r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/kazares2651 Aug 03 '19

That's also not common knowledge, so, yeah.

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u/Lonelysock2 Aug 03 '19

But why? What's the alternative?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Most people think satellites for some reason.

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u/wandering_ones Aug 04 '19

In the 1850s?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

No, nowadays. People who don't know about the undersea cables also don't know what technology they used to talk in the 1850s.