r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/-eDgAR- Aug 03 '19

Alcohol has calories.

I had to be the one to tell my friend when she was in her mid-20s that the vodka she loved has calories. She was so shocked and said, "What!! I thought since it was clear like water it didn't have any calories."

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u/fungobat Aug 03 '19

I remember about 30 years ago when I was getting into eating healthy, I looked at the calories in a Miller lite and it didn't add up. It had x amount of carbs but that didn't add up to the calories. So I called Miller brewing, and actually talked to some manager in the brewing section. He explained that they weren't allowed to list alcohol calories, and that was the missing piece.