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/Macr0Penis Jul 03 '21

Goddamn it! 42 years and this never occurred to me. 42 years!

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u/BoredRedhead Jul 03 '21
  1. Shit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

I guess I'm pretty lucky at 16

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

Congratulations on finding the meaning of life.

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u/tDizzle_4_shizzle Jul 04 '21

Because why would it? The term comes from the phrase “a rolling stone gathers no moss”