Assumptions you had for years... and later realised were wrong

That it actually matters what other people think of me.

I thought WWF was real until I was 21. I was working at a concert venue and said to a group of people this looks fake and they looked at me, laughing it is fake.

That the Irish were loved all over the world.

Justice Moriarty, Justice Flood and so on
Ever watch the news lately and they talk about Justice Moriarty? I used to think if you want to be a judge you first name must be Justice.
If that's not your name then you can't be a judge. I remember asking my parents would they change my name, lol

Ever watch Nuacht?
When I was in school the teacher would read some Irish story and we'd write it. If you got it correct you got stars in your copybook
On Nuacht they end the scrolling text with stars. I thought it meant the newsreader had made no mistakes and I was astounded they got full stars every time!

Ah watching GAA football. My uncle told me if you scored the last point with your left leg it was the consolation point and if you scored it with your right leg it was the insurance point.
The commentators would talk about insurance points and consolation points and I didn't understand so hey, I believed the above explanation!

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When I was 10/11 ish I first became aware of the existence of gay people, I didnt understand how two men could have sex as I apparently had no concept of anal sex....so I assumed gay men just kinda pressed the tips of their penises together.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frot

Until I saw the film again when I was 16 I assumed that in Police Academy 1 the nice lady that Mahoney brought in was tickling the Commandent Lassard when she was hiding while he was making his speech. My childhood was over when I realised that she was not, in fact, tickling him at all

To be honest I still don't know what the full story on this is

I like the Bryan Adams song "Summer of 69". Good upbeat song and sure I assumed since the day I heard it it was about summer of 1969

But read on boards and a few other places that it's, well you know the position 69 and boy I got a shock when I read that

I still don't know what's correct. For now I'm going with 1969 the year