From little things to life-changing facts, we learn things every day. So no wonder our series of Today I Learned posts is one of the favorites among our readers. Scroll through mind-expanding facts here, here and here, and make your day well spent.
But this time we’re talking about things that people learned way too late. Think of the fact that birds don't live in nests. “I learned that at the age of 72,” wrote one Redditor in response to someone asking “What fact did you learn at an embarrassingly late age?” And this is just the beginning.
Scroll down to see some more of the funny, yet all too real responses in the thread and make sure to add your ‘embarrassingly late-learned facts’ in the comment section below!
#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.
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128points
#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.
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122points
#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. :/
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120points
#44
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
115points
#45
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.
112points
#46
That a blanket doesn't provide it's own heat. Yes, it genuinely took me a while.
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105points
#47
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.
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97points
#48
Chocolate milk doesn't come from chocolate cows. I thought there were chocolate cows until I was a college senior.
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93points
#49
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
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91points
#50
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.
90points