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People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers That birds don't live in nests. Just for rearing their young. I learned that at the age of 72. And I have a PhD in biophysics. Not zoology. Never too late to learn.

alanmagid , Fabrizio Frigeni Report

Final score:

324points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Well, I never really thought about it until now, and I'm 70.

142points

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers For most of my life I assumed Neil Armstrong was a black man, because I'd never seen Neil outside the space suit, but I had seen Louis Armstrong. It never occurred to me that there would be anything unusual about a black astronaut in the 60s.

mrbooze , piqsels Report

Final score:

321points

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B-b-bird 3 years ago

I love how children initially never know about racism and do not understand the concept of being excluded because of colour. I wish everyone would grow up without learning how to judge each other and exclude.

236points

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers Until the age of 14, I thought Princess Diana was a famous marine biologist. They always called her "The Princess of WALES" so.....

AIRjaram , John Mathew Smith Report

Final score:

313points

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Jihana 3 years ago

Ok, that one is cute 😂

124points

I learned that I grew up in a white-trashy family around 10 through television. One night, I was watching tv and Jeff Foxworthy came on. I was a very content only child who to the best of my knowledge got everything they ever wanted and had no idea about things could/needed to be otherwise. Well, ole Jeff was well into his skit and I was avidly listening. "If you watch TV on a TV that sits on top of a broken TV, you might be a redneck." Wait, what? I'm watching tv sitting on top of a broken TV. "If you have a broken down car sitting in your front yard that hasn't been moved in years, you might be a Redneck." We have 5 of those, wth this isn't normal? "If you have appliances in your yard... If you've got shacks in your yard... If you live in a trailer next to a house... If... Etc... You might be a redneck." I looked around and painfully realized that I was living all of those things. So, that was the day I found out I was a redneck.

Final score:

302points

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BorPand8 3 years ago

If you go to family reunions to meet women...

166points

That the little piggy who went to market wasn't going shopping for groceries. Last year it hit me. I'm 28.

MeOfAllTrades Report

Final score:

298points

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Couch potato 3 years ago

Oh. This is embarrassing. I thought that too until like, right now.

276points

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers My dad would tell me bulls**t things to mess with me as a kid. Usually he would remember eventually to correct it. Sometimes, however, he forgot.

I went through the first 17 years of my life thinking an artichoke was a nocturnal rodent. Went to Italian restaurant and was horrified to see artichoke hearts on the menu. My girlfriend still gives me s**t for it three years later.

xDeezyz , Andie Report

Final score:

295points

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Abbey Impson 3 years ago

in our house it was "wild rutabagas"...mom and dad used to go out at night and catch them.

68points

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I was watching Titanic with some friends. When it comes to the part where - spoiler alert - the ship starts sinking and the old couple are in bed together, my friend, let's call her Amy, goes "why don't they just go to sleep?".

There's a pause as everyone looks baffled before Amy explains that you don't breathe while you're asleep so you can't drown.

Amy was 21 and in university.

Final score:

292points

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KJ 3 years ago

I hope Amy wasn't at uni to be a doctor.

193points

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers It's called "metal" because it's harder than rock.

HiDeAnkTum , Marko Milivojevic Report

Final score:

288points

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Ksenia M 3 years ago

ok, this should be a thing

102points

#10

I thought morning sickness was just that, feeling sick before noon. One Christmas I announced to my entire extended family that I had morning sickness. I was probably 9 or 10. I'm also a guy.

GoodDecision Report

Final score:

287points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

The logic was there.

145points

#11

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I re-named a goldfish "rainbow" when I was 7 because it kept changing color every few months. I told friends about this fish for years like it was some mystical kaleidoscope fish. It hit me in the face a couple months ago that the fish wasn't changing color...my parents were just replacing it when it died without telling me.

christinaorr , pxhere Report

Final score:

283points

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Helena Houzarová 3 years ago

Goldfish have a lifespan of 10-15 years. Means their fish kept dying every few months, probably because it wasn't taken care of correctly.

185points

#12

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I always thought that you had to legally be 16 to have coffee. Soon after my 16th birthday I went to the nearest coffee store and ordered one. I was sweating and hoping they wouldn't ask for id, because I didn't have any.

anonymous , Sung Wang Report

Final score:

265points

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KJ 3 years ago

Someones parents pulled a sneaky on you.

132points

#13

When I was a young boy I had a black football coach (I'm white).

I asked him, "hey coach, do black people get hotter in the sun than white people"

And he responded "well I dono I've never been white"

And then it hit me. "Ohhhhhh"

Jpaynesae1991 Report

Final score:

255points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

Face meet palm.

67points

#14

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I used to think that when listening to a CD the singer had to physically sing it from wherever they were in the world in order for you to listen

So when it was night time I wouldn't listen to my Avril Lavigne CD because I didn't want her to lose sleep for me

craniumblood , cottonbro Report

Final score:

249points

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Lisa Simpson 3 years ago

Awww, how considerate of you🤗

120points

#15

When I first started to grow boobs I thought I had breast cancer, but I was too embarrassed to ask anyone so I just accepted my death.

donotlikebananas Report

Final score:

215points

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Linda van der Pal 3 years ago

That's sad! (And I don't mean that the author was a sad person, but that it's sad nobody taught het beter before then!)

198points

#16

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers That green, red, and yellow bell peppers are all the same pepper at different stages of life.

cosmic_riviera , pixnio Report

Final score:

209points

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River Webb 3 years ago

wait WHAT

178points

trolltollwhatyousay , Norman Tsui Report

#17

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers Thought reindeer were mythical creatures, like unicorns, that helped Santa at Christmas. Didn't realise until I was 18. My mum took me to see real reindeer that Christmas, my mind was blown

Final score:

207points

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Monday 3 years ago

A lot of people had this realization with Narwhals....which is fair because if horses with horns don't exist why would whales with horns be real?

98points

#18

My parents had me convinced that when the ice cream truck played music, it was out of ice cream. I didn't know differently until I was almost 18.

petcgirl Report

Final score:

203points

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Jihana 3 years ago

That is just mean!

108points

#19

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers Pickles come from cucumbers

germinik , AKuptsova Report

Final score:

198points

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Pickles, cucumbers, gherkins, cornichons....

37points

#20

Somehow the conversation of superhero names came up with my girlfriend (29) the other day, and she mentioned Wolverine being named after wolves. I kinda looked at her and said "Wolverine was named after wolverines." She stared back blankly. One google images search later and I had taught a biology major about a new animal.

pfthrowaway14 Report

Final score:

196points

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Jihana 3 years ago

I also did not know that there is an animal called wolverine. But then again, English is not my first language. In German that thing is called Vielfraß which literally means "eats a lot"

112points

#21

I didn't learn the difference between miner and minor until I was like, 12. My dad was a miner and I used to freak out about him smoking or drinking because I thought it was prohibited to miners.

steinenhoot Report

Final score:

196points

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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)

Smoking is. Smoking in a mine is very dangerous. Drinking could be dangerous too.

55points

#22

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers A week ago I finally made the connection that the hood is short for the neighborhood. I'm 23.

gritodedolores1946 , Ken Lund Report

Final score:

195points

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Beast 3 years ago

slow claps....well done :)

69points

#23

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers Just talked to a coworker the other day who didn't know his name was Jason until 3rd grade. His initials were JT and his family called him by that and so he thought that was his name.

During roll call in class the teacher was asking for a "Jason" and he just sat there thinking "some sucker is late for class". Then the name JT was never called and confusion ensued.

Yivoe , Max Fischer Report

Final score:

190points

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Monday 3 years ago

This one always boggles my mind. If you're going to call your kid JT, why not just make that their official name? Why name your kid James if you're gonna call them Jim....why name them William if you're gonna stick to Bill? It's just something that never quite clicked for me.

95points

#24

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers One time in 7th grade science, my class was having a discussion about volcanoes and then out of nowhere, a kid in the back yelled in the most surprised voice ever "wait! Volcanoes are real!?"

Thebenwheeler66 , Russell Neches Report

Final score:

188points

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Robert T 3 years ago

I rode up the side of a volcano on a camel when I was kid. And a guy set fire to a bush by poking it in the ground. Volcanoes are cool. :D

50points

#25

I thought lingerie was a fancy word for laundry for way longer than i care to admit. Explains why my mates gave me a weird look when I told them I had to fold my lingerie

Jews_Are_meh Report

Final score:

186points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)

Actually the french "linge" is washing soooooo

31points

#26

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I was convinced cheese grew on bushes till 12-13 years old. My brother is really proud of this.

digdat0 , NastyaSensei Report

Final score:

182points

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

In the UK we had the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax

54points

#27

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I thought it was "war war I" and "war war II" instead of "world war". everyone always just said it like "war war" because Texas.

natlay , Photos of the Past Report

Final score:

180points

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Troux 3 years ago

Hahahah this is very understandable.

52points

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#28

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I thought cats were a breed of dog until I was about 15.

captainnermy , Tran Mau Tri Tam Report

Final score:

172points

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Couch potato 3 years ago

Woah. Ok. Imma move on and pretend I didn't read this.

214points

BetterCallMyJungler Report

#29

i thought that when people lose a body part their organism could regenerate the missing part until i was 13+-. if i saw someone with a half of an arm missing i thought "good s**t, his arm is almost complete"

Final score:

168points

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Katy McMouse 3 years ago

My dear old dad, God rest his mischievous, conniving soul, once told me that actors who are portraying an amputee actually had to have the limb/appendage amputated for the film. This was back in the eighties before CGI was a thing. I believed him. For YEARS.

78points

#30

It's "For all intents and purposes"

Not "For all intensive purposes"

Learned at age 30.

Final score:

167points

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Sue Grigg 3 years ago

This is a common one so don't feel bad about it.

48points

#31

There actually ARE carrots in carrot cake. I assumed it was a joke because it's orange and we were all in on it.

llama-rama Report

Final score:

165points

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De Gueb 3 years ago

It's the only way I eat vegetables!!

45points

#32

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I just learned a few months ago that lightning does not happen when two clouds touch each other. That was a very sad, and very disappointing day.

anonymous , Alexandre Bringer Report

Final score:

161points

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Brendan 3 years ago

"Hey, I'm floatin' here!"

96points

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#33

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I only learned this year that ponies aren't just baby horses.

Up_from_below Report

Final score:

158points

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MauKini 3 years ago

This is one of the cutest ponys i have ever seen!

59points

#34

I don't know if the realization I've had when I was around 6 years old is something that everyone experiences, but I was completely blown away when my great-grandmother told me that she wasn't always old and was, in fact, a kid once, and so was everyone else. That was the day I learned about the process of aging.

cerberus_cat Report

Final score:

141points

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Emma Gee 3 years ago

I got beat with a wooden spoon by my grandma for asking her what type of dinosaur she rode to school everyday cause I assumed she had walked the earth with the dinosaurs since she was so old... I too never thought she was young. Lol and apparently immortal.

58points

TonyPepperonis , Matheus Bertelli Report

#35

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers What lesbians are. I thought they were from Romania. I was 17.

Final score:

140points

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Jihana 3 years ago

Why Romania? Greece, ok, there is the island of Lesbos where the term lesbians actually comes from. But Romania?

118points

#36

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers Ray-Bans are called that because they "Ban" the suns rays from entering your eyes.

anonymous , Shamindi Wehalle Report

Final score:

137points

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Lisa Simpson 3 years ago

What!? I thought that Ray Ban is the name of the designer 😂

131points

babisaurusREX , Highsmith, Carol M Report

#37

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I thought the Amish were like an old timey group of actors who were just really into it until I was about 18, revealed that, and was promptly made fun of because they in fact are a functioning society who actually live that way, not actors.

Final score:

133points

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Deborah B 3 years ago

Re-enactors.

36points

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#38

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers A few weeks ago I learned that hens lay infertile eggs so roosters aren't necessary. I'm 21.

FlatTyres , Alison Burrell Report

Final score:

133points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

Darling, most roosters are unnecessary !

164points

#39

When I was 18 I learned that the thing on the bottom of your rear view mirror was used to dim lights from cars behind you at night. I was complaining about a car behind me and my buddy in the Army told me to flip the mirror thing. Mind Blown.

raymondspogo Report

Final score:

132points

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WoodenLion 3 years ago

told my son that when he was 34 - he didn't know.

34points

#40

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I thought that all dogs were male and all cats were female for the longest time.

LuminousRain , Alec Favale Report

Final score:

129points

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Jihana 3 years ago

I read that so many times already, and it really baffles me. Why? How? What is the thought process?

45points

#41

When I was cleaning my last apartment the day before moving out, I ran out of paper towels cleaning counter tops. I thought I couldn't continue without going to the store for more, until over the phone, my mother asked why I didn't just use a towel.

Paper towels and towels can serve the same function.. I am 30.

FinalFacade Report

Final score:

128points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

Oh Dear.

56points

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#42

That girls had nipples. Until I was 13 I thought it was all smooth. That changed when I went to NYC with my parents and saw a lady protesting equal rights with no shirt on. It was quite an experience.

Final score:

122points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

Big cities can be very .... educating.

93points

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#43

As a kid I loved Mr. Bean. My mom took a trip to England to visit relatives and came back with an autographed postcard from him, I didn't realize until my twenties that it was in her handwriting. :/

Final score:

120points

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Bron 3 years ago

I love mr Bean too. His skit in the church is without a doubt the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on tv. (Saying that cos my husband and daughter have both done some pretty stupid, funny things).

22points

#44

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers That you only get milk from cows who have recently given birth. I was told by my father that cows produce milk be eating grass and I continued to believe it until I was in my early twenties

mrchaddy , Kat Jayne Report

Final score:

115points

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B-b-bird 3 years ago

cow has to be milked regularly so that her body would produce a milk all the time, as well to maintain production it is giving birth regularly. Nowadays breeds of cows giving way more milk than her infant is able to consume. That is why it needs to be milked twice a day (thats for old style milking), otherwise cow is in pain/discomfort.

68points

#45

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers When I was a young kid I thought attractive people and celebrities didn't have toes. I thought their feet were perfect like the feet of a Barbie. I wanted to be famous so I could have feet like a Barbie, I thought toes were gross.

lauquinn , dollyhaul Report

Final score:

112points

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Bron 3 years ago

I agree, toes are gross

38points

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#46

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers That a blanket doesn't provide it's own heat. Yes, it genuinely took me a while.

TheForgottenPages , Taylor Friehl Report

Final score:

105points

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Matt Hollis 3 years ago

Take it off someone and it comes pre charged

48points

#47

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers You know the towel hats the woman wear after taking a shower? It took me much longer than I'm willing to admit to realise that their hair is in the towel.

MrTurtle7091 , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

97points

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Monday 3 years ago

I'm very curious why they thought we wear the towel hats if they didn't know about the hair

49points

#48

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers Chocolate milk doesn't come from chocolate cows. I thought there were chocolate cows until I was a college senior.

monkey_swagger , Donnie Nunley Report

Final score:

93points

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Otter 3 years ago

You grew up buying premade grocery store chocolate milk, didn't you, and not mixing powder or syrup into regular milk.

52points

LuminousRain , Maksim Goncharenok Report

#49

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers I thought I was allergic to cactus because they hurt me when I touched them, didn't find out that cactus have thorns until I was 12

Final score:

91points

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BasedWang 3 years ago

coulda just like.....looked at it

69points

ferglicious , Leandro Neumann Ciuffo Report

#50

People Are Sharing Things They've Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life, And Here Are The 50 Best Answers That there are literally different seasons in different places in the world. I always thought about it as of a fact that I mislearned but it turned out to be true about a year ago. I'm 23.

Final score:

90points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)

I love that we have the long school holidays, daylight savings and Christmas in summer.

31points

Small Galaxy 3 years ago

Okay! Now I feel dumb! I'm today years old upon realizing that Aussies celebrate Christmas in December. For some reason I was thinking you guys would celebrate Christmas in July so it would be Winter. GAHHH DUMB

7points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

My son about fell out of his chair when I told him it snowed in New Zealand in July. He's like "But what about Santa during Christmas?" I said "Santa switches to a Speed Boat pulled by 8 tiny dolphins south of the Equator"

5points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

Plus, they’re opposite south of the equator. Like Australians celebrate Christmas during their summer.

2points

B-b-bird 3 years ago

No worries, you are not alone. It hit me when I was 22 :))) They should teach this in geography classes but for some reason they never did. Our planet is amazing, it snows somewhere in Chilean high regions and its winter, when its peak summer in Germany.

1point

Uchman 3 years ago

I'm guessing all those snowy Christmas cards are not a thing in Australia, then!

0points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Yeah we still get them, lots of them.

0points

Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago

Tee Witt living up to your name? Just because you grew up with winter Christmas's does not make them 'normal' for everyone. As far as we are concerned Christmas in summer is 'the norm'.

0points

Bella10 3 years ago

Adding on from this, there are ALOT more than just the 4 seasons most of us follow. Indigenous tribes are well aware of this and give them the most romantic and apt names.

0points

Dave 3 years ago

This right here is the reason why the world is laughing at Americans. I am not surprised that over 73 Million people voted for Trump.

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Troux 3 years ago

Just a couple years ago it dawned on me that Eminem = Marshall Mathers = M. M. = M&M = Eminem

27points

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

See, and I thought it was because he was chocolate on the inside. (Only joking.)

8points

RandomPanda 2 years ago

Isn't there something to do with Mars? Or maybe I'm just a dumbass

1point

Si 3 years ago

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0points

Higgleton 3 years ago

I wondered as a kid why we couldn't just print more money and make everyone millionaires. Appreciate my mum trying to explain inflation to a 5 year old.

24points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

And I’m sure you’re smart as hell now. The main thing I’ve taught my kids is be curious. If you’re curious your whole life you never stop learning.

4points

Aleksandras Tvardauskas 3 years ago

Because millionaires need people to work for them :)

2points

Annette_ 3 years ago

And it is SO SAD that in some countries adults and politicians do not understand that!!

1point

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

Please explain this to Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times economist Thomas Friedman. He literally has proposed exactly that the U.S. government can endlessly continue "quantitative easing" (wherein the federal reserve purchases stocks and bonds with printed money) without inflation.

0points

Jihana 3 years ago

I was like 35 when I realized the reason why police dogs are called K-9 is that they are canine. English is not my first language, but still, I am not proud of that one.

23points

Anton Kider 3 years ago

Ask a person from Q8 what they think about that ...

4points

Helena Houzarová 3 years ago

Thanks for telling me, I didn't know that. I'm 38 (English is also not my first language).

4points

PossumMom 3 years ago

English is my first language and I still didn't put that together until you pointed it out to me

1point

GirlFriday 3 years ago

Yes! Because each police unit is assigned a number, like 4251 Charlie so that they are easily identified on the radio and for tracking purposes. The best way to identify the canine units were number them as well - so they were K-9 Boppo, etc.

-1point

BG 3 years ago

"canine" isn't an english word.

-3points

Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

When I was little my older cousin told me that clouds don't move, they look like they're moving because earth is rotating. Also I asked my gran why they don't show other countries on the weather forecast on TV and she said it's because other countries don't have TVs. I believed both for many years until I went to school and was laughed at when I shared my "valuable knowledge". Don't lie to your kids when they ask questions just because you think it's easier than explaining the real answer.

15points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

In kindergarten I asked my Father how islands stay in the same place without floating away. He said “giant bolts” My first grade teacher thought I was crazy when I was telling other kids this.

11points

RatherLoopy 3 years ago

Ok, I'll tell one on myself. In my early 20's (1974-ish), I'd just gone on the road with a disco band and one of our first gigs was playing a rather nice hotel club in Texas. Back in the day we got half off hotel restaurant food, so I was in the main dining room before work one night with another band member and wanting to sound like a well-traveled man of the world, I ordered the chicken... medium-rare. The waiter politely informed me that chicken wasn't generally served rare before taking my order.

7points

Giles McArdell 3 years ago

When I was very little, at the start of Star Trek "Space, the final frontier" - Wo has a front ear? Why is it the last one? Is it something to do with Mr Spocks pointy ears?

7points

Kyle D 3 years ago

It wasn't until Prince died that I found out his name was ACTUALLY Prince.

6points

Zedrapazia 3 years ago

My fiance, 27, believed until last year that butter was made from corn instead of milk. I'll annoy him with this little mistake for all eternity.

5points

Aleksandras Tvardauskas 3 years ago (edited)

If it is European butter then it is milk. If it is American then you never know. Americans are substituting everything with corn, pretty sure there is a brand of butter which contains corn in it just because they can ^^

1point

Blue 3 years ago

This is a very weird coincidence to see this post now! I'd like to admit that I learned just last week that I had been using cough and sneeze wrong. which was why my allergies were never diagnosed until now. YUP! my doctor had a good laugh!!

5points

Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

Listening to Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix, I always thought he said "'scuse me, while I kiss this guy"

5points

Giles McArdell 3 years ago

"Banoffee" means banana and toffee - I thought it was some Italian word until I was well over 30.

4points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I thought it was banana and coffee lol. I stayed away from anything banoffee coz I despise coffee. Well now I'll give it a try.

3points

K. Lange 3 years ago

near by my home there is nunnery and monastery with several kilometers distance between them. When I was young I heard a story about a secret tunnel between them. While I was in the church of the nunnery with my granny and my mother to light some candles it hit me: The secret tunnel was there as an easy solution to meet even if it was bad weather. And the reason why there is a baptismal font in the church who is run by women who are not allowed to mary and become a mother with "normal" men was that it was used to baptism the children of the nuns and monks. As they weren't allowed to mary either. It was absolutely logical for me. My Granny and my Ma dragged me out of the church laughing, because there were several nuns praying while I told my wise thougts who weren't very amused about it. :-)

4points

anarkzie 3 years ago (edited)

"Pacific" and "Specific" not being pronounced the same, late teens. It being "Damp Squib" not "Damp Squid" mid twenties.

3points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Until a few years ago, I thought milk was a liquid in its own right. I didn't realise that milk is approx. 88% water. I'm 52.

3points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

Canyou please explain this? Milk is a liquid, why do you say it's not? Apple juice is mostly water, also, as are many liquids, including alcohols. I don' t understand whst exactly you mean.

1point

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago

I enjoy to read each and every one of this post and comments. I've learned sooooo many new things.

2points

Steve Wilson 3 years ago

I am a city boy born & raised. My friend & co-worker still lives on the farm he was born on 50 years ago. He prides himself on his outdoor skills & will pontificate about some country-related thing to me, the ignorant city slicker. A couple of years ago he set up a wildlife camera & started posting pictures of the various critters it was capturing. One picture had the caption “I don’t know what these critters are”. I knew what they were. They were voles. Photographed on the farm he’s lived on his whole life. He’s still trying to live that one down. Whenever I want to razz him I just say “Voles”.

2points

Anna zzstu Byrnes 3 years ago

When I was 11 I learned that nuns could eat popsicles AND! Drive cars! I was shocked when I found that they could do everything everyone else does.

2points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

Almost everything.

3points

Karen Pierre 3 years ago

Until recently I thought when butterflies flew together they were saying hello to each other. My husband pointed out that they're actually trying to mate. I'm 54. In my head they'll always be saying hello !!

2points

BasedWang 3 years ago

When I was littleeeee I thought Mitsubishi was "Mrs. Bitchy" Parents let it happen because they got a kick out of it

2points

Jenný Samúelsdóttir Herlufsen 3 years ago

People that start a sentence with the words “no offence..” and then continue to offend someone, had bad parents that didn’t care about that their kid was an asxhole…No offence though..

1point

kjorn 3 years ago

when i was younger i though Cheesecake were slice of american cheese with icing on top

2points

Lauren 3 years ago

I realized last year (at age 35) that when the Sanderson Sisters go up on stage and sing, they are spellbinding the parents. I thought it was just a song. Didn't realize the song was a spell and that's why the parents had no clue what was going on.

2points

Brendan 3 years ago

When I was little, my older brother told me that the reason homeless people have dogs is so they can eat the dogs when they get hungry. After that, I was heartbroken everytime I walked by a homeless dog :(

2points

Rissie 3 years ago

Your brother is an asshole.

13points

Anna Solan 3 years ago

So sad! I feel empathy for poor little you!

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

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Miss_H84 3 years ago

I'm 37 and learned maybe couple of months ago that Dalai Lama is not his name but his title. I seriously thought his first name was Dalai and his surname was Lama 🤦‍♀️

2points

Hanni 3 years ago (edited)

That's OK, for a long time I have thought that he is a llama.

2points

~hUmMuS vIbEs~ 3 years ago

I literally just learnt that your thyroid isn't in your kidney.

2points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

Spoiler alert: Your knees aren't your lungs!

2points

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago

(Germany 37 y. o) First time I was stopped by police, I put my keys out of the window and come out with hands in the air, laying on the car, my 5 years old son just copied me. The polices were laughing and confused . I only saw police stopping people in American action movies.

1point

Raoul L'artiste 3 years ago (edited)

That's painful... my best friend threw our friendship away few months ago, she did not knew a lot of things and got very passive aggressive if I tried to explain something to her. Our last discussion and the reason why our friendship ended, I tried to explain to her that USA is not Canada or South America but apparently, I'm an idiot who doesn't know anything :|

1point

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

Not me, but a relation. A Winnebago (mobile home) made a fast, hard turn in front of us. Our driver said, "Wow, you'd think the water would spill out of the top." And in that moment as he heard himself say it, he realized how ridiculous his notion was: he had presumed purely from the way it looked that the ladder up and over the top of the Winnebago was a pool ladder.

1point

Erin Mann 3 years ago

I was 13-14 years old before I learned it's "human being" & not "human BEAN". Thought it was called that because fetuses are kinda shaped like a bean. I dono.

1point

Poultry Geist 3 years ago

I use to think elbow grease was something you squeezed out of your elbow ! Like a pimple almost 😂

1point

Steve Wilson 3 years ago

I was about 14 before I learned that an engineer could be somebody who doesn’t drive a train.

1point

The weird one! 3 years ago

well it took me till 8 or 9 to realizes the whole world wasn't America 😐

1point

kjorn 3 years ago

when i was a kid since in toys and cartoon and book we only saw Cows and horses i thought the cow was the female and the horse was the male

1point

Zaza 3 years ago (edited)

I thought my brother was going to lose his toes or possibly die. He was 2, maybe 3 years old at the time, I was 8-ish when I saw my parents hoist him up and sit him on the kitchen counter after he stubbed his toe. We spent the whole afternoon in the kiddy pool and under the sprinklers, so when I saw his toes with the wrinkly water skin and my parents panicking over him I was sure he was losing his foot, or he might be dying. Wasn't until I was well into my twenties that I realised my baby brother was never about to die or lose his foot

1point

glowworm2 3 years ago

Food poisoning had nothing to do with an assassin trying to kill you. Probably 8th grade cleared that one up once we started cooking class and watched a video on it. Also, for years I believed that the 27th president, William Howard Taft got stuck in a bathtub. It wasn't until maybe a few years ago that it was revealed to be an urban legend. However, I actually learned this "fact" (and thought it was hilarious) through a National Geographic Kids magazine.

1point

Susie Elle 3 years ago

I seriously thought for a long time that the fact that seasons are flipped on the southern hemisphere compared to the northern hemisphere was a joke.

1point

Monisa Montoya 2 years ago

Many years I though i was asking the Lord for "jelly bread " instead of "daily bread "when citing the Lord's prayer...

0points

Viv Hart 3 years ago

Maybe it's because I started reading at an early age, plus had a curious mind, but all these things that folk learned at a late stage, stumps me; imagine not knowing about volcanoes.

0points

David Butler 3 years ago

Mine demonstrates the need for sex education that goes beyond the mere mechanics of procreation. When I was in sixth grade, c.1987, I found a piece of A4 paper at my aunt's house with "What AIDS looks like under a microscope" and some random blotches. Somehow I discovered that if you fold it in half and held it up to the light, the blotches combined into the silhouettes of three men in a very specific sexual position. Given that "AIDS" was already known to be a life-threatening... something, from this I came to believe that homosexual activity itself led to an earlier death than heterosexual activity. And I had already done some of that.

0points

Si 3 years ago

There are some seriously stupid people around

0points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

With the exception of being super young or not a native English speaker just WOW! The ones that say they’re at universities are really scary. Half of these are simple observations. A cucumber jar says ingredients- cucumbers. Half of these are clever parents, the other half have stupid parents who didn’t teach them to be curious.

0points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

I meant pickle jar, woops

2points

River Webb 3 years ago

I feel so dumb right now

0points

Bruce Leibee 3 years ago

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Bruce Leibee 3 years ago

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Tomaž Sajovic 3 years ago

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Blue 3 years ago

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Sabse 3 years ago (edited)

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Becky Samuel 3 years ago

I'm sure there are holes in your own knowledge that you're completely unaware of.

8points

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Troux 3 years ago

Just a couple years ago it dawned on me that Eminem = Marshall Mathers = M. M. = M&M = Eminem

27points

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

See, and I thought it was because he was chocolate on the inside. (Only joking.)

8points

RandomPanda 2 years ago

Isn't there something to do with Mars? Or maybe I'm just a dumbass

1point

Si 3 years ago

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Higgleton 3 years ago

I wondered as a kid why we couldn't just print more money and make everyone millionaires. Appreciate my mum trying to explain inflation to a 5 year old.

24points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

And I’m sure you’re smart as hell now. The main thing I’ve taught my kids is be curious. If you’re curious your whole life you never stop learning.

4points

Aleksandras Tvardauskas 3 years ago

Because millionaires need people to work for them :)

2points

Annette_ 3 years ago

And it is SO SAD that in some countries adults and politicians do not understand that!!

1point

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

0points

Jihana 3 years ago

I was like 35 when I realized the reason why police dogs are called K-9 is that they are canine. English is not my first language, but still, I am not proud of that one.

23points

Anton Kider 3 years ago

Ask a person from Q8 what they think about that ...

4points

Helena Houzarová 3 years ago

Thanks for telling me, I didn't know that. I'm 38 (English is also not my first language).

4points

PossumMom 3 years ago

English is my first language and I still didn't put that together until you pointed it out to me

1point

GirlFriday 3 years ago

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BG 3 years ago

"canine" isn't an english word.

-3points

Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

15points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

In kindergarten I asked my Father how islands stay in the same place without floating away. He said “giant bolts” My first grade teacher thought I was crazy when I was telling other kids this.

11points

RatherLoopy 3 years ago

7points

Giles McArdell 3 years ago

When I was very little, at the start of Star Trek "Space, the final frontier" - Wo has a front ear? Why is it the last one? Is it something to do with Mr Spocks pointy ears?

7points

Kyle D 3 years ago

It wasn't until Prince died that I found out his name was ACTUALLY Prince.

6points

Zedrapazia 3 years ago

My fiance, 27, believed until last year that butter was made from corn instead of milk. I'll annoy him with this little mistake for all eternity.

5points

Aleksandras Tvardauskas 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Blue 3 years ago

5points

Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

Listening to Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix, I always thought he said "'scuse me, while I kiss this guy"

5points

Giles McArdell 3 years ago

"Banoffee" means banana and toffee - I thought it was some Italian word until I was well over 30.

4points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I thought it was banana and coffee lol. I stayed away from anything banoffee coz I despise coffee. Well now I'll give it a try.

3points

K. Lange 3 years ago

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anarkzie 3 years ago (edited)

"Pacific" and "Specific" not being pronounced the same, late teens. It being "Damp Squib" not "Damp Squid" mid twenties.

3points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Until a few years ago, I thought milk was a liquid in its own right. I didn't realise that milk is approx. 88% water. I'm 52.

3points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

Canyou please explain this? Milk is a liquid, why do you say it's not? Apple juice is mostly water, also, as are many liquids, including alcohols. I don' t understand whst exactly you mean.

1point

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago

I enjoy to read each and every one of this post and comments. I've learned sooooo many new things.

2points

Steve Wilson 3 years ago

2points

Anna zzstu Byrnes 3 years ago

When I was 11 I learned that nuns could eat popsicles AND! Drive cars! I was shocked when I found that they could do everything everyone else does.

2points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

Almost everything.

3points

Karen Pierre 3 years ago

2points

BasedWang 3 years ago

When I was littleeeee I thought Mitsubishi was "Mrs. Bitchy" Parents let it happen because they got a kick out of it

2points

Jenný Samúelsdóttir Herlufsen 3 years ago

People that start a sentence with the words “no offence..” and then continue to offend someone, had bad parents that didn’t care about that their kid was an asxhole…No offence though..

1point

kjorn 3 years ago

when i was younger i though Cheesecake were slice of american cheese with icing on top

2points

Lauren 3 years ago

2points

Brendan 3 years ago

2points

Rissie 3 years ago

Your brother is an asshole.

13points

Anna Solan 3 years ago

So sad! I feel empathy for poor little you!

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

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Miss_H84 3 years ago

I'm 37 and learned maybe couple of months ago that Dalai Lama is not his name but his title. I seriously thought his first name was Dalai and his surname was Lama 🤦‍♀️

2points

Hanni 3 years ago (edited)

That's OK, for a long time I have thought that he is a llama.

2points

~hUmMuS vIbEs~ 3 years ago

I literally just learnt that your thyroid isn't in your kidney.

2points

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

Spoiler alert: Your knees aren't your lungs!

2points

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago

1point

Raoul L'artiste 3 years ago (edited)

1point

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

1point

Erin Mann 3 years ago

I was 13-14 years old before I learned it's "human being" & not "human BEAN". Thought it was called that because fetuses are kinda shaped like a bean. I dono.

1point

Poultry Geist 3 years ago

I use to think elbow grease was something you squeezed out of your elbow ! Like a pimple almost 😂

1point

Steve Wilson 3 years ago

I was about 14 before I learned that an engineer could be somebody who doesn’t drive a train.

1point

The weird one! 3 years ago

well it took me till 8 or 9 to realizes the whole world wasn't America 😐

1point

kjorn 3 years ago

when i was a kid since in toys and cartoon and book we only saw Cows and horses i thought the cow was the female and the horse was the male

1point

Zaza 3 years ago (edited)

1point

glowworm2 3 years ago

1point

Susie Elle 3 years ago

I seriously thought for a long time that the fact that seasons are flipped on the southern hemisphere compared to the northern hemisphere was a joke.

1point

Monisa Montoya 2 years ago

Many years I though i was asking the Lord for "jelly bread " instead of "daily bread "when citing the Lord's prayer...

0points

Viv Hart 3 years ago

Maybe it's because I started reading at an early age, plus had a curious mind, but all these things that folk learned at a late stage, stumps me; imagine not knowing about volcanoes.

0points

David Butler 3 years ago

0points

Si 3 years ago

There are some seriously stupid people around

0points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

0points

Miguel justino C 3 years ago

I meant pickle jar, woops

2points

River Webb 3 years ago

I feel so dumb right now

0points

Bruce Leibee 3 years ago

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Bruce Leibee 3 years ago

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Tomaž Sajovic 3 years ago

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Blue 3 years ago

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Sabse 3 years ago (edited)

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Becky Samuel 3 years ago

I'm sure there are holes in your own knowledge that you're completely unaware of.

8points