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

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.

A week ago I finally made the connection that the hood is short for the neighborhood. I'm 23.

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.

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!?"

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

I was convinced cheese grew on bushes till 12-13 years old. My brother is really proud of this.

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.

I thought cats were a breed of dog until I was about 15.

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"

It's "For all intents and purposes"

Not "For all intensive purposes"

Learned at age 30.

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

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.

I only learned this year that ponies aren't just baby horses.

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.

What lesbians are. I thought they were from Romania. I was 17.

Ray-Bans are called that because they "Ban" the suns rays from entering your eyes.

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.

A few weeks ago I learned that hens lay infertile eggs so roosters aren't necessary. I'm 21.

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.

I thought that all dogs were male and all cats were female for the longest time.