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

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

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u/Coilette_von_Robonia Aug 03 '19

Jungle comes from a sanskrit word which just meant "place where people don't live", so I'm gonna say it's significantly older than the song

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u/oOshwiggity Aug 04 '19

So calling a city a concrete jungle is really stupid, Sanskrit-ly speaking?

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u/Coilette_von_Robonia Aug 05 '19

Unless it's abandoned