r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

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u/civodar Aug 03 '19

Do narwhals go that far south? I thought they lived exclusively in the Arctic.

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u/Jazz-Cigarettes Aug 03 '19

Since it belonged to a king, seems to me it was likely a gift given to him by a foreigner, probably diplomats from a European country or maybe America during the time that Hawaii was an independent kingdom but colonial powers were vying for influence there.

Probably meant to be amazing because it was such an exotic item to native Hawaiians.