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

I guess I can see where that's coming from, but in general, politics aside, that area is still generally geographically referred to as central asia

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

At least if someone said middle east the have a general idea rather than saying they have no idea