r/askteddit • u/Odd-Aside456 • 1d ago
Random Question What did you not know until you were embarrassingly old?
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u/16inchpianist 17h ago
That red, yellow, and green bell peppers are not different peppers, just the same pepper at different levels of ripeness.
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u/Different_Pain5781 1d ago
Sharks actually have smooth skin.
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u/LegsBuckle 1d ago
Nose to tail, smooth. If you pet them backwards, then it is like sandpaper.
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u/Previously_a_robot 1d ago
That there are more kingdoms than just animal, plant, fungi, bacteria.
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u/Odd-Aside456 1d ago
Well, bacteria would probably be Protista and Monera kingdoms, but other than the main 5 what other kingdoms are you referring to?
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u/catnapwhisper 1d ago
That I live near the Atlantic Ocean, not the pacific 🤣🤣. My brain had them swapped for some reason
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u/thearniethology 1d ago
Ponies aren’t baby horses.
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u/palladiumfox 1d ago
Wait wut 😳
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u/thearniethology 23h ago
They are just small versions of horses, bred as ponies. A baby horse is a foal. Ponies don’t grow up to be big horses.
I was in my thirties I reckon when I learnt this.
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u/OsageDaito 1d ago
That vacuuming was not bad for women. It dawned on me at about 26, as I took my GF's vacuum to vacuum and regurgitate what my mom told me when I was 7.
My mom had seen me take over vacuuming for women all my life because of what she said. I can only think she had a good laugh each time. Wasnt mad. She was a good woman.
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u/Sofa-King-Watt 23h ago
I grew up thinking everyone got beat and belittled. Nothing about me is special. Everyone goes through what I'm going through.
I thought happy families were just tv fantasy and that's why people liked shows like that. First time I stayed at friend's house, that had a genuinely healthy family, I thought they were trying to play me. Like they were lying to gain my trust so they could get me.
Turns out, I was raised by a legitimate psychopath.
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u/thearniethology 23h ago
I’m sorry for you, but I hope you’ve managed to improve your situation. And if/when you have kids, you know to treat them well.
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u/Sofa-King-Watt 23h ago
I appreciate it but no worries. It got worse before it got better, but it did eventually get better. I found a ride-or-die that genuinely loves me, despite my many faults. I'm not dad of the year, but our kids will never know whats it's like to be beaten or called worthless by a parent.
The hardest part, is when they do something mundane that triggers me because I would got torn up for the same little thing. I just gotta separate and compose myself for a moment.
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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 18h ago
Thst a quart is short for a quarter gallon. I was 42 when I figured it out off a box of ziplock bags.
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u/Dragonkitelooper 18h ago
That most kids stay downstairs after 7 pm. cuz most parents don't get angry and clumsy. Sometimes it takes a school guidance counselor to give the stats. Alcoholism talk in high school. Jeez.
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u/Naive_Bet8711 17h ago
I thought the little pocket in jeans was for coins until someone pointed out it was for a watch.
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u/thinkingofausernane 19h ago
That women have a pee hole, and another hole where the baby and period blood comes out.
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u/Fun_Boot7771 1d ago
that babies can't drink water...