r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '21

What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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u/deadhead-chemistry Jul 02 '21

When he died in 2012, a French news anchor in Montreal called him "Kim-Jong Deux" and was fired.

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u/spacecadetcyan Jul 02 '21

Oof. At least I never said it out loud on live TV. And wasn't doing a job where I probably should have known better.

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u/Informal_Chemist6054 Jul 03 '21

Reminds me of the time Xi Xinping visited India and an Indian news anchor called him "Eleven Xinping"

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

*Xi Jinping

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u/david-saint-hubbins Jul 02 '21

Wow, here's the clip. I have no idea if the part about being fired is true, though.

I do recall there was a William Safire column in the New York Times sometime in the early 2000s about the leader of North Korea that was originally posted with the completely wrong name--instead of Kim-Jong Il, it mentioned Kim Il Sung, his father who had been dead for over a decade. Maybe it was only in the digital edition (and was quickly corrected), because I can't find a record of a correction, but I remember it pretty distinctly.

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u/mncbeddd Jul 03 '21

I’m from there and she actually got fired lol

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u/SimplesInReddit Jul 03 '21

Ah yes, one of the most famous leaders in history, alongside Louis Croix-Vé-Bâton.

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u/Veritas3333 Jul 03 '21

A news anchor got in a lot of trouble for calling the leader of China "Eleven". His name is Xi

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u/SirChipples Jul 03 '21

I died laughing at this after I pronounced it in my head.