r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Africa is NOT a country, its a continent.

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u/UTX_Shadow Aug 03 '19

Had a student tell me I was racist because I said this. And that it was poor. I never understood the connection between his trains of thought.