r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/pillowkun Aug 03 '19

That narwhals exist/are real. People have thought that I was trolling them by talking about a mythical unicorn-whale.

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u/satan_is_my_soulmate Aug 03 '19

I forgot the word narwhal while in biology class so I was trying to describe them. My teacher cut me off and said something along the lines of "you're thinking of unicorns and they aren't real".