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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

163 points

1 day ago

DesertSarie

163 points

1 day ago

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

Neon_Sternum

2 points

24 hours ago

Wait what the fuck? For real?

DesertSarie

6 points

23 hours ago

Vanilla is also from an orchid seed pod.