Basic facts you learned late in life that you didn't really know.

Oops. Oh well, I tried.

Yup. I saw the presumably Easter-Egg shaped and colored foil chocolates as football-shaped chocolates.

I was 23 before I realized that the song “I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” was about a naive child who saw her mother kissing her father dressed in a Santa suit.

Why was it funny? I don’t get it.

It’s explained on page 5, posts 213, 214, and 215

Because Adrian is dead and there’s no Rocky 7.

Of course at the time of that Simpsons episode she wasn’t, so now that she is it’s even more funny.

I don’t think I’ve shared this one yet:

“You will be late for your own funeral!” is a pun. At my own funeral, I’d be referred to as The Late Raguleader
Well, actually, they’d use my real name, but you get the idea.

I didn’t understand what bra measurements referred for a long time. I mean the cup size letter is self explanatory but I didn’t really understand what “36” in 36DD meant. And then one day I was at the grocery store, thinking about breasts probably, and I just went “ohhhh. Circumference. Like pants.”

I was 22.

And this isn’t a “basic fact” at all but I am quite aware of Lloyd Bridges and I am a big fan of Jeff Bridges. And then I watched a Biography Channel thing on Jeff Bridges.

And yep. Turns out they’re father and son. I had no idea. I was 24.

Possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever read.

Er, what? :eek:

Okay, that’s not a song I thought about a lot, but still…
:eek:

On Monday, I learned that “steer” is not just another word for “bull.” (And, when I checked the dictionary, a bullock isn’t just a small bull.)

And I’m the kind of person who’d privately scoff at anyone who didn’t understand the distinction between a gelding and a stallion.

In my defense, though, the horse version actually involves the verb. :smack: