People have been sharing the obvious things they didn’t realise until far too late – 25 hilariously belated revelations
13.
‘I thought county Durham was in Ireland, I’m in 40s and didn’t find out til this year.’
alrighttreacle11
14.
‘I am 41 and only learnt last year that capers aren’t a fish. I’m vegetarian and whenever offered them I refused saying I was a veggie. No one corrected me.’
-Potsysaurous
15.
‘Think I was 33 when I found out that mince pies aren’t made with meat.’
-VolcanicBear
16.
‘I thought until embarrassingly recently that Pennsylvania was not only a made-up place, but also where Count Duckula comes from. I figured that Dracula is from Transylvania, so Count Duckula – a cartoon – must be from Pencil-vania.’
-TravellingPineapple
17.
‘I used to think that waiting on tenterhooks was actually waiting on tender hooks, meaning soft hooks that could break as opposed to the real item, tenterhooks. 36 when I found this out.’
-Chrolan1988
18.
‘I thought someone had to switch on cats eyes on the road.’
-Me2309
19.
‘That ‘Netflix and chill’ doesn’t mean watching tv and relaxing. I used to be very casual at telling my coworker about my weekend Netflix and chill plans.
-AgitatedSilver9585
20.
‘I was in my late 20s when I realised that painkillers don’t magically know where it hurts and go to that area, but just numb your whole nervous system. I think it’s because the adverts show them targeting pain and I just never thought about it.’
-Forsaken_Bee3717
21.
‘I thought Dunkirk was in Scotland and Dunkerque was in France. They’re both the same place and they’re both in France.’
-BeesInATeacup
22.
‘That the numbers on a toaster are minutes, not levels of toastiness.’
-OutlandishnessOk3310
23.
‘Until I was 20 I thought the graphic in graphic novels meant they contained explicit content (so like the book equivalent of porn).’
-jelly10001
24.
‘That the petrol gauge has an arrow showing you which side of the car the petrol cap is.’
-Miss_Behaviour_
25.
‘When I was a small kid, I thought the Three Kings of Orient were footballers, as I had heard of Leyton Orient. Much later I realised my mistake.’
-BECKYISHERE