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Title: facts you found out way too late
Post by: rtil on April 13, 2012 11:19 AM
today i was eating a pickle and i was reminded that it was only a year ago that i learned that pickles were really just pickled cucumbers. before that, i had always thought pickles were their own kind of fruit.

what's something you found out way later in your life than you should have?
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Post by: Gladius on April 13, 2012 12:16 PM
"once bitten twice shy" means once bitten, you're twice as shy

not shy before, bitten then, shy after

i feel like i'm the only one who got that wrong
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Post by: dilly on April 13, 2012 01:12 PM
what's really in hot dogs

childhood food ruined forever. thanks jumpstart: 3rd grade.
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Post by: Kött on April 13, 2012 03:33 PM
the fact that im black
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Post by: rtil on April 13, 2012 06:56 PM
lactose intolerant?
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Post by: sev on April 13, 2012 07:06 PM
how to learn to draw
how to develop a work ethic
how to oxygenate the body's organs
pH
Title: Re: facts you found out way too late
Post by: rtil on April 13, 2012 08:37 PM
i am truly sorry for your lots :(
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Post by: naturally on April 13, 2012 08:51 PM
mmos are an enormous waste of time
there's a stigma attached to anime (and sonic)
comics can be good
music is amazing
people draw some really amazing things
bug's life is an adaptation of seven samurai
Title: Re: facts you found out way too late
Post by: Crabarms on April 13, 2012 10:13 PM
Cyclones are pretty much hurricanes. I don't know why but I always thought they were like tornado's.
Fleas are attracted to lights (not only that just never knew about that). You can pretty much have light shine on water with soap in it to have them drown themselves.
The uvula is the thing in the back part of your throat. Never knew what it was called.
Title: Re: facts you found out way too late
Post by: ZennyPLUS on April 13, 2012 11:56 PM
Quote from: stusader on April 13, 2012 08:51 PM

bug's life is an adaptation of seven samurai


.... damn, it really is.
Title: Re: facts you found out way too late
Post by: manny on April 14, 2012 04:38 AM
flossy is g00d for ur mouth! remeber 2 floss!
Title: Re: facts you found out way too late
Post by: Greenkitten on April 14, 2012 05:07 AM
- No one on here likes me
- People think I'm weird until they meet my friends
- Do things as soon as possible, leaving them until last minute is bad for you
- Becoming nocturnal just to play videogames with internet friends isn't worth it
- I will always lag on online games no matter where its being hosted
- Don't mention anything about a woman's looks unless its "You look nice"

There are probably a bunch of others, but I don't care enough to think of them
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Post by: emanhattan on April 14, 2012 09:06 PM
that bears are not canines
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Post by: Kooh on April 15, 2012 01:13 AM
everyone hates mexicans
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Post by: ZennyPLUS on April 15, 2012 02:56 AM
Algae can be a single celled organism!
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Post by: Jon on April 15, 2012 03:41 AM
not too long ago i finally figured out that "i just flew in from x and boy are my arms tired" joke
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Post by: redmongoose on April 15, 2012 04:41 AM
that miles prower is a play on words for miles per hour
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Post by: W.A.C. on April 15, 2012 10:34 AM
Last Fall, I transferred from community college to Cal Poly. Unfortunately, I wasn't as prepared for my major Political Science as I should have been and had no idea it was so law based. The major ended up being a disaster and since they wouldn't let me switch to Computer Science, I had to drop out. If I had any idea they were so strict about major switching, I would've never wasted my time at that fucking school. Now I'm back at community college and I have to take six math classes in a specific order to satisfy transfer requirements. I also wish I realized early on that Political Science wasn't going to work out at all. :/
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Post by: Casey Pixmintro on April 15, 2012 12:48 PM
My school's dumb because I originally wanted to have a political sciences minor with my animation major cuz why the hell not. Well my school doesn't let you minor in anything not art related if you have an art major. Yet I could be a political sciences major with an animation minor which is pretty dumb. Apparently a lot of art students who want to do music too have to be music majors with art minors.
Title: Re: facts you found out way too late
Post by: hattie on April 17, 2012 10:24 PM
whelp, up until last year i had literally never heard a single one of madonna's songs, and i had no idea what she looked like.
thought she was black.
for eighteen years.
i finally found out the truth when i had to buy my roommate a magazine and madonna was on the front cover.

that's probably the most out of touch i've ever felt.
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Post by: Shida on April 17, 2012 10:44 PM
Hahaha I had a similar experience, except with the woman who was hired to sing the Sonic R songs (you know, those wonderful chart hits)
I thought she was black until about a month ago when I decided to find out who she was. Turns out she's not black at alllllll.
Title: Re: facts you found out way too late
Post by: naturally on April 17, 2012 10:47 PM
Quote from: Shida on April 17, 2012 10:44 PM
Hahaha I had a similar experience, except with the woman who was hired to sing the Sonic R songs (you know, those wonderful chart hits)
I thought she was black until about a month ago when I decided to find out who she was. Turns out she's not black at alllllll.

what

i thought she was black too. huh.

oh that reminds me of one but this is kind of embarrassing. for some reason up until about a year ago i always thought stephen hawking was dead. i have no idea why but i always just assumed he was like einstein and was alive years ago. i never said anything about it so i was never corrected. i found out when i saw a picture of him with jim carrey.