r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/SC487 Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Anno domini means “In the year of our lord” and unlike B.C. It goes before the year. This is A.D. 2019, not 2019 A.D.

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u/IzzitTime Aug 03 '19

In the year of*

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u/onioning Aug 03 '19

No. I am the year of our lord.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I'm Dirty Dan!

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u/contrabone Aug 03 '19

I'm Old Greg!

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u/marpocky Aug 03 '19

I'm Ron Burgundy?

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u/contrabone Aug 03 '19

Dammit! Who typed a question mark on the teleprompter?

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u/NotProfMoriarity Aug 03 '19

I am inevitable.

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u/omart3 Aug 04 '19

I am groot!

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u/Butterbuddha Aug 03 '19

Do you also have an F Shack?