16 Real World Facts We Learned From Friends

Friends is a fountain of worldly knowledge (even when you've never seen it before).

So ingrained is it in our daily mental make-up that it's often easy to forget that it's not just full of Life Lessons; it's actually full of 'huh-I-never-knew-that-before' lessons. Cue a frantic office argument about all the things we learnt about FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER from watching Friends.

(And yes, we may have been mildly sheltered growing up).

Unagi is a type of sushi

And definitely not this.

How to cure a jellyfish burn

(Hint: It's pee)

That Yemen's an actual country (and it's very far away)

Although we can't vouch for this address.

That erectile dysfunction is a thing

And that it's PERFECTLY NORMAL *cough*.

Or maybe not.

What erogenous zones are

And how many there are.

What a phalange is

Part of a plane! Who knew?!

That your hair goes crazy in humidity

But at least there are upsides.

What Unisex means (and it's not the below)

That lobsters mate for life

And that finding your lobster is the best thing ever.

Excuse us, just crying a WATERFALL OF EMOTION.

What a palaeontologist is

The terrifying reality of what a banana hammock really is (google it)

This VERY IMPORTANT grammatical irritation

All about going commando

And that lunging whilst doing it wearing 17 layers of your best friend's clothes is NOT A GOOD IDEA.

That leather "pants" can shrink so much

And that talcum powder and lotion does not help.

How to make English trifle

Key ingredients: NOT BEEF SAUTEED WITH PEAS AND ONIONS.

And the most important one of all...

Condoms only work like 97% of the time

"I wanna talk to the president of the condom company."