Facts

<h2>While there&#39;s no such thing as a &quot;dumb question,&quot; and you should never shame anyone for attempting to learn more, sometimes there&#39;s nothing to do but laugh when your friend asks you at age 35 if the sun has aliens...</h2><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5f4x5u/what_fact_did_you_learn_at_an_embarrassingly_late/" target="_blank">Reddit </a>user asked, &quot;What fact did you learn at an embarrassingly late age?&quot; people were ready to share the basic facts and common knowledge about the world that they discovered hilariously late in life. Hate to ruin senior prom, everyone, but Santa isn&#39;t real, ok?</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>I didn&#39;t realize that tongs were called tongs until an eighth grade science experiment. When the teacher asked us to pick up the tongs, I was super confused. Then I looked around and realized, horrified, that OF COURSE they weren&#39;t called &quot;fanny grabbers&quot; anywhere outside of my family. Thank God he used their real name before I had a chance to ask someone to pass me the fanny grabbers... - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/YesAndAndAnd/">YesAndAndAnd</a></p> </blockquote><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>I somehow still believed in the tooth fairy long after knowing that parents made up santa claus. I found out whilst trying to sound grown up in a conversation with my older cousins, Them: &quot;yeah, it&#39;s annoying how we have to keep the secret for our little brothers&quot; Me: &quot;yeah soooo annoying&quot; Them: &quot;same with the tooth fairy&quot; Me: <em>crushed - </em><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kailiyan/">Kailiyan</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>That my mom didn&#39;t actually take my dog to go live on a farm. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/QUESO0523/">QUESO0523</a></p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>That meat is made of muscle. I realized in med school. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/i_like_girl/">i_like_girl</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>I used to think that when listening to a CD the singer had to physically sing it from wherever they were in the world in order for you to listen. So when it was night time I wouldn&#39;t listen to my Avril Lavigne CD because I didn&#39;t want her to lose sleep for me - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/craniumblood/">craniumblood</a></p> </blockquote><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>Not necessarily a fact but I didn&#39;t understand the &quot;What&#39;s black and white and read all over?&quot; riddle until I was 17 and saw it written out on a storefront display. I thought it was &quot;black and white and red&quot; and subsequently thought old newspapers just had black and white and red ink until that day - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PlantyPlants/">PlantyPlants</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>Women have a urethra. I thought they just peed out of their vagina until I was 20. I would like to thank the internet for that since public education and neglectful parents didn&#39;t do sh*t. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cgull1234/">Cgull1234</a></p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>That the saying was &quot;make ends meet&quot; when you&#39;re going paycheck to paycheck. I always assumed it was &quot;make ends meat&quot;. Like, you only had enough money to buy the worst pieces of the meat in order to get by - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/daitenshe/">daitenshe</a></p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>I didn&#39;t know what a GPA was until I was a Junior. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/xLYCANTHROPEx/">xLYCANTHROPEx</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>That a pony actually isn&#39;t a baby horse. Like, at all. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/paperbackgarbage/">paperbackgarbage</a></p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>That it&#39;s prima donna, not Pre-Madonna.. I always thought to myself that it was weird because I didn&#39;t think Madonna was THAT famous - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/saarahpops/">saarahpops</a></p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>I always thought that if a guy didn&#39;t hold his penis while he was peeing, that it would whip around like a fire hose. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RubyRed93/">RubyRed93</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>Thought reindeer were mythical creatures, like unicorns, that helped Santa at Christmas. Didn&#39;t realize until I was 18. My mum took me to see real reindeer that Christmas, my mind was blown - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/trolltollwhatyousay/">trolltollwhatyousay</a></p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>I thought lingerie was a fancy word for laundry for way longer than I care to admit. Explains why my mates gave me a weird look when I told them I had to fold my lingerie - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jews_Are_meh/">Jews_Are_meh</a></p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>That birds don&#39;t live in nests. Just for rearing their young. I learned that at the age of 72. And I have a PhD in biophysics. Not zoology. Never too late to learn. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/alanmagid/">alanmagid</a></p> </blockquote><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was cleaning my last apartment the day before moving out, I ran out of paper towels cleaning counter tops. I thought I couldn&#39;t continue without going to the store for more, until over the phone, my mother asked why I didn&#39;t just use a towel. Paper towels and towels can serve the same function.. I am 30. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FinalFacade/">FinalFacade</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was convinced cheese grew on bushes till 12-13 years old. My brother is really proud of this. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/digdat0/">digdat0</a></p> </blockquote><h2> </h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

17 people reveal the basic fact they learned embarrassingly late in life.

While there&#39;s no such thing as a &quot;dumb question,&quot; and you should never shame anyone for attempting to learn more, sometimes there&#39;s nothing to do but laugh when your friend asks you at age 35 if the sun has aliens...So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;What fact did you learn at an embarrassingly late age?&quot; people were ready to share the basic facts and common knowledge about the world that they discovered hilariously late in life. Hate to ruin senior prom, everyone, but Santa isn&#39;t real, ok?1. I didn&#39;t realize that tongs were called tongs until an eighth grade science experiment. When the teacher asked us to pick up the tongs, I was super confused. Then I looked around and realized, horrified, that OF COURSE they weren&#39;t called &quot;fanny grabbers&quot; anywhere outside of my family. Thank God he used their real name before I had a chance to ask someone to pass me the fanny grabbers... - YesAndAndAnd 2. I somehow still believed in the tooth fairy long after knowing that parents made up santa claus. I found out whilst trying to sound grown up in a conversation with my older cousins, Them: &quot;yeah, it&#39;s annoying how we have to keep the secret for our little brothers&quot; Me: &quot;yeah soooo annoying&quot; Them: &quot;same with the tooth fairy&quot; Me: crushed - Kailiyan 3. That my mom didn&#39;t actually take my dog to go live on a farm. - QUESO0523 4. That meat is made of muscle. I realized in med school. - i_like_girl 5. I used to think that when listening to a CD the singer had to physically sing it from wherever they were in the world in order for you to listen. So when it was night time I wouldn&#39;t listen to my Avril Lavigne CD because I didn&#39;t want her to lose sleep for me - craniumblood 6. Not necessarily a fact but I didn&#39;t understand the &quot;What&#39;s black and white and read all over?&quot; riddle until I was 17 and saw it written out on a storefront display. I thought it was &quot;black and white and red&quot; and subsequently thought old newspapers just had black and white and red ink until that day - PlantyPlants 7. Women have a urethra. I thought they just peed out of their vagina until I was 20. I would like to thank the internet for that since public education and neglectful parents didn&#39;t do sh*t. - Cgull1234 8. That the saying was &quot;make ends meet&quot; when you&#39;re going paycheck to paycheck. I always assumed it was &quot;make ends meat&quot;. Like, you only had enough money to buy the worst pieces of the meat in order to get by - daitenshe 9. I didn&#39;t know what a GPA was until I was a Junior. - xLYCANTHROPEx 10. That a pony actually isn&#39;t a baby horse. Like, at all. - paperbackgarbage 11. That it&#39;s prima donna, not Pre-Madonna.. I always thought to myself that it was weird because I didn&#39;t think Madonna was THAT famous - saarahpops 12. I always thought that if a guy didn&#39;t hold his penis while he was peeing, that it would whip around like a fire hose. - RubyRed93 13. Thought reindeer were mythical creatures, like unicorns, that helped Santa at Christmas. Didn&#39;t realize until I was 18. My mum took me to see real reindeer that Christmas, my mind was blown - trolltollwhatyousay 14. I thought lingerie was a fancy word for laundry for way longer than I care to admit. Explains why my mates gave me a weird look when I told them I had to fold my lingerie - Jews_Are_meh 15. That birds don&#39;t live in nests. Just for rearing their young. I learned that at the age of 72. And I have a PhD in biophysics. Not zoology. Never too late to learn. - alanmagid 16. When I was cleaning my last apartment the day before moving out, I ran out of paper towels cleaning counter tops. I thought I couldn&#39;t continue without going to the store for more, until over the phone, my mother asked why I didn&#39;t just use a towel. Paper towels and towels can serve the same function.. I am 30. - FinalFacade 17. I was convinced cheese grew on bushes till 12-13 years old. My brother is really proud of this. - digdat0  

While there&#39;s no such thing as a &quot;dumb question,&quot; and you should never shame anyone for attempting to learn more, sometimes there&#39;s nothing to do but laugh when your friend asks you at age 35 if the sun has aliens...  So,...