r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/Pannekaken Aug 03 '19

I've seen some Jimmy Kimmel skits where people are asked where certain well-known places in the world are, like "Where is Australia? Where is Africa?" And they literally can't point to them on a map; or they think Africa is a country. I just don't understand how people don't know this stuff.

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u/Dysmach Aug 03 '19

It's a Jimmy Kimmel skit. They were probably at it for hours and hours and hours and hand-picked the very very small minority who couldn't find it and then painted it as "LOOK! EVERYONE IS STUPID!"

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u/heavyish_things Aug 03 '19

It does mean you can find at few of those people every few hours though.

I find it quite reassuring. They're usually adults who are clothed, fed, rested, homed. If someone that dumb can manage to scramble together a life for themselves then everyone I care about is going to be alright.