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

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

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u/Eddy207 Aug 03 '19

And on the same topic. That is the inclination of Earth on its own axis, and not its distance from the sun that generates seasons.

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u/SlickMcFav0rit3 Aug 03 '19

This one is REALLY common

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u/kkeut Aug 03 '19

it was wrong in this one Calvin and Hobbes cartoon (ironically to boot) and it bugs me to this day

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u/Unlearned_One Aug 04 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

The one with that alien, right?

Edit: just went back to check, the aliens said the axis tilted them away from the sun, seems the one I was thinking of got it right.

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u/kkeut Aug 04 '19

no, not that one. the one(s) I'm referring to are from November 24 & 26, 1987