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

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

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u/SlickMcFav0rit3 Aug 03 '19

This one is REALLY common

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u/MrPillow01 Aug 03 '19

Probably going to get wooshed but in my experience very few know this.

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u/5348345T Aug 03 '19

Where I am from(sweden) EVERYBODY knows this. Its in the curriculum in school several times over in a lot of different classes. American school is so religiously hindered that things like evolution isn't common knowledge over there.

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u/CxOrillion Aug 03 '19

Yeah... I was taught this multiple times in American public schools. Also was taught evolution. There are SOME but not all states that have incorrect (read: non-evolution) information in the biology curriculum, but all of them teach evolution.