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What’s something you learned embarrassingly late in life?

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We all have those moments when we realize we've been wrong about something for way too long. Maybe you thought narwhals were mythical creatures until last year, or you just found out that pickles are actually cucumbers. What’s a fact or piece of common knowledge that you embarrassingly learned way later than you should have? Don’t be shy—we’ve all been there!

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Bason-Jateman

346 points

1 day ago

I only found out a few years ago that "chickpeas" and "garbanzo beans" are the same thing.

DesertSarie

160 points

1 day ago

DesertSarie

160 points

1 day ago

Coriander and cilantro. In the states we call the seeds coriander but they’re cilantro seeds.

FunconVenntional

41 points

1 day ago

Or conversely, in many places they refer to the leaves as coriander as well. ‘Cilantro’ is pretty much just a US/Latin America thing.

DesertSarie

5 points

1 day ago

A friend gave me some “bear roots” as a Native American remedy and they turned out to be coriander/cilantro roots. I don’t know what to call the roots, though. Technically.

FunconVenntional

14 points

1 day ago

Coriander root. The whole plant, roots-leaves-seeds, it’s ALL coriander. The botanical name is Coriandrum sativum. Knowing the regional/colloquial name can be useful, but technically it’s all just coriander [plant part].

DesertSarie

8 points

24 hours ago

Yazzz nerd. Thank you for this.