Things you assumed and were astonished to find out you were completely wrong

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For example: The Elgin Marbles. Heard these mentioned from time to time over the years. Always pictured marbles; kids’ marbles. Then I heard they were something to do with Greece and I’ve always thought Elgin was there. Got it all completely wrong

Same in the Armed Forces.

100 per cent

Dallas is also in Scotland.

But it's the Wallace Collection isn't it?

@Getonwitit

The British isles are not as shown on the weather map they tilt and therefore Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff.

You're worrying me now How, just how??

@diddl Possibly 😬

The news desk at Granada Television didn't take the Falklands crisis at all seriously at the outset; they made a background set with a map of Scotland alongside a map of South America - different scales, with the heading "Where are the Falklands?". Scotland was hastily painted out before it went to air when they realised it wasn't some sort of prank.

See I had the same thing but with Tom's midnight garden and Goodnight Mr Tom..... 🤦🏻‍♀️

All my life until I was about 50, I thought Banoffee pie was named after the place it was invented. I thought it sounded like it was probably somewhere in Scotland. I was utterly gobsmacked when I found out the truth. Anyone else?

My dad used to announce "we about to hit spaghetti junction" ...at best the explanation got to "because of the road"...i hated it, every single time i ended up feeling really car sick ....from trying to look at the road surface .

My dad used to announce "we about to hit spaghetti junction" ...at best the explanation got to "because of the road"...i hated it, every single time i ended up feeling really car sick ....from trying to look at the road surface .

Well firstly, no not quite - polo ponies are just horses used for polo and can be any breed.

Secondly, what’s that got to do with what I said?

Yes but it was before Walkers, was Golden Wonder crisps, back in the 80s/90's

@Getonwitit and calafornia (i cant spell it )

YES! I get confused between him and the man in Peters and Lee.

That's interesting thanks. That sounds right to me

I thought lots of stupid things for a long time, including:

County Durham was in Northern Ireland
Wick was in the Republic of Ireland
Wolverines were fictional
Leaving the house with wet hair will always cause a migraine
Some people's hair just grew out of their heads as dreadlocks and they had only two choices: cropped hair or dreadlocks. I didn't realise hair had to be twisted/combed into locs.
Sparkling mineral water came out of the ground already fizzy
A horse that's lying down is always dead

Absolute idiot 🤣

My daughter asked me who OJ Simpson was the other day and I later googled and realised I had mixed him up with Oscar Pistorius..... ok both sportsmen, both accused of murder but still.

Doesn't it make about as much sense as thinking that the UK would lay claim to land just off the coast of Argentina?

I grew up in the UK and was well into adulthood before I discovered that New Zealand wasn't just off the coast of Australia, and served by ferries hopping across like they do to the Isle of Wight.

Lenny Peters. Yeh he was blind

Hilarious. Thanks everyone xxx

My local shopping centre underwent a big renovation a few years ago. There was lots of hoarding with photos of people of all ages and types with phrases like 'the heart of our community'. After studying all the faces to see if I recognised anyone I remember thinking how good looking they all were, what good teeth!! It was only months later I saw one of our 'local' girls on a big poster for a shop and I briefly thought wow that's the girl from my town! Then the penny dropped.

County Durham was in Northern Ireland

I remember being on holiday in Spain as a young teen. Someone asked me where I was from and I said County Durham.
They asked me if I'd been affected the 'The Troubles' I was genuinely confused!