People shared the belated revelations they learned far too late in life and it’s a very funny and occasionally entirely relatable read
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‘I had always thought eggs were considered “dairy” on a food pyramid. I could’ve sworn thats just what I was taught but nope they’re poultry.
‘I guess because eggs and milk and cheese are in the same place in the grocery store, my mind just decided they should be considered “dairy”.’
Different_Mirror_175
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‘Womens pads stick to their underwear and not themselves like a band-aid.’
brettrknowlton
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‘That narwhals are real. I thought they were cute mythological creatures, until I saw a brooch a friend had and asked if it was part of the companies mythological line.
‘She asked me if I thought narwhals were myths, like unicorns. I laughed and said of course they are. I was 35.’
katikaboom
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‘That they replay the taping of the New Years Eve ball drop every hour. I thought they lifted it back up and dropped it again for Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones.
‘I was over 30 when someone pointed this out to me.’
milehighrukus
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‘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 shit constantly after drinking milk.’
xeredge
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‘Washington state and Washington DC are two different places.’
PotatoesPancakes
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‘The song “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” was about mom and dad kissing because he was dressed as Santa. Found this out at 29 years of age. I genuinely thought mom was being a whore with Santa (or a Santa look alike).;
CompetitiveStick6239
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‘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
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‘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 shitty plumbing where they grew up in Central America.’
fuckintacos
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‘The Lion King is basically Hamlet. That was Monday. I’m 41.’
west_end_squirrel
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‘At roughly 37, I learned pineapples grow from the ground and not from a tree.’
Human_Watch4506
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Source Reddit u/PralineStriking H/T Buzzfeed