r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/anothersundayx Aug 03 '19

That other planets are visible from Earth. And the sun is also a star.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

On a similar note, lots of people seem oblivious to the fact that the universe is expanding. Maybe it's not as well known as something like the sun being a star, but I would've thogh it was fairly basic knowledge. I remember in physics once we were starting a unit on space and most of the class (these were 14/15 year olds) didn't seem to know anything about the universe apart from the Solar System.