19 Things People Never Realized Until Late In Life

1.

Rich parents can't pay to get their kids into school.

2.

“Be there or be square” is said because if you are not there, you’re not around.

3.

That TAG stands for “touch and go.”

4.

In the song “I Saw Momma Kissing Santa Claus”, the little boy’s father is dressed up as Santa, and is kissing his wife, and not the actual Santa Claus kissing the boy’s mom.

5.

AC/DC is referring to alternating current / direct current.

6.

Highway exit #s are based on the mile marker where the exit is.

7.

The noise when you snap your fingers is the sound of your finger hitting your palm, not the two fingers.

8.

The little piggy that went to the market didn’t go to buy groceries.

9.

Narwhals are a real thing.

10.

It’s called breakfast because you break your fast for that day.

11.

That the stripper's pole spins around the base.

12.

That LASER is actually an acronym: Light Amplification (through the) Stimulated Emission (of) Radiation.

13.

The Beatles, like a drum beat, not the beetle bug.

14.

Apparently it's “for all intents and purposes” not “for all intensive purposes."

15.

There’s an arrow pointing left or right on your gas gauge in your car. That arrow tells you what side your gas cap is on.

16.

Duct tape is actually used for the air ducts in your house.

17.

That the word “ignorance” is based from the word ignore.

18.

Teachers told us if we didn’t study we would become garbage men, without telling us that garbage men make more money than they did.

19.

That Netflix and chill means much more than just chillin’.