Things I’ve just learnt

[hopeful777]

I just found out you can’t put a chopping board in the dishwasher unless you want it to break 😕

as my family are now laughing at me, it made me wonder what other things have people learnt in adulthood that maybe others assume should be intrinsically known?

If a little piggy had roast beef then is there a little cow somewhere that had pork?

BigRedDuck me too!
There's another one I discovered the other day too. Now I'm going to have to come back on here tomorrow with it as I can't think of it right now! 😂

@NewYearEveryYear

Russia and the USA are practically neighbours...despite being on opposite sides of the map.

I swear I knew the earth wasn't flat. But it hadn't occurred to me that a map joins up at the back.

There’s all kinds of geography misconceptions about mostly due to the most common world map being massively distorted.

Mine is that despite its history of isolation Japan is really close to Russia in the north and Korea in the south.

I’m in hospital unable to sleep and these have brighten my night up
Capers, maps, needles, wooden boards, the hard on
I hope the drugs kick in soon as I can’t silently laugh all night.
Did someone go to Google capers???

@meow1989

I learnt in recent weeks that if you put a mug with a metallic handle in the microwave to reheat your coffee, then pick it up by said handle, you will burn through several layers of skin on your fingers in places you will recurrently catch/rub on things whilst undertaking every day tasks. I swear I heard a sizzle when I did it

I did this! Another lukewarm tea (new baby) thought I'd pop it in... hadn't used the mug in a while as it was at the back...usually I had washed up frequently enough its still sat there..... by fuck that hurt!! 🤣

pickled flavoured flower buds? Refusing to Google on principle.

When I was a child we used to stay in a farm boarding house for our summer holidays. I had a little lamb I called Baba whom I led around on a leash. Baba was sad when we had to leave but so excited when we returned each year.
I was in my sixties and living in New Zealand when it suddenly dawned on me……………🤭

This morning I learned that dog whelks have the longest penis (in relation to their size) of all crustaceans and the dog whelk willy goes wandering around until it finds a female dog whelk to impregnate. And that winkles are vegetarian.

@Musmerian

One of my 6th formers taught me that I can scroll down on my laptop using two fingers. I thought only Macs did that. I’ve been teaching at this school for 17 years with similar laptops. She said, “Miss, I think you’ve learned more this lesson than I have.” I think she has a point.

Well well, I've just learnt that too now! Thank you!

Avocado accidents - this is the best way to remove avocado stones, it's a life changer!
www.tiktok.com/@_mynameischo/video/6947471930727435525?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

@ememem84

That a dishwasher doesn’t actually fill up with water.

This made me laugh. What did you think happened when it filled with water?! Genuine question 😂

@Pluvia

This morning I learned that dog whelks have the longest penis (in relation to their size) of all crustaceans and the dog whelk willy goes wandering around until it finds a female dog whelk to impregnate. And that winkles are vegetarian.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dog whelk willies and winkles! 🙊

@Zilla1

If a little piggy had roast beef then is there a little cow somewhere that had pork?

No, cows are herbivores, pigs are omnivores so do eat meat.

The little piggy having roast beef is being fattened to go to market.

@vipersnest1

Aged 15, I found out it was not a good idea to pick up a heat mat from a tripod in science without letting it cool down. The room was filled with the smell of burning flesh and I was left with a criss-cross imprint of the mat on my index fingers and thumbs...

It took me till my 30s to discover this. As a science teacher

I haven't just learned this but did you know that Guterman thread reels open up at one end to store needles?

What? really? Gosh! What's the point, though - who wants to store needles in a cotton reel?

@JohnPrescottsPyjamas

Not me, but so funny I had to share it.

A friend of mine’s son joined the navy to be a submariner. She actually asked him how fascinating it must be to see all the different fishes and underwater life swimming by. She seriously thought that submarine life was a bit like Captain Nemo with huge porthole windows and was quite dismayed that the crew couldn’t actually see anything at all.

😂😭😆😂😭😆

I had no idea what you even meant by the two-fingers laptop thing, but this is life-changing.
Only just swapped from one with a touchscreen. in my defence, but still. I would never have discovered it by myself.

@Livebythecoast

That the lyrics in the song 'Ironic' by Alanis Morissette are 'it's a death row 'pardon' two minutes too late' - not 'it's a death row 'hard on' two minutes too late' .

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This just made me snort so loud I woke the dog up 🤣

[quote MyFieldOfFucksIsBarren]That you should break up an OXO cube still in the foil (doesn't work with the bustard chicken ones for me though)

www.smoothradio.com/news/quirky/how-to-unwrap-oxo-cubes-hack/[/quote]
You have just blown my mind! 😲

@KitKattaktik

Cheap glasses bounce off a tiled floor. The heirloom glass your grandmother gave you?

Shatters on impact.

This actually reminds me of a hideous ornament my (late) mother had - some sort of pottery. She and I were trying to break it by throwing it with increasing force on a stone floor. Blooming thing just bounced!!! It survived and got sent to a charity shop!!

Thanks to an article DH sent me, I learnt last week that echidnas have a four headed penis. It's impossible to think about Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog in the same say

@Figmentofimagination

I learnt in January that weather warnings in Florida of falling iguanas are not a joke. When it is really cold in Florida (and other warmer places), Iguanas become immobile and fall out of trees. Most of the time the iguanas will be fine once it warms up, but some could get hurt from the fall.

When I was in Thailand, there was a sign saying, beware of falling coconuts! They can be fatal...

@DartmoorChef

That you can't turn wine into Prosecco using a sodastream! Left a very sticky kitchen when it exploded everywhere

You can do it .. just leave it to settle for a few minutes before unscrewing the bottle.

My thing I learnt was that jars of herbs have two ways of opening, one to sprinkle a little bit and the other to pour lots out. I realised this last year. I've been a chef for 30 years....

Ooh thanks for the tip! I'll give it another go then

😂😂😂😂😂

@NewYearEveryYear

Russia and the USA are practically neighbours...despite being on opposite sides of the map.

I swear I knew the earth wasn't flat. But it hadn't occurred to me that a map joins up at the back.

When you watch Go Jetters and see this view you realise how close we all must be

@hopeful777
My friend's mother of whom I was very fond, had a habit of putting her Le Creuset saucepans in the dishwasher. Her long-suffering husband told her that if she carried on it would dramatically shorten the life of the wooden handles.
Monica was decidedly smarter than him. She carried on regardless but found a shop in Covent Garden that sold replacement handles (at extortionate prices) and had a local handyman switch them when they showed too much sign of wear.