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Wow! I just learned...

McKayMachina
McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
There are a few things I've learned in adulthood that pretty much blew my mind.

One is that there was never any such dinosaur as a Brontosaurus! It's true! It was just a mismatch of Apatosaurus bones!

You can read more about that here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/371/is-it-true-the-brontosaurus-never-really-existed

So, what have you learned lately that's rocked your world a little bit?

:drinker:

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,151 Member
    I knew this from science, but when a machine use suction, the air isn't really being "sucked" in. It's really being "pushed" in by higher pressure on the outside. So the next time you see a vacuum cleaner, the dirt is actually getting pushed in.
  • Lisa__Michelle
    Lisa__Michelle Posts: 845 Member
    I knew this from science, but when a machine use suction, the air isn't really being "sucked" in. It's really being "pushed" in by higher pressure on the outside. So the next time you see a vacuum cleaner, the dirt is actually getting pushed in.

    Wow that one is pretty cool! I never knew that!
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    As an adult I learned the "real" lyrics to Greased Lightning from the movie Grease. Can't believe my mom let me go around singing that song!
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    As an adult I learned the "real" lyrics to Greased Lightning from the movie Grease. Can't believe my mom let me go around singing that song!

    Ah the first LOL of the morning. Always such a good feeling. Thanks for that :)
  • Allyson1985
    Allyson1985 Posts: 148
    As an adult I learned the "real" lyrics to Greased Lightning from the movie Grease. Can't believe my mom let me go around singing that song!

    I thought the very same thing about every song I sang by Meatloaf as a child. Can't believe my parents let me listen to it, much less sing it!
  • TromaRon
    TromaRon Posts: 228 Member
    It's the air pushing down on top of the wings, not the air under them, that keeps planes in the air.
  • PeachyKeene
    PeachyKeene Posts: 1,645 Member
    As an adult I learned the "real" lyrics to Greased Lightning from the movie Grease. Can't believe my mom let me go around singing that song!

    I know right! There are several songs I loved as a little girl that I hear now that just blow my mind at how naive I was.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I learned that there was no such thing as a triceratops. It's just an adolescent of another dinosaur. There's also no such thing as a pterodactyl, there are pterosaurs and a pterodactyls (a small pterosaur) and a quetzalcoatlus (a large pterosaur). With that being said I also learned as an adult that I am a nerd.
  • Kristin9902
    Kristin9902 Posts: 50 Member
    LMAO thanks I needed that laugh this morning! Come to think of it though your so right though!
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Damn it! I loved the brontosaurus...It was named after me! :(
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    As an adult I learned the "real" lyrics to Greased Lightning from the movie Grease. Can't believe my mom let me go around singing that song!
    i grew up on zz top and was mortified when i found out what "pearl necklace" was all about. when i hear it on the radio now, i turn it down during that part.
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    As an adult I learned the "real" lyrics to Greased Lightning from the movie Grease. Can't believe my mom let me go around singing that song!
    i grew up on zz top and was mortified when i found out what "pearl necklace" was all about. when i hear it on the radio now, i turn it down during that part.

    Also, Pearl Jam.

    XD
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,151 Member
    Lol, I've heard lots of females sing "WEAK" by SWV and sing all the words wrong on the chorus!
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    Lol, I've heard lots of females sing "WEAK" by SWV and sing all the words wrong on the chorus!

    LMAO.
    i watched aladdin as an adult and realized how VIOLENT that movie is lol with references to slitting throats and beheadings
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    Lol, I've heard lots of females sing "WEAK" by SWV and sing all the words wrong on the chorus!

    I'm so curious...what do they say? I thought the lyrics were pretty straightforward. ?
  • iAMaPhoenix
    iAMaPhoenix Posts: 1,038 Member
    Imagine my shock when I learned that Girls really don't have cooties...
  • luv_lea
    luv_lea Posts: 1,094 Member
    As an adult I learned the "real" lyrics to Greased Lightning from the movie Grease. Can't believe my mom let me go around singing that song!

    I thought the very same thing about every song I sang by Meatloaf as a child. Can't believe my parents let me listen to it, much less sing it!

    This happened to me in adult age with the song Cherry Pie by Warrant, and also re-watching the movie Heavy Metal. Um...yeah....haha. What can I say....80's rock mom. *shrugs*
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,151 Member
    Lol, I've heard lots of females sing "WEAK" by SWV and sing all the words wrong on the chorus!

    I'm so curious...what do they say? I thought the lyrics were pretty straightforward. ?
    CHORUS:
    I get so weak in the knees I can hardly SEE.
    I lose all control and something takes over me.
    ON THE DAYS, your love's so amazing, it's not a PHRASE.
    I want you to stay with me, by my side.
    I swallow my pride, your love is so sweet.
    It knocks me right off of my feet.

    Before lyrics were out many people sang songs the way they heard them.




    Who knows the words to "LET IT WHIP" chorus by the Dazz Band?
    I can't explain why your loving makes me weak.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    Lol, I've heard lots of females sing "WEAK" by SWV and sing all the words wrong on the chorus!

    I'm so curious...what do they say? I thought the lyrics were pretty straightforward. ?
    CHORUS:
    I get so weak in the knees I can hardly SEE.
    I lose all control and something takes over me.
    ON THE DAYS, your love's so amazing, it's not a PHRASE.
    I want you to stay with me, by my side.
    I swallow my pride, your love is so sweet.
    It knocks me right off of my feet.

    Before lyrics were out many people sang songs the way they heard them.




    Who knows the words to "LET IT WHIP" chorus by the Dazz Band?
    I can't explain why your loving makes me weak.

    NO!!! Not "Let it Whip"........I'm afraid to ask. I danced to this in drill team class in high school and sang it all the time.
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