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re: What are some obvious things you were surprised someone didn't know
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:17 pm to Korkstand
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:17 pm to Korkstand
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When plunging a toilet, you should submerge it, slowly press down to get all of the air out of the plunger, and then work the plunger to shove water in and out. Don't keep pulling the plunger out of the water trying to shove air down the hole. (This one might not be fair since my life experiences have forced me to become an expert at plunger use.)
Somehow, my 6 year old girl can clog up a toilet worse than most men. And it isn't from stuffing too much TP down in there and then attempting to flush. I sometimes wonder how something so large and so dense can come from someone so small, but she does it. I hear that shrill scream from the bathroom and know to just go down to the basement and grab the plunger. Slow, powerful thrusts work the best, at least on my older toilet.
And we just did a renovation, turning an old den into a master bathroom. I put a chair height, elongated bowl toilet in there that would probably find a way to get a brick to flush. That thing is powerful.
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Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:17 pm to lsu480
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Another time we were outside of Camp Pendleton and there was a sign that said "tourist information". She asked me why they would give tourists information when they are trying to kill us.
I hope she didn't have children
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:18 pm to Tiger1242
I met a girl who legitimately did not know Missouri was a state. She was in college at LSU. Not surprisingly, she was from Connecticut.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:19 pm to High C
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It's part of Great Britain and not a part of the other landmass that you called the island of Great Britain.
No, Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom which is the union of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:19 pm to Tiger1242
I know a 21 yr old girl that didn't realize her twin uncles were brothers.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:20 pm to htownjeep
I knew a gal who thought The Great Wall was just the name of an asian buffet. She literally had no knowledge of The Great Wall of China. She was an elementary school teacher. 
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:21 pm to htownjeep
Had a coach who honest to God taught Geography:
Coach: "This unit we're going to be studying the country of Africa."
Me: "...Coach, Africa is a continent."
Coach: "Well, you're right in saying that, but like Australia, it's also a country."
His arguments consisted of "Who would name a country 'South Africa'. That's obviously a state."
He also thought that New York City was the capital of New York.
Coach: "This unit we're going to be studying the country of Africa."
Me: "...Coach, Africa is a continent."
Coach: "Well, you're right in saying that, but like Australia, it's also a country."
His arguments consisted of "Who would name a country 'South Africa'. That's obviously a state."
He also thought that New York City was the capital of New York.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:24 pm to LikeABaussCat
Y'all know some dumb people
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:25 pm to CocomoLSU
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One that got me years ago was that the gas gauge in vehicles has an arrow that points to the side that the gas tank entry (cap) is on.
My mind is blown.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:30 pm to OMLandshark
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That's not that obvious then. Never thought of it, but I assumed they were about the same.
Another example - New Orleans and Cairo are at about the same latitude.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:32 pm to iLikeMike
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I taught 7th grade US history one year. A girl raises her hand and asks "how did they know to call them the 'Redcoats' if they didn't have color back then?"
She really thought it was like wizard of oz and the whole world was in black and white until we had color photos and TV.
I bet she still covers her eyes with her hand and thinks that no one can see her.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:33 pm to Tiger1242
Apparently Amazon is the root of all first world problems
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:34 pm to Dire Wolf
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A friend askede if you had to flip bacon at age 19 or 20.
so, what's the answer?
eta: i flip it when in a frying pan. don't in oven.
also, is it true that at sometime during your 20th or 21st year, you will be forced to flip bacon at some point? This one really has me thinking.
This post was edited on 4/22/14 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:34 pm to Tiger1242
That the boiling point of water is 212 degrees F. and not 180 degrees F.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:36 pm to auggie
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hat the boiling point of water is 212 degrees F. and not 180 degrees F.
Where would someone get 180F from?
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:37 pm to NYNolaguy1
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I once had a professor in college tell us that the melting of Arctic ice caps would result in raising the mean sea level.
Wouldn't the melting of terrestrial ice sheets over Greenland and the Northwest Territories of Canada raise the mean sea level (assuming for hypothetical s sake that oceanic ice sheet somehow refrained from melting)? Obviously, due to the fact that ice is less dense than water and that sea ice displaces quite a large amount of water therefore raising the mean sea level, the melting of sea ice would actually lower mean sea levels.
The other big wild card has to do with the fact that terrestrial ice sheets are heavy and weigh down the landmasses that they cover. In the event of a retreat of ice sheets from the continent, during the proceeding years, that continent experiences rebounding uplift like when you remove your fat arse from a couch cushion and it fluffs back up. Would it be possible for this resulting rebound (evidence which can still be seen in Scandinavia rebounding from the ice sheets that covered it during the last Ice Age) to uncover more land, lifting portions of the sea bed (particularly continental shelf) upwards displacing more water and raising sea levels that way?
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:38 pm to SuperSoakher
I have students who are about to graduate high school, but don't know all the continents and oceans. It blows my mind....
I've had students who thought female lions have stripes .....(tigers)
I've had students who thought female lions have stripes .....(tigers)
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:40 pm to htownjeep
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No, Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom which is the union of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
You're right, as far as political sovereignties. UK and Great Britain are often used to refer to the same place, that was my point. Anyway, England's still not an island.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:42 pm to High C
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It's part of Great Britain and not a part of the other landmass that you called the island of Great Britain.
Actually, Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - it isn't part of Great Britain.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:42 pm to High C
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UK and Great Britain are often used to refer to the same place, that was my point.
I deal 100% with international customers and got my ears pinned back a few years ago after I made a similar mistake. That's how I know
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