17 People Reveal The Obvious Things That Went Over Their Heads

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I was today years old when I learned 'goodbye' is short for something.

Listen — it's happened to all of us. You know, that"aha!" moment when you finally put two and two together and have a sweet, sweet epiphany...only to share that new finding with someone else and realize it was totally obvious and you were actually way late to the game.Personally, mine was realizing that"mermaid" was mer plus maid. I thought this was absolutely groundbreaking, and my friend was like,"Girl......" Humbling, truly.

"I know 'Felix' is the Latin word for 'happy,' but only recently did I discover the name Felix also means 'lucky.' There's a cartoon character named 'Felix the Cat' who is a black cat, and I'm just now getting the irony of naming him that."You may have heard the phrase"blind as a bat" before, which people say to imply that someone has bad eyesight. Well, as it turns out,"You don’t have to go to the dealership to get it fixed.

 

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