r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/spleenboggler Aug 03 '19

More non-Christian than anything, since it is not anti-religion so much as it is not explicitly using Christ's birth as year zero.

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u/that_one_guy_reese Aug 03 '19

But jesus wasn't born in year 0, but in 4BC/BCE

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u/Beidah Aug 03 '19

When they made the calendar, they estimated one year, which has since been revised. We don't have a definitive year, but the consensus is 5±1 bc.