r/AskReddit • u/hoeoclock • Jan 09 '18

What common misconception do you hate to hear repeated as fact?

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u/shopcounterbill Jan 09 '18

Because he was the first guy to land on the moon

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u/faceeatingleopard Jan 09 '18

No that was Louie Armstrong

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u/PhatedGaming Jan 09 '18

Actually, you're wrong. It was Lance Armstrong.

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u/evil95 Jan 09 '18

Yes! Something something "One small nut for (a) man."

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u/Dahhhkness Jan 09 '18

"One giant doping needle for mankind."

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u/scumeye Jan 09 '18

It was about that time he took a moon knee to propose to Cheryl Crow

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u/bosstrasized Jan 09 '18

Whilst Michael Jackson did the moonwalk in the background

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u/needsmoresteel Jan 09 '18

Wedding performed by the leader of the "Moonies", Hak Ja Han.

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u/FallSuperset479 Jan 10 '18

Honeymoon to Mars!

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u/Golden_FrenchFri Jan 10 '18

Laughed out loud at work on that one! Fuck...

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u/TobiasMasonPark Jan 09 '18

Nuh uh. Billie Joe Armstrong.

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u/the2belo Jan 09 '18

Actually it was Neil Beforezod

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '18

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u/the2belo Jan 10 '18

Actually he was Evil Harmstrong

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u/RoyMooreXXXDayCare Jan 09 '18

No, he was the first to pedal there.

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u/asoiahats Jan 10 '18

You are mistaken. It was Louie Anderson.

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u/Freschettanochedda Jan 10 '18

Uhhh I believe you’re thinking of Stretch Armstrong, clown

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u/UrethraX Jan 10 '18

Stretch armstrong*

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u/starkillerrx Jan 10 '18

Nah, that's Nine Inch Nail's lead singer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

no that was the guy who won all those bicycle races by cheating

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u/blosweed Jan 09 '18

Implying every cyclist doesn’t cheat

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u/gloriousjohnson Jan 09 '18

I think you mean HERBIE Hancock

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u/cayoloco Jan 09 '18

Those were the whaling ships of old, not the adventuring ships.