What commonly known thing did you learn at an embarrassingly older age?

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Anonymous wrote:That all Asians are not universally referred to as “orientals”. Thanks rural Ohio.

Things are Oriental, people are Asian... they are from the continent Asia... which includes Iraq for an example.

No one would refer to someone from Iraq as Asian. They are middle eastern.

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I thought Boston was south of NYC until I was well into high school ?

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I think I was in middle school (maybe freshman year of HIGHSCHOOL) before I learned what a serial killer was. Because of the 80s Tylenol scandal I had assumed a serial killer was a cereal killer. Like someone who poisoned cereal thus killing lots of people at once.

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The difference between e.g. and i.e. Was blissfully using them interchangeably until my mid 40s.

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How to pump gas but in my defense I am from NJ

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Anonymous wrote:How to pump gas but in my defense I am from NJ

This comment reminded me of something I recently learned:

That there is a little arrow by your gas gauge on your dashboard that tells you what side of the car the gas tank is on. Who knew!

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Anonymous wrote:The saying that "It's always in the last place you look" is literal. It's the last place because you found it! Don't know why that never clicked for me.

WHAT!??

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Anonymous wrote:Jewelry isn't pronounced "jewel-ery"

you do realize this is regional. Mid-Atlantic/NJ/NY areas. it's not right or wrong, it's just a different way of annunciating the word.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How to pump gas but in my defense I am from NJ

This comment reminded me of something I recently learned:

That there is a little arrow by your gas gauge on your dashboard that tells you what side of the car the gas tank is on. Who knew!

I didn’t know. I’ll check next time I’m in car!

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Anonymous wrote:The difference between e.g. and i.e. Was blissfully using them interchangeably until my mid 40s.

I correct my coworker's in formal documentation on this ALL. THE. TIME. Thank you, high school Latin class.

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Anonymous wrote:The meaning of the lyrics of most of my favorite songs from the 70s...and 80's for that matter!

The correct LYRICS to some popular songs.

Embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How to pump gas but in my defense I am from NJ

This comment reminded me of something I recently learned:

That there is a little arrow by your gas gauge on your dashboard that tells you what side of the car the gas tank is on. Who knew!

I didn’t know. I’ll check next time I’m in car!

Yup.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between e.g. and i.e. Was blissfully using them interchangeably until my mid 40s.

I correct my coworker's in formal documentation on this ALL. THE. TIME. Thank you, high school Latin class.

"i.e." = in essence

"e.g." = example given

Right?

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I love these! Especially "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it" and Note Bene.

I did not realize I was supposed to keep those stupid cardboard and/or plastic things in my husband's dress shirts. I'll have to look up what exactly you mean. Do you re-place the cardboard each time you wash the shirt?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The meaning of the lyrics of most of my favorite songs from the 70s...and 80's for that matter!

The correct LYRICS to some popular songs.

Embarrassing.

I remember playing the same songs over and over, pen in hand, trying to figure out the lyrics so I could write them down. Kids nowadays will never know the joy of FINALLY figuring out what they were singing after listening for the 200th time in a row.