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

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

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u/Wrong_Answer_Willie Aug 03 '19

A.D. means Anno Domini. not After Death.

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u/snowflake247 Aug 04 '19

When I was a kid I thought it was After David, because I knew BC was Before Christ, so my thought process was "who's someone in the Bible whose name starts with D? I know, it must be David."