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Things that you thought you knew, that were wrong your whole life.

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JakeAssBeatClap
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I realized today, after 22 years on this pleasant earth, that the phrase "Up and at em" was not "Up and adam."

I feel like such a dingus. I never understood how telling someone to wake up was synonymous with people named Adam, but I thought nothing of it. Today I realized it's a completely logical saying that means get up and ready.

I also was told growing up that if you crossed your eyes a bunch your eyes would stay that way. My parents used to say it. I assumed that's how people with lazy eyes got their lazy eyes. It wasn't until I was off in college and about 18 that I realized you can cross your eyes as long as you'd like and not have them stay that way.

MFW I realized these things





Anyone else have these sort of things happen to them that may make me feel better about my self?
Sep 22 2014 6:34PM
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.Rybak.
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YoungDaphI always thought the tree in the REI logo was an A so my brain thinks of REI as AREI. I must be a pirate

And the D in Disney never got me, it was the y. Always looked like a P to me. Lol disnep.


Haha me too. Whenever I wanted to go on disneychannel.com or whatever it was when I was a kid to play games I typed in disnepchannel and had to ask my dad what was going on.
Sep 23 2014 1:15PM
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JahFeels
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Congratz you took this from reddit
Sep 23 2014 2:16PM
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JAHpow
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JahFeelsCongratz you took this from reddit


Go away lesser jah
Sep 23 2014 2:57PM
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CliffyByro
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.Rybak.Haha me too. Whenever I wanted to go on disneychannel.com or whatever it was when I was a kid to play games I typed in disnepchannel and had to ask my dad what was going on.


i was just scrolling through thinking of this and was going to post it when i saw daph's post. glad i'm not the only one to experience this struggle as a young'un. other than that i can't think of anything because i'm clever as fuck.
Sep 23 2014 2:58PM
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Peter.
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when i was younger i used to think that if you broke a bone that the skin broke too, and that part fell off. like if you broke your wrist, everything below the break on your arm fell off.
Sep 23 2014 2:58PM
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Funkadelic
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I grew up in Allentown, PA and thought the song that goes "peace up A-Town down" was about my town and it took far too long for me to find out it was about Atlanta.

I know there are more I just can't think of them now.
Sep 23 2014 3:29PM
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Caucasian_Asian
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LemuelTook me about 21 years to see the "D" in Disney. Looks like a backwards G thing. Such a stupid font.


Yeah, cursive is such a waste of time. I can't believe I had to practice my "D"s on a little chalkboard every day.
Sep 23 2014 4:19PM
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theabortionator
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snowballsdeepyes , and I'm damn near about to graduate college... its shocking i know

Are you not from America? IF you're from the states I can't understand that. The New England Patriots. General geography.

IDk. Maybe because I'm from NY I wrongly assume everyone knows NE. I guess it's not really on maps or just the states not regions.

Idk. Not trying to be a dick either, there's definitely some dumb things I had wrong but if you're from the states this really surprises me.
Sep 23 2014 9:42PM
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GayWolf420
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Granite_State"What comes around is all around Lahey"

"Don't you mean whats all around comes around, Ricky?"


Its survival of the fitness, boys.
Sep 23 2014 9:46PM
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.Rybak.
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DeebieSkeebiesIts survival of the fitness, boys.


"friends with benedicts"
Sep 23 2014 10:05PM
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cheener12
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I used to pronounce "dakine" like "bikini" until someone corrected me a few years back. I was soo embarrassed
Sep 23 2014 10:08PM
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.FRY.
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I thought that volley ball was "bally ball" until about 3rd grade
Sep 23 2014 10:59PM
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JahFeels
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I think so much more highly of you now
Sep 23 2014 11:08PM
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backseat.bandit
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Definitely called these light-savers for about 10 years.
Sep 24 2014 12:05AM
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SFB
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DeebieSkeebiesIts survival of the fitness, boys.

It's Clear to See Who Makes the Pants Here
Sep 24 2014 12:10AM
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dispatchQ_main
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Sex. My whole life I thought it was amazing but then I realized it's just shame and disgustingness
Sep 24 2014 1:02AM
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ryano
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Didnt read thru all the replies..

but definitely when you learned the concept of money and realized that Pringles and some junk food is just not that expensive and your mom lied to you as a kid when you asked to get them and she replied, "no, they're too expensive."
Sep 24 2014 1:17AM
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HalfandHalf
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OlimarI thought it was wheelBARREL for the longest time until I got a smart phone like two years ago and autocorrect wouldnt recognize the word and I eventually looked it up and learned it was WheelBARROW


this except I'm learning this just now because of your post
Sep 24 2014 1:19AM
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NSwidow
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As a kid I thought "Sweet Home Alabama" was "Sweet Home by my Grandma".

Also, heard this one yesterday- a friend of mine dated a guy with two pee holes. And his whole life he thought that was how it was for guys and he mentioned it in passing and she had to sit him down at the age of 21 and gently enlighten him to the fact that, no, boys don't have two holes. Just him.
Sep 24 2014 1:33AM
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~Gotama~
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NSwidowAs a kid I thought "Sweet Home Alabama" was "Sweet Home by my Grandma".

Also, heard this one yesterday- a friend of mine dated a guy with two pee holes. And his whole life he thought that was how it was for guys and he mentioned it in passing and she had to sit him down at the age of 21 and gently enlighten him to the fact that, no, boys don't have two holes. Just him.


WHAT
Sep 24 2014 2:02AM
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Broken_Rides
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I'm still not sure if you're supposed to pronounce the 'G' at the end of words like running, cooking skiing. I always thought they were silent until my friend told me they weren't in High School: Definite mind fuck.
Sep 24 2014 2:50AM
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FBGM
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I thought Sherlock Holmes was a baseball player until I was like 19
Sep 24 2014 3:38AM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Abcdefghijk elemeno pqrstuvwxyz
Sep 24 2014 7:45AM
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S.J.W
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I still don't know the differences between bourbon, whiskey and scotch
Sep 24 2014 7:59AM
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Abu_Hajaar
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ChubbyBoyI still don't know the differences between bourbon, whiskey and scotch


I cant get laid without them
Sep 24 2014 8:08AM
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seward
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SFBIt's Clear to See Who Makes the Pants Here


it doesn't take rocket appliances to figure this stuff out boys.
Sep 24 2014 10:55AM
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RubberSoul
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ChubbyBoyI still don't know the differences between bourbon, whiskey and scotch


youre gonna be disappointed by the answer. bourbon is basically whiskey made in the US, and scotch is whiskey made in scotland

the ingredients are a little different (corn vs barley? idk) but that's pretty much it
Sep 24 2014 11:09AM
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CliffyByro
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RubberSoulyoure gonna be disappointed by the answer. bourbon is basically whiskey made in the US, and scotch is whiskey made in scotland

the ingredients are a little different (corn vs barley? idk) but that's pretty much it


actually no, scotch and any other type is whisky not whiskey. irish is whiskey. that's being pedantic though.

bourbon's ingredients are very different but yeah it's the same idea. also they don't taste even remotely similar (bourbon and scotch/ whiskey) but that's a no brainer
Sep 24 2014 12:44PM
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RubberSoul
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CliffyByroactually no, scotch and any other type is whisky not whiskey. irish is whiskey. that's being pedantic though.

bourbon's ingredients are very different but yeah it's the same idea. also they don't taste even remotely similar (bourbon and scotch/ whiskey) but that's a no brainer


haha, as i wrote that i thought to myself how someone who actually knows and cares about whiskey is going to correct me. thanks for conceding that it is a bit pedantic to distinguish the difference though-- isn't it fair to say you can consider it all under the same umbrella of whisk(e)y, but from different regions' versions follow different spellings, make ups, and tastes?
Sep 24 2014 12:58PM
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HitTheJim
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"Bimmer, Benz, or Bentley" thought it was "Be no doubts about me."
Also thought bimmer was beamer, that's a very common one though.
Sep 24 2014 1:23PM
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louie.mirags
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HitTheJim"Bimmer, Benz, or Bentley" thought it was "Be no doubts about me."
Also thought bimmer was beamer, that's a very common one though.


what does bimmer mean?
Sep 24 2014 1:27PM
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RubberSoul
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HitTheJim"Bimmer, Benz, or Bentley" thought it was "Be no doubts about me."
Also thought bimmer was beamer, that's a very common one though.


hm yeah that's news to me. what is bimmer? beamer seems to work there...

signed, a person with not too much rap knowledge
Sep 24 2014 2:02PM
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CliffyByro
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RubberSoulhaha, as i wrote that i thought to myself how someone who actually knows and cares about whiskey is going to correct me. thanks for conceding that it is a bit pedantic to distinguish the difference though-- isn't it fair to say you can consider it all under the same umbrella of whisk(e)y, but from different regions' versions follow different spellings, make ups, and tastes?


yeah i mean i often do it to just annoy people because i like being pedantic, but honestly yeah it's all whisky. as long as you don't say something idiotic like "it all tastes the same" no one would really care

HitTheJim"Bimmer, Benz, or Bentley" thought it was "Be no doubts about me."
Also thought bimmer was beamer, that's a very common one though.


bimmer and beamer are both ways of referring to a BMW so you're actually right
Sep 24 2014 2:13PM
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yuck
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louie.miragswhat does bimmer mean?


both are colloquial names for BMW. ive heard both used interchangably but ive also heard that one refers to BMW motorcycles and the other refers to cars specifically
Sep 26 2014 9:53AM
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RevolverHustleO
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I used to wash my hair everyday..
Sep 26 2014 1:58PM
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fujarome
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ryanoDidnt read thru all the replies..

but definitely when you learned the concept of money and realized that Pringles and some junk food is just not that expensive and your mom lied to you as a kid when you asked to get them and she replied, "no, they're too expensive."


or when you learn the opposite and realize that things like Lego's cost a fortune
Sep 26 2014 5:09PM
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ohmyglob8
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i learned that the earth actually isn't a perfect ball, but instead a spherical ellipsoid.
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/832e4f812d1e.jpg
Sep 26 2014 5:30PM
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PacificRimJob
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SpongeBOMB Squarepants...



I had seriously seen the title sequence about 50 times by the time I actually read that it was just SpongeBOB...
Sep 26 2014 5:39PM
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miroz
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DingoSeanSpongeBOMB Squarepants...


Dude that's only one episode, c'mon man

Sep 26 2014 6:10PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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when i was younger i thought it was ducK tape. at some point i realized it was actually duct tape. was really blown away when i learned that there is a brand of duct tape called Duck Tape. so much wtf.
Sep 26 2014 9:12PM
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Lucas
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BogezSex. My whole life I thought it was amazing but then I realized it's just shame and disgustingness


your doing it wrong
Sep 27 2014 4:02AM
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Annabelle.
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I used to think that 'Way to go' was 'Wait a go'. Also I thought 'Chuck E Cheese' was 'Chucky Cheese'. I also thought that my mom was holding me in a baby picture but it turns out it was my sister... It took 15 years for somebody to correct me. I have so many others but I can't think of any.
Sep 27 2014 10:15AM
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goat00
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turns out that cuccumbers are fruit, along with pumpkins, squash, and all that shit. public school fail
Sep 27 2014 12:54PM
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spruitm
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That thing in the middle is not some weird backwards G
Sep 27 2014 2:00PM
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Parks.
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soulskierMy freshman roommate thought rum and cokes were Roman cokes for the longest time, we saw no need to correct him either


so did i until probably freshman year of high school
Sep 27 2014 2:18PM
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Casey
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spruitm
That thing in the middle is not some weird backwards G


Yeah I didn't realize it was a D until I was like 7.
Sep 27 2014 6:33PM
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sneakywhitelegs
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I grew up thinking a woodchuck was a bird. Then in school I had to write a story and used the words "...he saw a woodchuck a-fluttering away..."

needless to say my dad had a pretty good laugh when I brought that paper home
Sep 27 2014 8:30PM
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toastyteenagers
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OREOPRAHThought my dog was a boy until I was 11.


did you want to red rocket him?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpEUDPgPUZw
Sep 27 2014 9:38PM
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cheener12
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one more, I thought vincent gagnier was saying "speedy shoes" instead of "speed issues" when talking about how hard urban skiing is in EDIAS until a few weeks ago
Sep 28 2014 2:07AM
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Mr_Mistur
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I grew up near a small town called "Morrisville", all my childhood I would call it "Moresville", until recently I realized I was a degenerate.
Sep 28 2014 2:12AM
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