While we’d all like to think that we’re generally knowledgeable, sometimes life throws a curveball at us. When you least expect it, you hear something that you can’t believe you didn’t know before, something you didn’t know until you were today years old. You know what they say – you learn something new every day!
For the people below, their blissful ignorance was shattered and minds were blown by what they recently learned when they were today years old. How many surprised you?
“I was today years old when I found out puppies lose their teeth like humans do…” —via reddit.com/r/Zynon
Best comment award: “They usually eat them.” —via reddit/todayyearsold/PoglaTheGrate
“Mum just woke me up to tell me flames don’t have shadows. I can’t sleep now.” —via pinterest.com/pin/todayyearsold
“I was today years old when I learned you can use mayonnaise to get rid of water stains on wooden coffee tables. It’s like new!”—via twitter.com/u/@MrPaulBae
“It took me 16 whole years to realise that ‘st’ in 1st, the ‘nd’ in 2nd and the ‘rd’ in 3rd is because its THE LAST 2 LETTERS OF THE WORDS.” —via pinterest.com/pin/todaysyearsold
“TIL (Today I learned) Donald Duck is an extremely popular pop-icon in Germany, where you can buy his comics at most newsstands. In their version, Donald uses a highly sophisticated level of language and ‘many Germans credit him with having initiated them into the language of the literary classics.’” —via reddit/todayyearsold/Priamosish
“I was today years old when I learned that loofahs are actually the innards of a gourd.” —via twitter/u/@calvinstowell
“Did you know that a frog’s tongue is attached to the front of their mouths, not at the back like ours? A frog’s tongue is also 10 times softer than our tongues and is sticky because of the saliva.”—via twitter.com/u/@dacia92
“I was today years old when I found out the Hollywood sign used to say Hollywoodland…” —via twitter.com/u/@cloudlyzette
“I was today years old when I discovered that the ‘Drafts’ icon in Mail app is a template for a paper plane; the same one that’s used in the icon underneath for ‘Sent.’” —via twitter.com/u/@JPEGuin
“I was today years old when I learned that Salvador Dali designed the original Chupa Chups logo as a favour for his friend who owned the company.” —via twitter.com/u/@godhatesyeast
“YSK [You should know]: The term ‘Genuine Leather’ is not to reassure you that their product is made of leather, rather it’s the name of the lowest grade of leather a company can use.” —via reddit.com/r/metropolis702
“I was today years old when I found out there’s a fruit called ‘Pineberry.’ It’s a white strawberry that apparently tastes like pineapple.” —via twitter.com/u/@johnnyrd2b
“There are objects called ‘Ploonets’ which are planets that used to be moons but ESCAPED?” —via twitter.com/u/@sydonahi
“I was #todayyearsold when I learned that there are nerve endings in turtle and tortoise shells and they can feel you touch it!”—via twitter.com/u/@duffy_in_vic
“Just found out kangaroo pouches are just a hole in its body, like it’s not a pouch it’s just a gaping hole…no one talk to me.”—via/twitter.com/u/@key2lifeonearth
“I was today years old when I learned that you stick your hand in a French horn when you play it…”—via reddit.com/r/salamakissa
“I was today years old when I learned that the ‘DS’ part of the Nintendo DS is short for dual screens.”—via reddit.com/r/xxmath
“I was #todayyearsold when I learned… ‘this little piggy went to market’ does NOT mean he went grocery shopping. Floored.” —via twitter.com/u/@buzzbishop
“My son had his first Toblerone today—
‘What’s the bear for?’
Me: ‘What bear?’
I was today years old when I found out there’s a bear in the Toblerone logo.”—via twitter.com/u/@upstephanie
“I was today years old when I realised it’s called a spare because you finish knocking down the pins with your spare ball.”—via twitter.com/u/@johntdeck
“I was today years old when I found out that Miss Piggy and Yoda were voiced by the same person.” —via twitter.com/u/@kedmerwin
“I was today years old when I realised [Wood’s] American Gothic painting depicts a farmer and his daughter, not his wife.” —via twitter.com/u/@ThatEpciAlper
“I was today years old when I found out opossums and possums were two totally different things.”—via twitter.com/u/@moodybpaul
“If you just learned it’s ‘daylight saving time’ not ‘daylight savings time’ please know: you will get through this. And we will be there for you…”—via twitter.com/u/@LastWeekTonight
“I was today years old when I finally figured out how to use ‘I was today years old’ correctly.”—via twitter.com/u/@ajberna
This article first appeared on Reader’s Digest.