What other commonly known stuff should I know, but don’t?

[Lolabear38]

I found out maybe 6 months ago that you should clean out the filter in your tumble dryer on a regular basis, as it gets full of fluff and lint and is a fire hazard. I had no idea. I’m an educated woman, generally reasonably intelligent and practical, I just had no idea you were supposed to do this. I don’t know how. My friend mentioned it in relation to something and I immediately told my husband who looked at me like some kind of moron - turns out he’s been doing it for years!

I’ve been thinking about it recently and I’m starting to wonder what other commonly known stuff you’re supposed to be doing in day to day life that I’m just not. Any ideas? Can be household related or just general life stuff really. I’m starting to wonder what I might be missing out on/ putting us in danger of.

@HunkaMunkasslipper
Not in Essex it's not 😉

I taught my FIL this! And he was an incredibly intelligent man who could fix anything and take apart and build back any engine in existence. His mind was blown.

Not the gauge itself, there's usually a little arrow on the gauge pointing left or right.

Look at the middle left gauge and the tiny petrol symbol has an arrow next to it.....

They think we mean the gauge itself.

@ClickingTock123 Pick a freckle, any freckle 😁

Apparently the key off the corned beef tins works as well for the trolleys.

I have more than one freckle…does that class me as a weirdo 😳

Sorry I'm confused by this. Do you mean that if say a UK passport expires in 2026, so was issued pre-Brexit, you can no longer travel to the EU on it?

(I've only left the UK once since Brexit but that was to NY not EU. And as i was born in the UK but my parents were Irish, I've got both UK and ROI passports anyway so can still travel OK to the EU)

Meant to quote this.

I remember reading on here that there are dinosaurs that lived millions (like mega millions) of years apart. I thought they all knocked about together at the same time, but nope this wasn't the case. It still blows my mind

Put it in the bin

Freckle sisters 🤣 💪

I have no freckles. I think that makes me the original?

Depends on your religion

Well, that depends on where you live. It's haitch where I'm from (Ireland). It's the standard form here and the one taught in schools etc.

I was like "no way".....then I looked!!! How weird....only on right arm and its literally the only one in my arm exactly where you said 😂

shut the front door. This can’t be real, that’s gross

Not in London. They're all cashless. Oystercards, debit or credit cards, or Apple/Google pay. You get on a bus in London with cash and they won't let you on without contacless,

It’s true. You should only flush the 3 Ps: pee, poo, (loo) paper. So no tampons, wipes, cat litter (which I’ve heard on here!) etc.

I’m dying to go and wee on some bleach now just to see.

I don’t have the freckle, I knew about tampons and tin foil, but I only learned about dishwasher filters since dating DP who is obsessed.

A used tampon is gross and can't go in the bin but a packet that contained, I dunno raw meat can?

You can’t travel to the EU on a passport where it’s been more than 10 years since it was issued. So you couldn’t go to France next week on a passport that was issued in June 2013 even if it has 3 months+ left on it.

Horses can't vomit.

<goes off to search for freckles>

Never drink or cook from the hot water tap

All figs ripened because a wasp went inside and died in it

There's a huge crater on the dark side of the moon

Bumble bees are furry to keep them warm!

Well I definitely knew about wipes and never even thought to flush cat litter but I genuinely thought that was the beauty of a tampon that it’s pretty much cotton wool so could be flushed. You can’t flush cotton wool either can you?

someone is going to need to talk me through what as a society we do with our used tampons. My flow can be quite heavy, what do you do if you need to change at someone’s house?