A WOMAN has left people stunned after revealing a little known fact about earring backs.
Catalina took to TikTok to share a video of herself breaking off the plastic surround from a gold butterfly.
"I’m sorry – was I the only one who didn’t know you are supposed to take the plastic part off?" she wrote over the clip.
And she added in the caption: "My friend just showed me this and my mind is blown."
The majority of people commenting on the video admitted they were just as stunned as Catalina after learning about the little-known fact.
"Now what.. am i even living correctly??" one wrote.
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"HUH?" someone else asked.
"Waaaaaaaiiittt?! What!" another commented.
"OMG WHAT I HATED THOSE I THREW THEM AWAY BC IT WAS PAINFUL WITH IT," someone else said.
As another wrote: "I never knew!"
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But others insisted the plastic part of the earring back is there to give more support if you're wearing heavier earrings.
"You don’t need to. It’s used to supported heavier earrings," one wrote.
"It’s for heavy earrings, it helps support them…" another added.
"you're supposed to leave the plastic on so that the metal part is not getting in your ear lobe," a third commented.
While someone else agreed, writing: "I’m never taking the plastic off again cause the one time I did the metal backing got stuck inside my ear lobe and I had to get surgery done on my ear."
"OMG that sounds so painful," Catalina replied.
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