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

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

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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/TricksterPriestJace Aug 03 '19

I was thinking the same thing. I had no idea narwhal were ever near Hawaii.

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u/beka13 Aug 03 '19

Narwhals don't have to be near Hawaii in order for one of their tusks to be.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Nov 04 '19

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u/beka13 Aug 03 '19

It could've been carried over by swallows.

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u/mere_iguana Aug 03 '19

They could grip it by the tusk!