Things you never knew that when found out made you feel dumb

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  • triciaj66
    triciaj66 Posts: 253 Member
    That baby carrots are not actually babies, but cut down adult carrots :tongue:
    LOL
  • CarlieeBear
    CarlieeBear Posts: 325 Member
    When I learned that "Go Tell it on the Mountain" was a Christmas song.

    When I saw the lyrics to "Silent Night" as an adult and realized it's "Son of God, love's pure light", not meaning that Jesus really likes pure light...

    That the hotel chain was "Ramada Inn", not "Ramanda Inn" and the Burger King song goes "special orders don't upset us" and not "special orders dullabettus"...dang! both proved my siblings right!
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
    I used to think gonorrhea was a country in Africa. :/


    Please dear lord do not tell us how you found out the truth! :embarassed:
  • runmybunsoff
    runmybunsoff Posts: 224 Member
    I was schooled by my flaming gay uncle that one is to remove the brand label tag off of the sleeve of a brand new fancy shmancy coat. Did not realize this until quite recently. *facepalm*
  • MallorieGreiner
    MallorieGreiner Posts: 135 Member
    Uhhh. I was pretty sheltered as a kid.

    Big hockey fan, so I saw the movie "Goon" starring Seann William Scott.
    Went to the movies and saw American Pie Reunion (first American Pie movie I had ever seen) and realized he was really popular because he played Stifler and I spazzed at the theater.


    No big.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    I was schooled by my flaming gay uncle that one is to remove the brand label tag off of the sleeve of a brand new fancy shmancy coat. Did not realize this until quite recently. *facepalm*

    Why?
  • Hinxx
    Hinxx Posts: 93 Member
    When I realized that the same melody was used for Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, and Baa Baa Black Sheep.

    I'm still upset about this.

    I bet that everyone who reads this automatically sings the three songs to see if it's true... I know I did! >.< :embarassed:
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    Men do not need to use tissue when urinating. Found that out 1 year ago
  • wibutterflymagic
    wibutterflymagic Posts: 788 Member
    That Donald Sutherland is Keifer Sutherlands father.......Duh! *facepalm*
  • PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot
    PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot Posts: 596 Member
    When I found out that people were actually saying "Up and at 'em", not "Up and Adam".. and this wasn't even that long ago :(
  • msfitmom_3
    msfitmom_3 Posts: 45 Member
    That "TOM" wasn't just some creepy dude . . .

    Hahahaha this had me rolling!!! LOL
  • msfitmom_3
    msfitmom_3 Posts: 45 Member
    When I realized that the same melody was used for Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, and Baa Baa Black Sheep.

    I'm still upset about this.

    I bet that everyone who reads this automatically sings the three songs to see if it's true... I know I did! >.< :embarassed:

    I will admit... I did!! hahaha
  • trainguy917
    trainguy917 Posts: 366 Member
    That Turkeys can fly and nest in trees and not on the ground,

    But only wild ones. Domesticated turkeys are too fat and, if dropped from a plane, would hit the ground like sacks of wet cement. If you don't believe me, look up the WKRP turkey episode on YouTube.
  • msfitmom_3
    msfitmom_3 Posts: 45 Member
    That losing weight was as simple as riding a bike.


    This made me LOL- Words to live by. ---- When I realized that the lines and tiles in the bottom of the pool were to assist you with swimming in a straight line.

    1 pound of fat= 3500 calories

    That when calorie counting the calorie amounts are more if you are not on a 2000 calorie diet. IE Orange is 70 calories (based on a 2000 calorie diet) but is about 85 when based on my calorie level.

    Woah! I did NOT know this!! How do you figure this out then for someone in my weight category??? lol I did I not know this!?
  • Jxnsmma
    Jxnsmma Posts: 919 Member
    Slugs (the bullets that been fired) are called slugs because they shell is gone

    I just learned this.... just now. And I feel dumb for not having known that.

    me as well... today was not a wasted day!
  • Jxnsmma
    Jxnsmma Posts: 919 Member

    That when calorie counting the calorie amounts are more if you are not on a 2000 calorie diet. IE Orange is 70 calories (based on a 2000 calorie diet) but is about 85 when based on my calorie level.

    Wait, what now? Percentages of things change based on the calorie level you consume, but a calorie is a calorie.

    Im sorry I got it backwards- not calories- Fat and nutrients- can change from calorie intake http://www.fda.gov/food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/NFLPM/ucm274593.htm- ex on a 2500 calorie diet the fat levels change by 5 g for the same food for a 2000 calorie diet. Not all do it- but when you watch fat its annoying lol.

    I think you need to re-learn that.... its based on percentages, not grams... calories are calories.
  • dez_yaoichan
    dez_yaoichan Posts: 454

    That when calorie counting the calorie amounts are more if you are not on a 2000 calorie diet. IE Orange is 70 calories (based on a 2000 calorie diet) but is about 85 when based on my calorie level.

    Wait, what now? Percentages of things change based on the calorie level you consume, but a calorie is a calorie.

    Im sorry I got it backwards- not calories- Fat and nutrients- can change from calorie intake http://www.fda.gov/food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/NFLPM/ucm274593.htm- ex on a 2500 calorie diet the fat levels change by 5 g for the same food for a 2000 calorie diet. Not all do it- but when you watch fat its annoying lol.

    I think you need to re-learn that.... its based on percentages, not grams... calories are calories.

    if you look on the label and it says

    Total Fat 2g .............. 3%

    *based on a 2,000 calorie diet

    THIS MEANS out of 2,000 calories, this food is 3% of your daily total fat

    the 2g is 2g, on 2,000 calories or 1,200 calories.
  • ejmcam
    ejmcam Posts: 533 Member
    That "TOM" wasn't just some creepy dude . . .

    LOL
  • irjeffb
    irjeffb Posts: 275 Member
    In elementary school, when they taught us about the "Underground Railroad", my teacher was very clear that it wasn't an actual railroad. Many of the stories were of escaping slaves hiding out in people's basements.

    She never said that it wasn't actually underground! I was an adult before it hit me that there wasn't really a massive, hand-dug tunnel system from the south to the north, which was how I envisioned it for over a decade.

    8-year-old kids don't know that "underground" can just mean "secret"!
  • ejmcam
    ejmcam Posts: 533 Member
    Men do not need to use tissue when urinating. Found that out 1 year ago

    But they should! That way there wouldnt be the floor and toilet rim drips! I don't get it!
  • KissMyAx
    KissMyAx Posts: 129 Member
    That there is an actual Roadrunner (animal) ~ not just the Beep! Beep! cartoon one AND apparently there is a car that is also called a Roadrunner! I did not know this. :/
  • HappyNinjaStar
    HappyNinjaStar Posts: 353 Member
    When I was a kid I begged my dad to take me to the ABC store to buy some books. He laughed heartily and said no, but never explained why. I was probably in high school before I learned that ABC stood for 'Alcoholic Beverage Control' and people buy their booze there rather than their reading materials... :laugh:
  • fat2fit4good
    fat2fit4good Posts: 154
    that you are supposed to say "I couldn't care less" instead of "I could care less"

    it sure makes sense when you think about it. If you could care less, it means you care some
  • ThustonHowell
    ThustonHowell Posts: 43
    Had a big revelation in (Catholic) church that I needed to point out to my future wife:

    "Have you noticed that every church has the same pictures on the walls?"

    Her response:

    "Dumba$$ that's the stations of the cross."
  • Saaaam42
    Saaaam42 Posts: 154 Member
    I just found out on Tuesday that Washington, D.C. is in "the District of Columbia" which is NOT a state it's a district why am I explaining this you probably all know it already.
    /CanadaEh
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Men do not need to use tissue when urinating. Found that out 1 year ago

    But they should! That way there wouldnt be the floor and toilet rim drips! I don't get it!

    That is just carelessness on their part, and not always at the end.
  • cornfritter22
    cornfritter22 Posts: 230 Member
    When I found out that people were actually saying "Up and at 'em", not "Up and Adam".. and this wasn't even that long ago :(


    ME TOO!!!!
  • nursedonnaj
    nursedonnaj Posts: 57 Member
    As a young teenager "learning" about sex, my friend told me "to get pregnant your boyfriend has to pee in you". :noway: :huh: Thought that for years!! geesh.
  • nightengale7
    nightengale7 Posts: 563 Member
    When I realized that the same melody was used for Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, and Baa Baa Black Sheep.

    I'm still upset about this.

    I bet that everyone who reads this automatically sings the three songs to see if it's true... I know I did! >.< :embarassed:

    I will admit... I did!! hahaha

    Hahaha, I did too! Totally blew my mind :embarassed: :laugh:
  • sfarrell1359
    sfarrell1359 Posts: 63 Member
    Corn is not a vegetable, it is a grain. Oh, and when I found out Neil Patrick Harris was gay. I felt more sad than dumb on that one. :sad:

    That's how I felt about Matt Bomer.

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