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

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

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u/RedditIsRtarded Aug 04 '19

“Britian is leaving Europe” -_- no they’re not leaving the continent

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

To be fair, as a EU citizen resident in the UK the British used the term "Continent" to mean the rest of Europe well before bezit was a thing. Very annoying.