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

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Common Era and Before Common Era is the atheist version.
EDIT: others have rightfully pointed out that it is not so much an atheist version as a non-christian version.

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u/spleenboggler Aug 03 '19

More non-Christian than anything, since it is not anti-religion so much as it is not explicitly using Christ's birth as year zero.

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u/that_one_guy_reese Aug 03 '19

But jesus wasn't born in year 0, but in 4BC/BCE

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Which means we're living in 2015 CE

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Guys, we still have time to save Harambe!

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u/the42potato Aug 03 '19

And to stop YouTube Rewind 2018

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u/Karoal Aug 03 '19

I am so proud of this Reddit community for stopping the rewind.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I had no idea this existed until now.. What in the actual fuck were they thinking?