30 obvious facts that people learned already in adulthood (31 photos)

It would seem that there are things that absolutely everyone knows: for example, that cheese does not grow on bushes. But you will be surprised how many people do not know the simplest truths - here are 30 stories from the lips of those who, to their shame, learned the truth about this world already in adulthood.





1. “You know those hats that girls wear after showering? It took me a lot longer than I care to admit to realize it was a towel.”



2. “Birds do not live in nests, but only raise their chicks there. I learned this at the age of 72. And I have a PhD in biophysics. Not zoology. It's never too late to learn."





3. “As a child, my father made fun of me all the time and told me all sorts of stories. Usually he eventually remembered to tell the truth, but sometimes he forgot. So for the first 17 years of my life, I thought the artichoke was a nocturnal rodent. I once went to an Italian restaurant and was horrified to see artichoke hearts on the menu. Three years have passed, and the girl still remembers this to me.”



4. “Cows give milk only after the calf is born. My father told me that cows make milk just by eating grass, and I believed it until I was twenty.”



5. “I was watching Titanic with friends, and at the moment when the ship (spoiler) is sinking and we are shown an elderly couple in bed, my friend said: “Why didn’t they just fall asleep?” We all stared at her in bewilderment, and she explained that people don't breathe when they sleep, so they can't choke. She was 21 years old and studying at university.”



6. “That green, yellow and red bell peppers are the same pepper of varying degrees of ripeness.”



7. “Until I was 12-13 years old, I was sure that cheese grew on bushes. My brother is terribly pleased with himself.”



8. “I thought that according to the law you can only drink coffee from the age of 16. When I turned 16, I went to the nearest coffee shop and ordered coffee. I was terribly afraid that they would ask me for my passport because I didn’t take it with me.”



9. “I just learned a few months ago that lightning is not caused by two clouds crashing into each other. It was a very sad day."



10. “I thought that when you listen to recorded music, the singer begins to sing in real time where he is at that time. So I never listened to Avril Lavigne at night, so as not to disturb her sleep.”



11. “The genre of music is called “metal” because metal is heavier than rock.”



12. “Until I was 15 years old, I thought that cats were a kind of dog.”



13. “Until I was 18 years old, I thought that reindeer were mythical creatures that help Santa Claus. My mom took me to see real reindeer on New Year’s Day and my mind was blown.”



14. “Who are lesbians. I thought that was what girls from Romania were called. I was 17."



15. “When I was 7, I renamed my goldfish Rainbow because it changed colors every few months. I've been telling my friends about it for years. It wasn’t until a couple of months ago that it dawned on me that the fish didn’t change color... My parents just bought a new one when the old one died.”



16. “My ex-wife didn’t know that helicopters could hover in the air in one place until she was about 23.”



17. “That different places on the planet have different seasons at the same time. All my life I thought I was wrong, but about a year ago I learned that it was true. I am 23".



18. “Ray Ban glasses are so called because they “ban” the sun’s rays (“rays” in English).”



19. “Until my last year at university, I thought that chocolate milk came from chocolate cows.”



20. “I thought I was allergic to cacti because it hurt to touch them. I didn't know cacti had spines until I was 12."



21. “For most of my life, I thought Neil Armstrong was black because I never saw Neil without a spacesuit, but I saw Louis Armstrong. It never occurred to me that a black astronaut in the 60s could be something out of the ordinary.”



22. “Once in the 7th grade we were discussing volcanoes, and then a classmate from the back desk yelled: “Wait, volcanoes really exist?!”



23. “When I was little, I thought beautiful people and celebrities didn’t have toes like Barbie. And I wanted to be a star so I could have Barbie feet, because I thought my toes were disgusting.”



24. “One of my friends was 17 when it dawned on him that hard-boiled eggs were not a separate type of egg. He thought that chickens somehow laid two types of eggs at once.”



25. “I just learned this year that ponies are not baby horses.”



26. “I thought that the word “diva” actually sounded like “pre-Madonna,” and I couldn’t understand what happened with her arrival that people came up with a new term.”



27. “That a blanket by itself does not provide warmth. Yes, it took me a long time to understand this."



28. “For a long time I thought that all dogs were boys and cats were girls.”



29. “What pickles are made from fresh cucumbers.”



29. “A few weeks ago I learned that hens can lay eggs without a rooster. I'm 21".