great at punctuation anymore because I forgot a lot of it but, I at least try so sentences don't run together. I have mentioned this a few times and I always get down voted like it's not important. Yes, punctuation and word placement is important people.

0points

Tanya Stevens 2 years ago

Parents avoided “the talk” huh?

0points

Sherry Allison 2 years ago

Man I missed out. I didn't have intercourse in the 7th grade. Lol

0points

Donna Stapleton 2 years ago

Pls dont have intercourse in 7th grade! Lol

0points

Jo Davies 2 years ago

You should have paid more attention in English class.

0points

AngelWingsYT 2 years ago (edited)

You have to have sex in 7th grade?! Well damn guess i missed the time frame xD

0points

Jazmine 2 years ago

Depends on the state you live in.. 😂

0points

Sabrina Bowen 2 years ago

You were in SEVENTH GRADE and had that little education about reproduction??? That's seriously sad!

0points

Luis Gomez 2 years ago

damn. You don't know what you just started with that statement.

0points

ממ יי 2 years ago

He or she had to write thus "women only get pregnant after having intercourse" (A "bunk-up" in London Cockney slang")

0points

Mahogany Eclipse 2 years ago

Thank god for that 😅😅😅

0points

Turtle42 2 years ago

That's more Normal then you think. Don't worry on that one

0points

Susan Bosse 2 years ago

The title has some grammatical errors. Lmao

0points

P. Mozzani 2 years ago

Having intercourse, in the 7th grade is not necessary for pregnancy to occur. It's all about sentence structure, my friend.

0points

TKFitzy 2 years ago

I might get downvoted for this but when I was real young I thought that everyone had to marry their siblings….I was sooooo scared

0points

Steve Fischer 2 years ago

I must have been a late bloomer. Didn't happen until high school

0points

Sportsgal 2 years ago

I thought this was how it happened too when I was a kid. God just brought you a baby at a random time! Lol!

0points

Animalsrgreat 2 years ago

Yeah. Intercourse in seventh grade is a really bad idea on so many levels.

0points

sirfryingpan 2 years ago

I though that women became pregnant the second they get married, I was a stupid child.

0points

Kate O'Brien 2 years ago

That's pretty young. No wonder I never got pregnant.

0points

Mazer 2 years ago

You scare me

0points

Max L. 2 years ago

Heard a kid referring he caught his parents sleeping very close, then mom cried a bit but did look pleased

0points

Jackie Lulu 2 years ago

I thought that when you were married, at any random time after that , a baby grew. When I was little, that was usually the case. Also, I was about 40 when I did the math and figured out that my mother was a " love child ".

0points

Andy Frobig 2 years ago

We did have a girl disappear from my middle school and the rumor matched up pretty well with this.

0points

Lélio Falcão 2 years ago

Don't worry too much. Mankind took a long time to understand that too.

0points

Kristen Sarif 2 years ago

Holy f**k. 7th grade . I'm not sorry at all, go shoot yourself before you ever breed.

-1point

Claire 2 years ago

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-1point

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

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#34

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I thought the D is Disney was just some random symbol, kinda like a backwards G. It took me until like 7th grade to realize it and even as an adult I still can’t unsee the backwards G.

Death-By-Lasagna , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

251points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

I used to think the y in Disney was actually a p and called them Disnep.

188points

#35

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) "TP" stood for Toilet Paper. I thought to "TP someone's house" you just put toilet paper over it to look like a teepee.

crusoestudio , Justin Baeder Report

Final score:

247points

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EyeYamStewPeed 2 years ago

Wha... how... just why? How does one do this?

43points

#36

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I was 16 when I found out you're meant to spit toothpaste out after brushing your teeth, I had always just swallowed it and thought that's just what you do... Idk how tf I don't have flouride poisoning

Charlie483 , Kenneth Lu Report

Final score:

243points

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User# 6 2 years ago

No, you wont have fluoride poisoning. Safety assessments of toothpaste assume 100% consumption.

153points

failurebeatssuccess , David Shane Report

#37

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) I thought an armadillo was a reptile rather than a mammal

Final score:

241points

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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago

Not an outlandish conclusion.

209points

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

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#38

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) Those containers Chinese food come in unfold into plates.

Brother_Farside , Brad.K Report

Final score:

241points

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Jihana 2 years ago

Not everywhere. Chinese food containers in Austria do not do that.

133points

#39

Up until 15 I believed If I swallow a seed and then drinks water a tree is going to grow inside me.

SuvenPan Report

Final score:

216points

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Foxxy (The Original) 2 years ago

Another extremely common belief.

94points

#40

“What Did You Learn At An Embarrassingly Late Age?” (40 New Answers) That the game show Wheel of Fortune is named after the tarot card

CurvyNB , morebyless Report

Final score:

182points

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sofacushionfort 2 years ago

They did a pilot for “Wheel of Suffering and Desire,” but it didn’t test well with non-Buddhist audiences.

251points

Having started as a content creator that made articles for Bored Panda from scratch I climbed my way up to being and editor and then had team lead responsibilities added as well. So it was a pretty natural transition from writing articles and titles as well as preparing the visual part for the articles to making sure others are doing those same tasks as I did before well, answering their questions and guiding them when needed. Eventually I realized editing gives me the most enjoyment and I'm focusing only on that right now.

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

There is nothing wrong with not knowing something. Learning is always, always a good thing. The problem only starts when you learn something new and then pretend it doesn't exist. I'm looking at you, climate deniers, flat earthers, racism deniers, misogynists-- okay, I'm looking at a lot of people, but you get my meaning.

50points

Jyndaru 2 years ago

And people should not stop trying to learn new things just because they finished school. There's always more to learn.

17points

Fernanda Abreu 2 years ago

Knowing some conspiracies and hearing some lies is not learning per se. Sounds you're pretending a lot yourself.

0points

g90814 2 years ago

Ignorance is curable. Stupidity is not.

0points

Francesca Annoni 2 years ago

My dad was a very smart man, he loved to learn new things and read, for me he was a sort of walking encyclopedia.. only one time I taught him something . There is an idiom in Italy "a caval donato non si guarda in bocca" "you don't look in the mouth of a gift horse" because you can tell the age of a horse by the teeth, but Donato it's also a person name.. he told me "I never understand this idiom , I thought that the horse's name was Donato!" We had the best laugh of our life... I miss you so much dad!!

28points

Wondering Alice 2 years ago

I always assumed this idiom was to do with the Trojan horse - which never made sense to me, because if they had looked inside before accepting it things would have worked out very differently. So thanks Francesca, I learned something new there too!

10points

Uh huh 2 years ago (edited)

When I was little, I'd ask my daddy if I could ask him something. Daddy would say, ask me anything, Daddy knows everything. He did too. Miss you daddy. Now when I ask my husband how does he know , whatever, he smartly replies that my Daddy told him.

4points

Austin Hicks 2 years ago

It's strange which memories stand out in an ocean of what we remember about someone.

3points

glowworm2 2 years ago

That is adorable. Your dad must have been fun.

3points

ADHORTATOR 2 years ago

Exactly the same expression in German: "Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul"

1point

Eva Dukes 2 years ago

It basically means don’t inspect a gift, take it as it is, if you were buying a horse you’d inspect it’s teeth to determine it’s age then haggle a price, but it’s gift so it’s rude to look.

0points

Baleygr 2 years ago

German has the same idiom. ('Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.")

0points

Kate O'Brien 2 years ago

❤️

0points

Mark Richards 2 years ago

I was in my early 50s before I realized I was circumcised. I was stunned. 😂😂😂

24points

Urbangirlatl 2 years ago

There is a clip on YouTube for the Graham Norton show where Sir Patrick Stewart talks about the same confusion. He thought he was....he's not.

12points

Parmeisan 2 years ago

A few of these are from people who didn't realize something about themselves, and I'm here to tell you that assuming everyone experiences life that way you do is an *extremely* common thing. We only have one perspective in life except where imperfectly translated into language, and there's so many questions we don't think to ask. If you're colour blind, or you lack a mind's eye, or whatever, you will most likely believe for a long time that everyone is the same way - until you randomly come across a colour blindness test or somebody talking about aphantasia and you go "Wait, people LITERALLY count sheep?" Same reason a lot of people take forever to realize their true sexuality, especially in previous generations where we talked about sex less - "you mean not every woman just PRETENDS to like sex?" A good reminder to have patience with people because what is obvious to you, is not obvious to everyone. :)

8points

Web Mailroom 2 years ago

Up until last year, I always thought the Mars Rover was the size of a small children's remote controlled toy. Then I found out it's about the size of an actual car. Somehow it always looked small when I saw photos of it on Mars!

8points

Lillian Swaim 2 years ago

The banana thing is REAL I had the SAME THING happen during Organic Chem in college, we were talking about acidic foods and I was loud about how bananas must be as acidic if not more so than pineapples, since they wreck my mouth like eating too much pineapple every time. The entire class just stared at me, the prof explained how that makes sense for pineapples, due to their acidity and the rough texture, but bananas? nooooo Told me to check with my doctor about it, yep allergic to latex plants, could become a latex allergy, very important to know

7points

Hey! 6 months ago

The bromelain in pineapple does that to you, not due to acidity and/or rough texture.

0points

Winter 2 years ago

I am embarrassed to admit that it was only last year that I realized pockets of air can get trapped underwater by a vessel. I was reading a book where a chamber was filling up with water, and the characters only had an air pocket from an upside down canoe to breathe. I didn't understand how they had any air at all. And it was a book for young adults! Durp.

6points

CATMONSTER2018 2 years ago

I thought soda could only be drunk after someone was 7 years old. (Because of 7-up)

5points

abby smink 2 years ago

That loofas are a plant. Learned that this year, at 40.

5points

Jackie Lulu 2 years ago

I believed in Santa Claus til I was 12. Overheard my aunt talking about it (not about Me). God knows how long it would have taken me to get it. There went Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Jesus, all in one fell swoop.

5points

Dawn Burris 2 years ago

Like the saying "Don't let the bedbugs bite". I was in my 40's when I learned that bedbugs we're REAL. So now I suppose they're going to tell me that the Boogie man is real too.

2points

Rand Johnson 2 years ago

I grew up in Texas. I thought Whataburger was like Water Burger or something because the burgers were juicy. I was in my 20's when I finally solved the riddle.

5points

Soggy Crumpet 2 years ago

I miss and love Whataburger!

2points

Pogi Gwapo 2 years ago

I was a teenager when I learned royals don’t actually have blue blood

4points

RafCo 2 years ago

The term comes from the fact that people who needn't work outdoors are often very pale, and you can see their veins through their skin. And because those veins appear blue... You get it.

2points

Jocelynn Schreiner 2 years ago (edited)

That the band is called "Bowling for Soup" not "Bullwinkle Soup" This was like a month ago. I'm 27

4points

Louise Platiel 2 years ago

My son looked at his puckered finger tips in the pool and cried because he thought it was permanent water damage 😆

3points

Deep One 2 years ago

I was an adult before I found out that facade did NOT have two pronunciations. I had always thought that when referring to a building it was pronounced fa KA yd like arcade or colonnade and when referring to a person putting on a false front or face it was pronounced face-ad because they were being two-faced.

3points

Amber 2 years ago

I dont think either of those are right. Its "fuh-sawd."

8points

Zoe's Mom 2 years ago

..that Wolverines were real, live animals.

3points

Miau Miau 2 years ago (edited)

Wolverines ARE real live animals! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine

0points

glowworm2 2 years ago

I remember my sudden disappointment as an older kid upon finally eating my first candy apple. Candy apples aren't entirely made of candy but actually have a real apple under them.

3points

Catarina 2 years ago (edited)

We don't have candy apples in Portugal, i've always wanted to try One and the fact that now i know it has a real Apple inside makes me want to try it more

6points

Peri 2 years ago

I think I was 20 when I learned that female nipples don’t just have one hole where milk comes out of… and I’m female. For some reason I also thought the word “prevent” meant the opposite — as in causing something to happen — until I was 8 or 9. Up until then, the Smokey the Bear sign my dad had was very confusing.

2points

Abby Parker 2 years ago

I think I was 20 when I finally figured out the tall man in Simon and Garfunkels’ video for You Can Call Me Al, is in fact Garfunkel and not Will Ferrell xD

2points

JUDITH STRACK 2 years ago

It's Chevy Chase not Garfunkel

3points

Anita Pickle 2 years ago

That elected officials are not held accountable, nor do they actually have do anything.

2points

Erik Ivan 2 years ago

I was 45 before I even started to learn how to say no. Nowadays, with only a couple of monthsto my 50' birthday, I still struggle with that small word.

1point

Ines Spotify 2 years ago

I learned 2 weeks ago that pickles are cucumbers. My whole life is a lie 🥲.

1point

thegolfball 2 years ago

Was in my 60's when it occurred to me what occupation Miss Kitty really had in the TV series "Gunsmoke"

1point

Clare Is great 2 years ago

I didn’t know like half of these

1point

Niko Fly 2 years ago

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1point

Wayne Click 1 year ago

I was in my 50's on the pineapple one

0points

Mariah Gensmer 2 years ago

I just learned some of these and I'm 32. I also have to care to question it.

0points

Joybug 2 years ago

I knew all but one of these already. But the comments from those who didn't were the BEST!

0points

Mine Truly 2 years ago

The pineapple one blew my mind.

0points

DDmaybeandor 2 years ago

A crockpot is so called because it is a pot you put your crock in to heat it up. That took me a while.

0points

Nikki Diaz 2 years ago

I was in my early 30s when i learned that New England is not, in fact, a state.

0points

Shoto Todoroki 2 years ago

As a kid I thought the term drinking meants drinks overall. So when my parents taught us drinking was bad I thought they meant like juice, water, soda. Drinking and driving was another, I remember my dad had a soda and was driving I was like 'Oh no, my dad is doing something bad. It wasn't until I saw a PSA on tv about some guy drinking beer and then hopping into his car where it timeskips to him being bound in a wheelchair paralyzed that I learned 'drink' means Alcohol.

0points

Brian Eckre 2 years ago

I think I was in junior high when I found out that not all poodles are girl dogs and all German shepherds are boy dogs!

0points

Stephanie Casey 2 years ago

When I was younger my dad told me that if I unscrewed my belly button my butt would fall off. When I tell you I tried so hard and was disappointed it didn't work, he finally told me to truth: I didn't have the right tool. *insertdisappointmenthere*

0points

Austin Hicks 2 years ago

A lot of these beliefs explain a lot about the world.

0points

Emmett O'Brian 2 years ago

TIL that the fine constant (1/137) is called that because of the fine gaps in the spectral lines of atoms. How did I not get that amirite? Anybody?

-1point

Plutarch Heavensbee 2 years ago

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Barbara Weiss 2 years ago

Maybe you'll meet a woman this year. Maybe. Probably not.

3points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

50points

Jyndaru 2 years ago

And people should not stop trying to learn new things just because they finished school. There's always more to learn.

17points

Fernanda Abreu 2 years ago

Knowing some conspiracies and hearing some lies is not learning per se. Sounds you're pretending a lot yourself.

0points

g90814 2 years ago

Ignorance is curable. Stupidity is not.

0points

Francesca Annoni 2 years ago

28points

Wondering Alice 2 years ago

10points

Uh huh 2 years ago (edited)

4points

Austin Hicks 2 years ago

It's strange which memories stand out in an ocean of what we remember about someone.

3points

glowworm2 2 years ago

That is adorable. Your dad must have been fun.

3points

ADHORTATOR 2 years ago

Exactly the same expression in German: "Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul"

1point

Eva Dukes 2 years ago

0points

Baleygr 2 years ago

German has the same idiom. ('Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.")

0points

Kate O'Brien 2 years ago

❤️

0points

Mark Richards 2 years ago

I was in my early 50s before I realized I was circumcised. I was stunned. 😂😂😂

24points

Urbangirlatl 2 years ago

There is a clip on YouTube for the Graham Norton show where Sir Patrick Stewart talks about the same confusion. He thought he was....he's not.

12points

Parmeisan 2 years ago

8points

Web Mailroom 2 years ago

8points

Lillian Swaim 2 years ago

7points

Hey! 6 months ago

The bromelain in pineapple does that to you, not due to acidity and/or rough texture.

0points

Winter 2 years ago

6points

CATMONSTER2018 2 years ago

I thought soda could only be drunk after someone was 7 years old. (Because of 7-up)

5points

abby smink 2 years ago

That loofas are a plant. Learned that this year, at 40.

5points

Jackie Lulu 2 years ago

5points

Dawn Burris 2 years ago

Like the saying "Don't let the bedbugs bite". I was in my 40's when I learned that bedbugs we're REAL. So now I suppose they're going to tell me that the Boogie man is real too.

2points

Rand Johnson 2 years ago

I grew up in Texas. I thought Whataburger was like Water Burger or something because the burgers were juicy. I was in my 20's when I finally solved the riddle.

5points

Soggy Crumpet 2 years ago

I miss and love Whataburger!

2points

Pogi Gwapo 2 years ago

I was a teenager when I learned royals don’t actually have blue blood

4points

RafCo 2 years ago

The term comes from the fact that people who needn't work outdoors are often very pale, and you can see their veins through their skin. And because those veins appear blue... You get it.

2points

Jocelynn Schreiner 2 years ago (edited)

That the band is called "Bowling for Soup" not "Bullwinkle Soup" This was like a month ago. I'm 27

4points

Louise Platiel 2 years ago

My son looked at his puckered finger tips in the pool and cried because he thought it was permanent water damage 😆

3points

Deep One 2 years ago

3points

Amber 2 years ago

I dont think either of those are right. Its "fuh-sawd."

8points

Zoe's Mom 2 years ago

..that Wolverines were real, live animals.

3points

Miau Miau 2 years ago (edited)

Wolverines ARE real live animals! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine

0points

glowworm2 2 years ago

I remember my sudden disappointment as an older kid upon finally eating my first candy apple. Candy apples aren't entirely made of candy but actually have a real apple under them.

3points

Catarina 2 years ago (edited)

We don't have candy apples in Portugal, i've always wanted to try One and the fact that now i know it has a real Apple inside makes me want to try it more

6points

Peri 2 years ago

2points

Abby Parker 2 years ago

I think I was 20 when I finally figured out the tall man in Simon and Garfunkels’ video for You Can Call Me Al, is in fact Garfunkel and not Will Ferrell xD

2points

JUDITH STRACK 2 years ago

It's Chevy Chase not Garfunkel

3points

Anita Pickle 2 years ago

That elected officials are not held accountable, nor do they actually have do anything.

2points

Erik Ivan 2 years ago

I was 45 before I even started to learn how to say no. Nowadays, with only a couple of monthsto my 50' birthday, I still struggle with that small word.

1point

Ines Spotify 2 years ago

I learned 2 weeks ago that pickles are cucumbers. My whole life is a lie 🥲.

1point

thegolfball 2 years ago

Was in my 60's when it occurred to me what occupation Miss Kitty really had in the TV series "Gunsmoke"

1point

Clare Is great 2 years ago

I didn’t know like half of these

1point

Niko Fly 2 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

1point

Wayne Click 1 year ago

I was in my 50's on the pineapple one

0points

Mariah Gensmer 2 years ago

I just learned some of these and I'm 32. I also have to care to question it.

0points

Joybug 2 years ago

I knew all but one of these already. But the comments from those who didn't were the BEST!

0points

Mine Truly 2 years ago

The pineapple one blew my mind.

0points

DDmaybeandor 2 years ago

A crockpot is so called because it is a pot you put your crock in to heat it up. That took me a while.

0points

Nikki Diaz 2 years ago

I was in my early 30s when i learned that New England is not, in fact, a state.

0points

Shoto Todoroki 2 years ago

0points

Brian Eckre 2 years ago

I think I was in junior high when I found out that not all poodles are girl dogs and all German shepherds are boy dogs!

0points

Stephanie Casey 2 years ago

0points

Austin Hicks 2 years ago

A lot of these beliefs explain a lot about the world.

0points

Emmett O'Brian 2 years ago

TIL that the fine constant (1/137) is called that because of the fine gaps in the spectral lines of atoms. How did I not get that amirite? Anybody?

-1point

Plutarch Heavensbee 2 years ago

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Barbara Weiss 2 years ago

Maybe you'll meet a woman this year. Maybe. Probably not.

3points