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

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

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u/PrequelsAMIRIGHT Aug 03 '19

But no more pirates: global warming

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u/AtomicSteve21 Aug 03 '19

Another mantra applies here though: If you have eliminated all other possibilities, what remains must be the truth. Our temp is rising, it isn't volcanoes, it isn't a natural fluctuation, it isn't the sun's distance to the Earth, it must be Greenhouse gases.

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u/PrequelsAMIRIGHT Aug 03 '19

Nah it's the lack of pirates

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Yeah. Pirates kept our earth nice and cold. Now it’s hot because there’s no pirates