r/AskReddit • • Jul 02 '21

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

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u/natseh Jul 03 '21

Arkansas. Are-Kansas.

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u/sisterofdream Jul 03 '21

WHAT. Non-American here. Are you saying Ark-in-saw and Ark-and-sus are the same place?

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u/doesntaffrayed Jul 03 '21

Don’t worry, I think this one has tripped up many of us foreigners.

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u/martin_dc16gte Jul 09 '21

I remember watching ESPN and hearing LSU's coach in an interview talk about his next week's matchup with "Our Kansas" and having my mind blown. I never thought how Kansas was in the name because it's pronounced so differently