This was perfectly illustrated in a popular Reddit thread, where user Relation-Major731 asked fellow netizens to share some obvious things that they had only just realized. From finding out that pickles are pickled cucumbers to learning that coffee causes anxiety, these pieces of information were discovered by people a bit later in life.
And there’s nothing wrong with that, as we should never stop learning. So, let’s all put on our thinking hats and dive into some common but not-so-common facts in this judgment-free zone!
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This is particularly true for objects that are very unlikely to appear, like a unicorn for example. If you saw one, you would be more likely to believe that what you witnessed was a white horse. And the horn must have been just a trick of the light.
The exact reason why this happens is not yet fully understood. However, such a lack of visual awareness shows that our attentional and processing abilities are limited. Therefore, our brain finds ways of filtering out distractions to focus on what’s most important at any moment.
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Some researchers also suggest that memory limitations might contribute to this. Several experiments have found that people often perceive certain information, they just don’t remember seeing it when asked about it as it wasn’t stored in the part of the brain responsible for short-term memory.
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Or if a magician is taking a card from the top of the deck and using it to point to another one on the table, the audience won’t see that they returned it to the bottom of the deck because their attention was focused elsewhere.
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