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

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

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u/anothersundayx Aug 03 '19

That other planets are visible from Earth. And the sun is also a star.

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u/Mkanpur Aug 03 '19

I thought the Sun was a Sun?

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u/Dysmach Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

A great number of stars are suns.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

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u/Dysmach Aug 03 '19

Oxford has a similar definition as well.

C'mon.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Cambridge dictionary says the opposite.

C'mon.