There are plenty things that Stanley finds out about
Blanche:
First, that she had a very bad reputation at
Laurel where she kept a room in a hotel where she was staying after leaving Belle Reeve.
We know that she ran a form of brothel out of her room in that a lot of men kept keys to
her room and she entertained them, presumably sexually, for
money.
Second, he knew that she had lost Belle Reeve do to
her own misjudgements, and that she was a destitute. There were no rich friends, nor any
social merit that would make Blanche seem respectable in
society.
Third, he found out about her shameful firing from
the school district when it was found out that she was having sex with a high school
student while she was teaching. This, left her marked for
good.
Hence, what Stanley found out was who was the real
Blanche, and how she had made up an image about herself which now he realizes was a
made up tale. And this was a great weapon for Stanley to knock her out of the
scene.
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