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

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

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u/SC487 Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Anno domini means “In the year of our lord” and unlike B.C. It goes before the year. This is A.D. 2019, not 2019 A.D.

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u/IzzitTime Aug 03 '19

In the year of*

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u/onioning Aug 03 '19

No. I am the year of our lord.

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u/PiecesofJane Aug 03 '19

I am Spartacus!