Stupidest things you thought were facts...

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I used to think that periods of history just kept repeating themselves. And that there was a version of me in every country. And that all people thought their thoughts in English, and whenever somebody said something to them, they would translate it in their head.

Reply 41

princess:)

i used to believe that everybody in the world was friends - life has changed that

i also thought that everyone went to bed at the same time as me. my prayers went a little like this:

good night belle (sister), mom, dad, God and everyone in the whole wide world....ZZZ

*facepalm*

Reply 42

shooks

TSR Community Staff

Original post by PsychadelicScarf

And that all people thought their thoughts in English, and whenever somebody said something to them, they would translate it in their head.

Yep, I had this one too. I love the self-importance of it!

Reply 43

PsychadelicScarf

Original post by shooks

Yep, I had this one too. I love the self-importance of it!

I still find it hard to get my head around the idea of people thinking in any other language :eek:

Reply 44

Opts

Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.

Reply 45

daisychain_

Used to think Romeo and Juliet was a true story

Reply 46

acciolucy

Original post by bertstare

Thought rasputin was a fictional character

Wait... Rasputin was real?!

Reply 47

happysmile

When I was in primary school, I used to think that there was a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow - and once even tried to find the 'end' of a rainbow - nearly got lost :rolleyes:

Reply 48

FireGarden

Original post by acciolucy

Wait... Rasputin was real?!

So real, he was almost impossible to kill.

Reply 49

WannaGetAnA

I didn't realise that the UK was an island until about Year 7 :colondollar:

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 50

acciolucy

Original post by cambio wechsel

I have always assumed that dragon myths were a primitve extrapolation from dinosaur fossil findings. Possibly that is a stupid thing to think, I dunno.

Until recently I thought that the words realise and realize were different and had different usages. Specifically I thought 'realise" meant "come to know" and 'realize' meant "bring about". So... 'he realised at 40 that he would never realize his political ambitions'.

The thing is that though I now know this to be only my imagining, I still think it's a distinction which does useful work and should be widely adopted.

I thought that it was the same word, one English spelling one American... Oops!

Reply 51

cambio wechsel

Original post by acciolucy

I thought that it was the same word, one English spelling one American... Oops!

I think that's right. Isn't it?

Reply 52

517340

Original post by acciolucy

Wait... Rasputin was real?!

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian Queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

Reply 53

acciolucy

Original post by cambio wechsel

I think that's right. Isn't it?

Ok woops I read that in reverse... Just ignore me!

Reply 54

n00

I thought this thread was about farts.

Reply 55

anosmianAcrimony

Original post by Ruthless Dutchman

All fish use sonar, the eyes are receiving dishes

It's actually more like lidar, but it uses ambient light, rather than light emitted by the lidar equipment itself. It's pretty clever, really.

Reply 56

anosmianAcrimony

Original post by FKLW

I've been throwing Carrots into the oceans all my life :colonhash:

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Oh, that explains it. In that case, the reason rabbits do not wear corrective lenses is clearly that they eat enough carrots that they do not require them.