‘What is a universally known fact you only found out well into adulthood?’ – 23 basic truths that some people took way too long to find out
12.
‘Elgin Marbles. Don’t want to talk about it.’
–zephyrmox
13.
‘Thought it was ‘make ends meat’ for ages and didn’t question it. I think I assumed it was something similar to the origins of ‘humble pie’.’
–HarissaPorkMeatballs
14.
‘I’m 38. It was only last year that I learned that Easter Monday isn’t of any significance in Christianity. It’s just a bank holiday because we can’t have the bank holiday on Easter Sunday.’
–ooh_bit_of_bush
15.
‘I thought the film director Jim Jarmusch was German (maybe I was getting him mixed up with Wim Wenders?) and therefore pronounced like ‘Yim Yarmusch’, until I said his name out loud in front of a film buff.’
–hdhxuxufxufufiffif
16.
‘Finding out that Timbuktu is a real place was a defining moment of my childhood.’
–luckyloz
17.
‘I didn’t know that green peppers ripened into red/yellow ones. I thought they were a different strain of pepper.
Found this out in my 30s, despite both parents being horticulturalists.’
–PippyHooligan
18.
‘Until my mid-20s I thought glacé cherries are what cherries are naturally like. I didn’t realise they were candied. I thought ‘glacé’ was just a variety name like ‘honeycrisp’ or ‘Granny Smith’. I hate glacé cherries so i thought I hated cherries for years. When I finally tried fresh cherries it was a revelation and I kicked myself for having missed so many years of delicious cherry goodness!’
–Reddishyroo
19.
‘A 94, almost 95 year old, regular at work has recently learnt what the menopause was due to me! He had a wife and has a daughter. He was shocked, asked his daughter confirmed, he felt bad for not knowing. Came in with a fan to cool me down the next time I saw him.’
–OatlattesandWalkies
20.
’42 years old here. Last year found out it’s marshmallow and not marshmellow.’
–secret_willy
21.
‘Until two years ago I thought palm oil literally came from the palms of gorillas. I genuinely thought they were cutting off gorillas hands to get it. Also used to think ‘Interpol’ and ‘Interflora’ were the same thing and couldn’t understand why government agencies were working in the back room of florists. I have a job with responsibility may I add…’
–Gold_City2120
22.
‘I thought cream teas were when you put cream in tea and I was 36 when I found out it wasn’t.’
–Samsmagicalbeard
23.
‘As a kid I always thought Ozzy Osbourne was something people made up, kind of like Santa. I didn’t realise he was a real person until I was at least 10!’
–springsomnia
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