Things I'm embarrassed to have realised so late in life...

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Those ID necklaces? I had absolutely never heard of the word "lanyard" until around 3 years ago. All my friend's children learnt this way before I did. If you had told me "Lanyard" was a European city - I'd have believed you.

That little press send arrow in the top right hand corner? It only occurred to me in my mid 30s that it is in fact a paper aeroplane. I just thought it was a dodgy triangle.

I was absolutely stunned to find out the woman who plays Amanda in Motherland is not Catherine Tate.

Any confessions to console me I'm not the only one failing at life?! 😃

I mean, these are pretty much all the nuts. So which ones are actually nuts?! Hazelnuts?

I know someone who thought Jesus' surname was Christ.

Just googled image of mongoose

MIND. BLOWN.

People would always say they were going 'up to London' wherever they lived geographically in old fims.

@Daydreambeliever1175 they sell those type of oat cakes in my local Sainsbury. We live in Essex

This is not really accurate. It’s simply melanin deposition in the iris.

This is a joke, yes? Pontypandy is fictional.

That "this little piggy goes to market" is going to be sold and isn't off to do his shopping.

Also that twinkle twinkle, abc and baa baa blsck sheep are all the same tune but with different lyrics.

Omg where is it then?

This is both a hilarious, and HUGELY informative thread, at the same time.🤔😳.
Thanks OP.

Hazel nuts are a nut.

Now... how about the fact that raspberries and blackberries aren't berries? (in botanical terms)
And the difference between a raspberry and a blackberry isn't down to colour?

Blankety Blank?

Celebrity Squares?

The Up line on the railway always goes to London, the Down line always goes away from it. So by train, you always go Up to London. No matter where you start from.

@PoppyBlunt oh my god. It is the same tune.

OH MY GOD

K-koff-fo-nee

Thanks for that

But what comes after " Post Modern " ?.

Eh?! How have you never seen one? Or is that just a Scottish thing, seeing reindeer often 🤔 Honestly, this feels similar to someone saying they thought say badgers or owls were fictional!

It may well have been mustard, closely related to rapeseed and quite a common crop, not necessarily for making mustard though.

Are we sure Pontefract isn't actually in Wales?! Because I thought it was too until this thread but googlemaps suggests it's recently moved to near Leeds.
My Will.I.Am / Flo Rida penny drop was that Cruella De Vil is literally called cruel devil.

Carolean age….from the Latin for Charles.

It's also a village not far from me in Norfolk.

I think those of you who though Pontefract was in Wales are getting it mixed up with Pontypandy, which is where Fireman Sam lives? 😂 The name is based on Tonypandy and Pontypridd, which are in South Wales.

*thought.

The things on this thread that people didn't know are really surprising. I really did think most of this stuff was common knowledge. Im not originally from the U.K., but I kew about almost all of these already. This is not meant to sound Bragg. Im just genuinely surprised.

A couple other facts for you that some people may be unaware of given some of the other revelations in this post:

The Instagram icon is of an old fashioned camera lens.

It's Liz Truss, not Liz Trust (I had to explain this to a member of my team at work).

It's called Coca-Cola Classic because it was reformulated in 1985 and marketed as New Coke. Consumers were outraged and New Coke was removed from shelves 3 months later and the original Coke (aka Coca-Cola Classic) was reinstated.

Dodo birds were real.

Also, Spaghetti doesn't really grow on trees.