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Things you really should have known sooner...

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 12:50

I’ve just learned that Casablanca is not in South America at all and is, in fact in Morocco! Who knew 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️
Anyone else got any tidbits they learned far too late in life?

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Lweji · 13/10/2017 21:21

I just excepted this

Hopefully, you already know that it should be accepted, and that was a typo. Wink

Lweji · 13/10/2017 21:20

There's one place in the northern hemisphere where penguins live...

Well, there's quite a few zoos....

And the Galapagos. But not near the North Pole.

I expect they'd be able to cross north at some point, but they'd be quickly eliminated by any polar bears. The North Pole is not very friendly to flightless birds. Their only hope of crossing over is if polar bears become extinct.

Prictoriafeckam · 13/10/2017 21:18

I still think Santorini is somewhere in Italy.

CompletelyUnknown · 13/10/2017 21:15

My husband and 2 of our friends. They regularly cluck at me when we are in company and laugh.

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TheDodgyEnd · 13/10/2017 21:07

@CompletelyUnknown I love that. How many friends were there to witness this?

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CompletelyUnknown · 13/10/2017 21:03

Until a couple of years ago I didn’t know that birds had sex. As a child I was told that the female laid soft eggs and the male fertilised them. I just excepted this and never questioned it. Due to this I also believed you could get square eggs if you got the egg early enough and put it in a box. I recounted this story to my DH and our friends over dinner genuinely believing it to be true. They nearly wet themselves laughing. I swear they constantly threaten to tell people.

strongasmeringue · 13/10/2017 20:56

@coughingbean he was going to market to be slaughteredSad.

Gingernaut · 13/10/2017 20:54

Me - Bagpipes can be tuned

@rslsys - So why does no one ever do it??

I know, right?!!

GodIsDead · 13/10/2017 20:01

DH thought that several meant seven. I told him to buy me several kiwis and he asked why I needed 7. I said I don’t need 7, I just need 3 or 4. He said then why did you say several? I said several means a few. He said no it means 7. Confused He was shocked when I googled the definition for him.

1girl4boys · 13/10/2017 19:58

Peanut2017 I'm Irish and I say bread and butter but I was just saying it out loud here and my 2 eldest sons said no Mam it's roast beef I mean where did they get that from?????

strongasmeringue · 13/10/2017 19:43

@Gammeldragz. Just told dh and he said there is someone called Gilbert O'Sullivan but also Gilbert and Sullivan are two singers.

coughingbean · 13/10/2017 19:38

Also bold fail 😑

coughingbean · 13/10/2017 19:38

Wait strongasmereinge) sorry spelt your name wrong!) Where was the pig going?! Confused

rslsys · 13/10/2017 19:26

Bagpipes can be tuned.

So why does no one ever do it??

allegretto · 13/10/2017 19:15

There's one place in the northern hemisphere where penguins live...

Well, there's quite a few zoos....

strongasmeringue · 13/10/2017 19:15

I thought this little piggy went to market was telling us he was going shopping Sad.

I also thought tigers were lady 🦁

Greycat11 · 13/10/2017 18:58

Omg I have been spelling February wrong all my life too Blush mortified.

Gingernaut · 13/10/2017 18:53

Bagpipes can be tuned.

It was 2000 before I knew this....Confused

DadDadDad · 13/10/2017 18:49

There's one place in the northern hemisphere where penguins live...

StealthPolarBear · 13/10/2017 17:54
steppemum · 13/10/2017 17:22

That polar bears and penguins are in seperate poles and not together

there was a geography text book for schools a few years ago that said penguins were part of polar bear's diet....

needless to say it wasn't the only error and there were a lot of complaints.

Gherkins - if you grow gherkins, they are a type of cucumber, but not one usually grown and eaten in UK.
They are short fat cucumbers with a slightly prickly skin. I grow them every year as my girls love gherkins, but we always forget to pick them when small enough to pickle and so end up peeling them and eating as cucumbers.

When we lived in Central Asia, pickled gherkins were a BIG part of the diet (as was pickled anything) and the fresh cucumbers sold in the market were nearly always gherkin cucumbers

SarcasticMrKnowItAll · 13/10/2017 17:12

I used to think that Dartford Tunnel was built through the water (as opposed to underground) I always wondered how the kept the water out while they were building it. My dad was in fits of laughter when he told me 😳

IveGotBillsTheyreMultiplying · 13/10/2017 16:54

Ghd as in the hair straighteners brand stands for Good Hair Day

Who knew? Everyone except meGrinBlush

SnugglySnerd · 13/10/2017 16:44

I used to think that too. I used to think you'd need a hell of a lot of moles to make one pair of trousers!

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TheDodgyEnd · 13/10/2017 15:23

@Islandpotter that’s brilliant 😂

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