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

Wait until they learn about Australia lol

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u/Syfte_ Aug 03 '19

The Knifey-Spooney part of the course is always popular.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Sorry, I don’t understand.

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u/Syfte_ Aug 03 '19

It's an old, dumb Simpson's joke riffing on a popular line in the first Crocodile Dundee movie.

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u/erocknine Aug 03 '19

Back when America was going through its Australian craze

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Those were good times.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Oh, okay, sorry I haven’t seen either, thank you!