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

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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.

You do realise you are looking for an arrow next to the fuel pump icon ⛽️ and not which side of the instrumental panel the actual gauge is on? Most cars do have this feature. If there is no arrow it is sometimes indicated by the side the hose/nozzle is on the icon.

I love this!

TheDinosaurDuchess · Today 00:13

Talking to my colleagues the other day, I discovered I knew something they didn't.

Your petrol gauge in your car tells you what side your fuel cap is on.

I knew this, they didn't. They returned to the office the next day shocked by this revelation, because they checked their cars on the drive home, and yes the gauge did indicate the side the cap is on 🤣
This is a bit of an urban myth . May be the case in some cars but certainly not in all .

Yes definitely ALL cars! Not an urban myth at all. What a strange thing to say.

Mid or Dark red works as well. Not pink or orange .

If a UK passport was issued more than ten years ago, then you can no longer travel to the EU on it. The date of expiry is irrelevant. The problem is with people who had added months on their passports, extending its (UK) validity past the 10th anniversary of issue.

I only found that out when my jazz teacher came to tell us about bebop harmony.

There are also only two whole-tone scales. All the rest are one of those two, starting in a different place.

And... every dominant seventh (e.g. G B D F instead of G B D F#) has a corresponding dominant seventh a tritone away that has two notes in common with it (for G7, it's Db7/C#: Db F Ab B, the F and the B are in common). There are six of these "tritone substitution" pairs.

Jazz theory melts my brain.

Menstrual blood isn't full of pathogenic bacteria, which is how it differs from acne pus and faeces.

Mossstitch · Today 19:59

Sorry but this one not true, my petrol gauge on opposite side to my fuel cap🤷‍♀️

You’re not getting it at all. On your dashboard there is a pic/icon of a petrol pump, to one side of it there is an arrow. The arrow is pointing to the side of the car where you put in the fuel

If you have long hair and get spots on your back under where your hair rests on your upper shoulders/back, it is most likely as a result of conditioner from your hair not being rinsed off properly. After you've conditioned and rinsed your hair wash your upper back with proper soap - not shower gel - and rinse your bak thoroughly the spots disappear.

Shower gel tends to have more moisturizing stuff in it so isn't "strong" enough to get rid of the pore blocking crap in conditioner. Soap.

It is in German

I am so glad I no longer have periods.

I'm very surprised people still flush tampons. Of course you don't !!

But the smell of chlorine gas makes going for a pee such a treat 😂I do remember once going for a no.2 into a bleachy loo and getting a fright when I glanced down, it had obviously caused some sort of corrosion and I momentarily thought I’d some form of terrible disease.

Fighting words there...

A washing machine engineer told me you should put your machine on empty at the highest temperature every month to keep it clean.

Blocked toilets can be unclogged with an old style mop (not a squeegy) with a plastic bag wrapped over the head and pushed vigorously down the loo to create suction. Can attest to this working.

I think you have misunderstood?

My car has an image of a petrol pump on the left of the gauge, but a little triangular arrow next to it pointing to the right ... where the filler cap is.

Not so fast - just off the top of my head, the letters F and S start with an E sound. They should be Fuh and Suh if they obeyed the 'pronounced with their actual letter/sound' rule.

Also, X and the British Z.

And L ('Ell'), M ('Emm'), N ('Enn')..

U starts with a Y sound and Y starts with a W sound.

Wubbleyoo?

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Can we put the petrol gauge thing to bed now please? I fear we'll get to page 23 and people will stop be posting explanations/ photos.

Not as gross as a beach littered with washed up used tampons.

Please don't flush them.

You can wrap them in loo roll and dispose properly in a bin. Many people keep a small, lined pedal bin in their bathrooms for used tampons and pads as well as sundry other rubbish.

I never queue at the pump. You can go to any pump and fill up, that's why they invented long hoses on petrol pumps! Just pull the hose out to the opposite side of the car.

As a dog mum, I always have dog poop bags in my bag. They double up great as used sanitary product bags (when I’m in a situation where there is no sanitary bin). Especially useful to bag up a pair of period blood soaked briefs in my handbag until I’m home. The also make a handy carrier bag when finding a fruit tree laden with ripe plums, and a handy car ‘bin’ until the next public bin can be located. I never EVER leave them laden with dog poop hanging in trees

Spider plants have tiny, microscopic spiders that live among the root system.

You don't hear noises in your dreams.

A cat's tail is the same length as it's two from legs (added together).

Giraffe's necks didn't evolve to be long.

Australia is wider than the moon.

You do realise they only need to give birth once, right?

Those tokens they have at supermarkets like Tesco to drop into a charity thingy, are the right size to unlock trolleys.

The dents left in carpet by furniture can be removed by leaving ice cubes in them.