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We recently asked members of ourBuzzFeed Communityto tell us the unexpected things theylearned from movies and TV shows.Here’s what they said!
1.“Sabrina the Teenage Witchtaught me what mitosis is.”
2.“I learnt what military time was fromFriends.”
3.“The Officetaught me that CPR compressions can be done to the beat of ‘Stayin’ Alive.'”
4.“On an episode ofFull House, Danny’s girlfriend at the time is a dry cleaner and she told him that hairspray removes ink stains. It works!”
5.“I didn’t know about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre until I sawWatchmenlast year.”
6.“The Big Bang Theorytaught me about Schroedinger’s Cat.”
7.“Before I watchedCall the Midwife, I had no idea about afterbirth and the placenta…”
8.“I know that the tip of your shoelace is called an aglet because ofPhineas and Ferb.”
9.I learned fromGrey’s Anatomythat when you breathe in through your nose, it opens your nasal passage."
10.“Bruce Almightytaught me to spell ‘B-E-A-utiful.'”
11.“Miss Congenialitytaught me how to get away from an attacker with ‘S.I.N.G: solar plexus, instep, nose, and groin.'”
12.“My nephew learned to recognise the letters of the alphabet when he was only two years old. My mother babysat him and while watching him she also watchedWheel of Fortune.”
13.“Cluelesstaught me the word ‘sporadic.'”
14.“It has to beMatilda!It taught me how to spell the word ‘difficulty.'”
15.Everything I know about basketball technique is fromHigh School Musical."
16.“I learned fromLegally Blondethat you can’t shower right after getting a perm.”
17.“As I am not one who perms,Legally Blondetaught me about endorphins.”
18.“I learned how to make a cigarette lighter out of a chewing gum wrapper and a battery fromOrange is the New Black.”
19.“Hamiltonlegitimately helped me pass my American history final in junior year of high school.”
20.“I learned and use Gratitoad fromBig Mouth’smethod to calm down anxieties.”
21.“Miley’s bone dance inHannah Montanataught me all about the names of different bones.”
22.“I didn’t learn that our founding fathers owned slaves until I sawDazed and Confused.”
23.I learned about EFT tapping for anxiety fromJane the Virgin.
24.“Thanks toMean Girls,I know that ‘jambo’ means ‘hello’ in Swahili.”
25.“Most of the English I know, I learned from watchingBuffy the Vampire Slayer over and over with English subtitles.”
Some submission have been edited for distance and/or clarity .
