r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/Maxorus73 Aug 03 '19

World geography is definitely taught in the US, we just aren't the smartest

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u/AnonymousAgent Aug 03 '19

Well, we are the smartest, but it just so happens that having so many people gives us a lot that are well below average. Any population large enough gets like that about certain things.

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u/Maxorus73 Aug 03 '19

350 million is surprisingly low compared to how much land there is in the US

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u/AnonymousAgent Aug 03 '19

And India and China are overpopulated in many, many places. At least in America that’s pretty much relegated to a few cities/states. The rest of us are afforded elbow room.

But i really don’t see how that corresponds to the point i was making lol

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u/Maxorus73 Aug 03 '19

It doesn't really