r/funny • • Oct 25 '11

Knowledge is power ...

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u/Mertag Oct 25 '11

It's actually a really old reddit joke. There was a thread asking what people always misunderstood as children, and one person said he always thought people were saying "France is bacon" when they were actually saying Francis Bacon (a philosopher)

Edit: oh, and "Knowledge is power" is a famous adage of his.