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

I was very young when the Troubles in Ireland were very prevalent. I had a confused idea from hearing the news that the Irish had something called "Jelly Night".
I couldn't see why that was a bad thing.

Me too!

I thought Redcar (the place) had an ‘s’ in it. As in Redscar. But pronounced Redcar. Until last week when I brought it up conversationally.

I only just found out yesterday that a gherkin is a pickled cucumber. I thought gherkins just grew.

Shirley Temple was black. I do mean Shirley Temple. Pollyanna.

No it's not, but it should be.

thankfully I looked it up before heading off to Wales to the DIY kitchens

@whoami24601 you were muddling him up with Marky Mark - Wahlbergs rap persona 😂

I thought it was a person until I was about 16 (i thought she was something to do with the civil rights movement, so think I must have been mixing up Rosa Parks).

And Carlisle isn't in Wales.

I don’t think that’s a climbing axe. Not long enough, no loop hole at the bottom. Looks more like a bartender’s axe to me.

edited: just found another article and it turns out it was a climbing axe! Someone cut off the bottom

Definitely some books (and the original in German) say Mirror Mirror on the wall but think a Disney version does say Magic Mirror …

that's Hayley Mills

😂yes, a bartender's tool could crack his skull open!

Until very recently I thought mole grips were special gloves (a bit like gauntlet style for some reason) that a person wore to catch moles.

You are not alone. I can't even explain why I thought this, and I thought it for so long that I still get confused if I think about it.

That Apple Bottom jeans from the Flo Rida song low weren't jeans that gave you an apple shaped bottom but were a brand of jeans owned by the hip hop artist Nelly.

They're just trying to confuse us, aren't they!

I thought moleskin notebooks were actually made from the skins of moles.

I always thought Michael Jackson was white.

I've only just found out that such a thing exists and then had to Google to see what they were.

That the "R" in "R v. [name of defendant]" in legal cases was the initial of the person bringing the case. I though, gosh, there's a lot of very litigious people whose names begin with R.

Admittedly this was a child's mistake, but I found it so cute:

My DH had minor laser eye surgery one day to correct his vision and I mentioned it to the children who were playing at our house.

Child: 'ooh can I see him?'
Me: 'er yes, he's in the study.'
Child, ten seconds later: 'He hasn't got laser eyes, everyone, they're just his normal ones!'

🫠 TIL. that makes a little more sense.

This is brilliant 😆

No weirder than thinking an island off the coast of Argentina belongs to the British. I was very young asking my dad why the British thought it was theirs. We are not from the UK and his answer would be very inflammatory to post here