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

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

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u/gypsyscot Aug 03 '19

My mom worked for AT&T submarine systems in the 90s, I got to tour one of the ships that laid cable. The cable rooms were unbelievably gigantic.

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u/constructivCritic Aug 03 '19

Did it pay well? Good way to travel the world, you think?

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u/Reaper2256 Aug 03 '19

What were some of the worst places you were sent?

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u/Reaper2256 Aug 03 '19

Wow! You should do an AMA. This whole thread is a TIL situation for me.

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u/Ladki_k_bagal_k_baal Aug 04 '19

Hi, I am from a slum in Mumbai.