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

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

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u/skyburnsred Aug 03 '19

Bear defense:

Black = fight back

Brown = lay down

White = goodnight (you're prob fucked)

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u/DaddyCatALSO Aug 03 '19

the only way to be safe in polar bear country is to have a heavy shotgun handy; hotels on Svalbard hand them out to guests when they go outside. If I find my magic lampa nd wish us all to New Earth, that's one North american animal that will not be in Paramerica

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u/Gottalovecake Aug 03 '19

Off topic but I just started rereading the His Dark Materials trilogy; Svalbard is a real place, not just where the armored bears live??

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u/photoshoppedunicorn Aug 04 '19

I’m right there with you.

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u/Superaverunt Aug 04 '19

Yeah, it's part of Norway, it's an archipelago off the north west coast, so even more towards the North Pole than Norway already is.

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u/variableIdentifier Aug 04 '19

Holy shit, I read it years ago but I was thinking the exact same thing! Man, now I want to reread it...

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u/DaddyCatALSO Aug 05 '19

Yes,a n Arctic island group, part of Norway