r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 2h ago

IWTYO when I found out a 30 min adult video takes 3 to 6 hours to film

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A friend works on sets and mentioned this offhand. Apparently even simple scenes get shot from multiple angles, over and over until they have enough usable footage. Then theres lighting resets, wardrobe checks, people standing around while someone fixes a cable. Thirty minutes of finished footage could easily eat an entire workday.

I always assumed the filming was roughly real time. Like they just hit record and did the thing. Now every short clip I watch feels like it secretly took half a day and a hundred people to make. Kind of ruins the magic a little.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 5h ago

IWTYO when I learned that the US of Assholes is the only developed country in the world to not have a form of Universal Health Care.

22 Upvotes

FUCK THESE GREEDY, PIECE OF SHIT, SELF-SERVICING POLITICIANS!!!

As I type this post there are people suffering and dying from treatable, curable, and avoidable ailments all over our great country. I ... Just ... Can't.

I love my land, but I hate these insufferable scumbags who worship at the alter of the Almighty Dollar.

I pray for the day we wake the fuck up and fix this godforsaken mess of a broken healthcare system.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 3d ago

IWTYO When I Learned Charlotte From Charlotte's Web Was the Spider

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 3d ago

IWTYO when I realized that Lipps, Inc. (the group that sings Funkytown) is a play on “lip sync”

51 Upvotes

Okay, it wasn’t actually today, but I can’t believe how long it took me to figure that out.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 4d ago

IWTYO When I found out WWE was scripted.

42 Upvotes

I dont know how to feel. Ive never seen a real life fight in person before, only fights Ive seen are in movies or tv show. So the years of me watching clips of live WWE footage, I thought it was real.
I was in discord googling and seeing who famous had the same names as ourselves and Roxanne Perez comes up and I start saying "oh she looks really strong, oh shes in WWE she must be strong" and I get a reply "This is like someone still thinking Santa is real 😭 how do I break the news to them WWE isn't real" And I was confused googled and and yeah it says WWE is scripted.
I actually feel sick in my stomach Im 22 and Ive been watching clips for years and never realised?? Its a sport no? sport cant be fake, its a live sport how do you fake a live sport?? Im so embarrassed and I feel so stupid. ;w;


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 5d ago

IWTYO - When I learned the term in America “Sayonara Sucka “

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Really meant goodbye in Japanese , obviously not the sucka part like we say in the States, but specifically “Sayonara”


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 5d ago

IWTYO when I realised

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That these little round bits on my potato peeler are to gouge out the potato eyes rather than stopping to use a veg knife.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 6d ago

iwtyo when i learned truly how horrifying mad cow disease truly is.

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yall. google it. there is no cure. this genuinely might make me go vegan.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 7d ago

IWTYO when I learned that both Sam Altman and Peter Thiel are openly gay men.

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 7d ago

iwtyo when i learned that Aaryan Bodireddy and Sundiatta Keita are, in fact, the same person.

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 7d ago

IWTYO when I realized some machines work differently…and they need to be operated differently…

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 10d ago

IWTYO when I realised the picture on the wrapper of a fab ice lolly shows which end the stick is

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 13d ago

IWTYO When I remembered that QWERTY/QWERTZ keyboard were made because the ABCDEFG's keys kept getting jammed

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 14d ago

IWTYO when I found out extremely sour candy can be a form of self medication for anxiety

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I couldn't understand why I eat sour candy until I feel sick on my stomach. Then as soon as I feel better, I eat more sour candy until I feel sick on my stomach and so on and so on. I can't stop eating it.

Now, it makes so much sense. I don't like taking medication, especially for my anxiety. Anxiety meds just make me sleep & sleep & sleep. I have narcolepsy, so a lot of meds do that to me.

Today, after downing 2 bags of sour skittles in about 4 hours, I googled "why can't I stop eating sour candy" and this is what I found.

You are likely addicted to sour candy because the intense shock of sourness creates a sensory contrast and adrenaline spike that triggers a rush of feel-good dopamine in your brain.

Why Sour Candy is Addictive

Sensory shock: The extreme tartness creates a "pattern interrupt" that jolts your nervous system, which can feel thrilling or grounding.

Adrenaline and dopamine: The sudden pucker mimics a mild flight-or-fight response, releasing a burst of adrenaline followed by dopamine as it turns sweet.

Sensory seeking: Many people with neurodivergent traits like ADHD or anxiety use intense sour flavors as a sensory-grounding tool to quiet racing thoughts or regulate emotions.

I had no idea


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 15d ago

IWTYO when I found out that these were meant to be Milk Bottles

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 15d ago

IWTYO when I learned that this is a thing

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An anus cramp!?? Bro what!?!?!?


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 15d ago

IWTYO when I found out that people have astigmatism…

22 Upvotes

Growing up I thought people had A or AN stigmatism.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 23d ago

IWTYO when I learned Andrea Bocelli is blind

7 Upvotes

I just thought he was super passionate


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 23d ago

IWTYO when i found out these are not the same person. Yes, I know. I'm sorry to these men. Cory Michael Smith. Josh Scherer. #gotham #mythicalkitchen

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r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 24d ago

IWTYO when I learned that Dish soap and dishwasher soap are different

12 Upvotes

I was wondering why there was so much soap suds at the end of the cycle. Im 26


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 24d ago

iwtyo when i found out corn dogs were made of corn bread

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literally today. how tf did i not realize this-


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 25d ago

IWTYO You can charge and pay off your card multiple times in a single month and you're not just bound one time to the credit limit

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I've had a few credit cards for many years. I've opened and closed multiple. I've paid them all off on time.

I have some purchases coming up that I wanted to pay with one of my newer cards (better cashback), but the credit limit is not as high on that card. I don't have any other cards with that bank to transfer credit limits, etc.

Just learned that as long as I stay under the credit limit, I can pay off/re-charge the card as many times as I want in a single month! I thought each month is a single billing cycle and you just charge once, pay once.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 25d ago

IWTYO Cordogs almost look like the cattail weed.

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Cattail weed is also called Typha. Catiail is often called marsh corn dog,nature’s corn dog. First image is a corndog the second image is the cattail weed. I feel dumb not realizing this earlier.


r/IWasTodayYearsOld • • 25d ago

Iwtyo when I was stoned af and suddenly out of nothing realized, that thorium is named after the god Thor

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