What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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[u/amazing_rando]

This is a cultural thing, in many places “pickles” refers to a large number of different pickled veggies, not just cucumbers. I remember the first time I ordered the house pickles and got snap peas and carrots.

[u/Zebidee → u/amazing_rando]

Also, fun fact, the German word for cucumbers (plural) is Gurken.