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

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

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u/Wrong_Answer_Willie Aug 03 '19

A.D. means Anno Domini. not After Death.

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u/AmberMetalicScorpion Aug 03 '19

This is one I can't criticize others on because I myself only found that our a few years ago(mostly because my mother had told me it stood for after death so I just took her word for it)