50 Times People Missed The Most Basic Facts: “Blew My Mind”

That the reason old people move so slowly is that they are in pain.

Source: Am now old person.

I didn't realize how much I interrupted people while they were talking until one person didn't let me. They bulldozed right over whatever the f**k I had to add. I'm much more aware now.

You never have it together as an adult. You just collectively pretend.

That percentages work both ways. 50% of 7 (3.5) is the same as 7% of 50 (3.5).

The Romantic languages aren't called that because oh pretty, they're called that because they descend from Latin, which was spoken in Rome… they're Roman-tic languages.

I had no idea that peanuts grow underground until the other day when I saw a video on reddit. I think I always assumed they grew on like, I dunno, a peanut tree? Peanut bush? I was flabbergasted.

That your stomach growling and feeling hungry can also be a sign of thirst.

I was 50 when I figured out (52 now, btw.) that the little piggy that "went to market"...wasn't going shopping.

Edit: I talked to my wife about the poem and she pointed out:

This little piggy went to market - off to be slaughtered.

This little piggy stayed home - The mother pig

This little piggy had roast beef - Being fattened for the market

This little piggy had none - fat enough, being sold tomorrow

This little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home - actually, apparently, the source of this is French, and the piggy is crying "oui, oui, oui!" all the way home because it escaped from the slaughterhouse. It's crying "Yes, yes, yes!" all the way home.

I thought when people said you *can’t* stare at the sun it was because it was a really hard thing to do, like a skill- rather than the truth which is it damages your eyes horribly.

So I’d boast at how I could stare for up to 3mins before I had to look away...

Glad I didn’t take “you can’t breathe underwater” literally too.

A fortnight is called that because its fourteen nights...

I had to explain to my mother, sister and boyfriend that cobwebs are leftover spider webs that collected dust, not just dust magically stringing together

Edit: guys they have to be abandoned to collect dust there aren't spiders in them anymore it's ok.

I thought it was normal to get a little burning sensation in your throat when you eat hazelnuts, turns out I was allergic.

White, green, and black tea can be from the same plant; just picked at different times.

EDIT: Yes, it's also a drying/oxidizing process as well.

When I was in 9th grade, I found out that narwhals are REAL. Always just assumed they were mythical. C'mon, dolphin-like creatures with a unicorn horn?

Just me, realizing just how little I actually know. But a drop in the ocean. That I did not listen to people, instead just waiting to butt in and say something stupid. That I was passing judgment on people without understanding their situation first. Thinking I was open minded but was actually rather ignorant and closed minded. Offering advice to people who didn’t ask for it. Thinking I was a forgiving person but held grudges. Allowed myself to be triggered by what others said, biting the bait. Giving advice to others on how to live their lives but not providing a good example. Expected respect but not being respectful.

As an introvert, it's recently come to my attention that some people actually like talking. What I mean to say is, I've started talking to people more because I thought everyone was like me and didn't want to be bothered with conversation much, but it's amazing to think that that's something that's unique to me, some people can talk and enjoy it.

That's not to say I don't like talking, I just get super exhausted talking for too long, but it's just mind boggling to me that people actually want to talk and seek it out and can do it all the time. I need a bit to recover from a conversation.

I'm almost 30, and am just discovering this, apparently I'm slow.

That the christmas song that goes "I saw mommy kissing santa claus" is not actually about infidelity. The father was santa claus the whole time!

That ponies are not baby horses.

My friend thought Reindeer were just a christmas related mythical animal until he was 18.

I legitimately thought you "grew" pickles.... Like underwater.


I'm not a smart man.