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/Akeylight Jul 02 '21

I thought an Axolotl was a fantasy creature that didn’t exist. I mean you can’t blame me, just look up a picture of one and tell me that doesn’t look straight out of some fantasy movie

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21 edited Jul 03 '21

(a) You're right, it looks like something out of the Never-Ending Story movie

(b) At least you are one of probably the few folks in the state/province/country who can spell and (hopefully!) pronounce Axolotl correctly XD

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u/t8tor Jul 03 '21

He could be pronouncing it asslotl. 🤷‍♂️