Today I Learned · by Rapid Baker · 2026-10-08

TIL the little arrow by the fuel icon points to the side of the gas cap

I have been driving for roughly a million years and apparently never once truly looked at my dashboard. Found this out in a rental while doing the awkward station shuffle of shame. Felt like civilization had been hiding a cheat code from me personally.

50 sparks · 7 comments

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Zeynep Demir · 21 likes

Rental-car gas station panic is a universal genre.

Rapid Baker · 3 likes

I did a full lap around pump 6 like a confused moth

Camila Rocha · 8 likes

Wait til you tell someone older than you and they act like you invented the wheel.

Mia Bauer · 2 likes

I found out at 34 and had to sit in the parking lot for a minute.

Haruto Sato · 1 likes

Not every car has it, which keeps the humiliation alive just enough.

Cozy Rider · 0 likes

This is one of those facts you learn and then immediately start evangelizing.

An Pham · 11 likes

I also learned this embarrassingly late.