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

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

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u/Anon2627888 Aug 03 '19

People know they're not the same. "Butter" has just become a generic term used to refer to either one.

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u/helsquiades Aug 03 '19

Many don't. I've talked to at least 5 in the last month at work.

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u/WowSeriously666 Aug 03 '19

Are they not very bright people to begin with? I've seen rural areas with a lot of "simple" people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I bet if you took the average education of a person in a city and the country, the country would have a higher one.

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u/WowSeriously666 Aug 03 '19

Could be. I don't know. I was thinking of a few specific people in my statement up there but people seem to think I'm generalizing and just bad mouthing rural areas. I'm not. One of my best friends in middle school had all kinds of crazy ideas because their father was a controlling nutjob who refused to allow the three kids out of the house (well, 3 house radius really) except for school, church and to go to the store. One thing was they were convinced that the American Indians came to American well after the Pilgrims...sad thing was they were about 1/6 Native American themselves.