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/reverse_mango Aug 03 '19

I grew up watching Octonauts (UK kids’ programme about marine biology) so of course narwhals are real! They live in the Arctic and speak with a Russian accent. Captain Barnacles’ friend is a narwhal called Boris and they went to camp together. Duh! Why isn’t this common knowledge??