• psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    This is where I would blurt out the obscure fact and then realize I heard them wrong

    “Did you know that figs are pollinated only when a certain species of wasp dies inside of it?”

    “Wtf are you talking about? I said TIG! I’m certified in TIG welding!”

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      And now the moment has passed and it would be too awkward to bring it up again! 😭

      Or would it…? 😏 *proceeds to embarrass oneself"

      • Morgoon@startrek.website
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        1 year ago

        Surprised the hell out of my history teacher when I had the answer for what number President Warren Harding was. Took me a minute and a half to get to that point of the song though lol

      • samus12345@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus is the capital of Ohio. There’s Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, Montana, then there’s Denver, Colorado under Boise, Idaho!

        (I could keep going, but I won’t)