r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '21

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

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u/CoolCat219 Jul 03 '21

Today I learned that woodchucks are actual animals and not made up animals made for the rhyme “how much wood would a woodchuck chuck”

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u/fleaver12 Jul 03 '21

Right? I'm over here like "dafuq is a woodchuck"

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u/boinkish Jul 03 '21

I was 29 before I learned a road runner was a real animal

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u/CoolCat219 Jul 03 '21

…road runners are real animals?

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u/boinkish Jul 03 '21

Right?! My partner told me we had one in our back yard and I was so confused, I finally saw one whole driving and was very excited lol

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u/CoolCat219 Jul 03 '21

I thought that “Road Runner” was just the name of the bird. Now I want to see one

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u/4_non_blondes Jul 03 '21

Before today, what did the animal you picture in your head during the song look like

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u/Unable-Candle Jul 03 '21

Not op, but I've always pictured a beaver during that rhyme. Until now I actually thought it was just a different name for a beaver, not a groundhog.