Meaning of 'as it turned out'

[terminator]

Test No. incompl/inter-37 "Eating Disorder", question 8

As it turned out these were not sausages but in fact very big carrots and the photographer had to pay enormous ..........

(a) harms
(b) hurts
(c) damages
(d) injuries

Test No. incompl/inter-37 "Eating Disorder", answer 8

As it turned out these were not sausages but in fact very big carrots and the photographer had to pay enormous damages.

Correct answer: (c) damages

Hello! Help me please. I met these words: as it turned out....... Tell me what does it mean?
Thank you for your help
Terminator

[Torsten]

Hi Terminator, 'as it turned out' is a very handy phrase can mean 'as was established later' or 'as I found out later' or in Alan's test: 'As the public found out later'.
Let's see what Alan says...
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[Alan]

Hi Terminator,

Just to add to what Torsten has already explained: 'turn out' refers to something happening in the end and usually differently from what you expect. Imagine that you have been invited to a party and you don't really want to go because you think it will be boring but when you go you find it's is not what you expect. If you put that in a sentence, it could be: I didn't want to go that party at all but as it turned out I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Alan
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[terminator]

Hi Alan and Torsten, thank you very much for your very interesting and very very fast answers.
Terminator

[Zarinamo]

I didn`t understand whe we cannot use harm??? It is the synonym of damage isn`t it???