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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?
11 years ago
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dragonhorse
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.Rybak."friends with benedicts"


water under the fridge
10 years ago
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CliffyByro
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Jane6up until like last year I thought the Slayer song was called "Reign in blood".


half right, the album it's on is reign in blood
10 years ago
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Lemuel
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LemuelUntil a week ago I thought the song opened with "Sean Paul so hard ...etc etc" not "So I ball so hard"


I hate NS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG_dA32oH44

Don't know how to imbed
10 years ago
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Lemuel
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snobunnywhat is wrong with all of you people regarding Disney? I mean-- didn't you recognize that Disney, would have "Disney" on their items? Not Gisney, Digney, or Disnep? Didn't you recognize how that didn't make sense?

I wouldn't go to a Toyota dealership, and a buy a new toyota, and think that the cursive on the back said "Topota"...even if it was a blatant "p"-- I'd go inside and be like..."why does your 'y' look like a 'p'? I would understand that no matter what it slightly resembled, it more than likely says Toyota for God sakes.


I knew it said Disney, I just never saw that "D" as a D.
10 years ago
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Garebear
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my whole life i thought that islam was the major world religion, found out that it's not, not by a long shot...
10 years ago
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SamMcChesney
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When I was little I always called burgerking "burgerkang". And used to call quicksilver "quicksliver".
10 years ago
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hamman
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I always thought the phrase was "play it by year" like lets play it by year-

Then I find out its " play it by ear" I'm like …damn well that makes no sense then
10 years ago
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momentz
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hammanI always thought the phrase was "play it by year" like lets play it by year-

Then I find out its " play it by ear" I'm like …damn well that makes no sense then


I'm pretty sure it is "play it by year"...
10 years ago
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SkierPT
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momentzI'm pretty sure it is "play it by year"...


No it's play it by ear. As in playing a song on a guitar "by ear"
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hamman
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momentzI'm pretty sure it is "play it by year"...[/QUOTE

haha thatss what i said….who makes this shit up anyway? I'm sticking with play it by year
10 years ago
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soulskier
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I was probably 15 when I realized that fishin' chips are not chips you take fishing
just plan fish and chips
10 years ago
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CliffyByro
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hammanI always thought the phrase was "play it by year" like lets play it by year-

Then I find out its " play it by ear" I'm like …damn well that makes no sense then


it makes a lot more sense than play it by year...
10 years ago
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Lé.Skiing
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Kit and caboodle

always thought it was said/spelled "Kitten Kabootal" hahaha
10 years ago
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SteezOnSkis12
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Lé.SkiingKit and caboodle

always thought it was said/spelled "Kitten Kabootal" hahaha


Holy bump.
10 years ago
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connecticunt
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I only just found out that my family has been screwing with me my whole life and that jackalopes are in fact, not real.

And I'm bummed as hell.
10 years ago
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Plankton
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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


why the fuck were you typing wheelbarrow on a regular basis?
10 years ago
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dbchili
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that all dogs are boys and all cats are girls. I mean i sorted this out when i was like 10 but still quite late to the party
10 years ago
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selfiejesus
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i always thought it was when worse comes to worse but it's when worse comes to worst
10 years ago
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robbinJAHood
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the song that sings "help me Rhonda help help me Rhonda, get her out of my heart". I always used to sing "get her out of my yard"
10 years ago
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*Nickdel*
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My roommate insists that "thread the needle" is actually "Spread the needle"
10 years ago
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Fakeskier
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Pussy
10 years ago
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Dobber
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FakeskierPussy


What an entrance
10 years ago
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robbinJAHood
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also "give me the beef boys and free my soul" is actually beat boys.....
10 years ago
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Lé.Skiing
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The first few times I listened to the song "all star" by smash mouth I thought he was saying "She was looking kind of dumb, with her finger in her bum, and the shape of an 'L' on her forehead"
but it was actually "She was looking kind of dumb, with her finger and her thumb in the shape of an 'L' on her forehead"

From time to time I still think about my version when I listen to the song and laugh.
10 years ago
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the.hellion.
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I just realized that I didn't always know that Michael Jackson was black. Being born in the late 80s with immigrant parents, the Jackson 5 was not something that was really made available to me. I was terribly confused for a while after I found out...
10 years ago
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CaptainObvious.
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I went the longest time spelling it "Seperate" when using it as an adjective and Separate when using it as a verb.

No. It's always separate.
10 years ago
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G_B
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I just found out money laundering isn't actually laundering money... I thought it was like cleaning blood and drugs off
10 years ago
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Cspliffff
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Turner.Always thought it was "hair's breath" cause like maybe a hair wouldn't breathe that much, and the distance it breathed was really small. Fucking dumbass.

lol same
10 years ago
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r._ed
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skiersupremespelled definitely like this "deffinitley" until this year


i can never spell definatly
10 years ago
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r._ed
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used to think the chorus in Deliverance by Bubba Spaarx was 'tidal wave' not 'find my way'
10 years ago
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CheddarJack
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On cereal boxes, it's not "englared to show detail" - it's "enlarged to show detail."

Realized this when I was maybe 15 or 16. I think I read it like that when I was young and didn't realize the englared isn't a word so I didn't think much of it and then didn't think about it for years, even though I'd see it nearly every day.
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