"My daughter, moving from Bristol to Edinburgh refused to belief that she was moving west!" I know this is factually true - now. I didn't know this myself until far later than I care to admit (don't get me started on places which are further north/south than I originally thought) but to be fair it's based on how we're used to viewing the U.K. Map without the global curvature being applied.
I also thought for far too many years that Vietnam and Cambodia were islands based on seeing maps on the news presented as just the country on a blue background - it's most misleading that they did this. It was only upon visiting France on an exchange trip and seeing a national weather report on telly (and I knew France wasn't an island) showed France in a similar way.
However, I have also come across people who, despite having lived in the region, and being a similar age to myself (so I would've thought knew some of the background to the Vietnam war even though not alive during it) and didn't know why Vietnam had a sizeable minority of Catholics.
"We do don’t we? The esopagus and the trachea." Yep only 2 though, I'm concerned a few people might think there's 3, 1 for food, 1 for drink, 1 for air.
The epiglottis makes sure (supposedly) that everything goes where it's meant to. It's a flap that closes over the trachea when you swallow, but if you swallow too quickly etc it can confuse the poor bugger!
Can see where this might go on this thread so...
No the epiglottis isn't the thing dangling at the back of your throat that you can clearly see, that's the uvula, one of its functions is to stop food going up your nose backwards basically, again not always successful, I've certainly had Mishaps if someone has made me laugh when drinking.
Dds friend had an odd moment when watching oitnb...those that have seen it likely know what episode I mean. Her mother/school whoever had managed to not ensure that yes women have 3 holes. She was too embarrassed to ask her mum, so asked dd (who she thought also didn't know) to ask me (I'm an ex nurse), dd was really shocked her friend didn't know this, turned out there was quite a few other key female biology facts she didn't know.
"look at a map maybe? How in any way is it an island?" We've also yet to have someone finding out Portsmouth IS (mostly) an island. Always makes me think of Joey in friends not knowing Staten Island and Long Island are islands.
I'll be the first one to recommend www.sporcle.com
to the geographically challenged, I apologise now for the hours you will waste there.
"And when I met DH we went to a very posh restaurant and I ordered the Whore's Doors." 😂😂😂😂😂
"That Goofy is a cow not a dog!
I'm in my 40s and only just learned this. Perrrlease!" Erm...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/goofy-cow-or-dog/
I've a few mad Disney fans on FB this was being shared a few years back.
"I didn't realise that Rice Krispies were made from actual rice. I thought they were just called that because they looked a bit like rice." Ok. Cornflakes aren't made from corn as we know it in the uk but maize.
"Couple behind me:
Woman: where's schengen?
Man: it's an area in China
Woman: ah, yes." And we wonder why brexit happened 😂
"However, I also used to think that prawn crackers where made the same way i.e. puffed up real prawns" I'm going to ask before I address this - what do you think they're made from/how do you think they're made?