Throughout our human existence, we have collectively accumulated concepts and information that an average person is typically supposed to be aware of, better known as general or common knowledge. Like, for example, the fact that the Earth revolves around the sun or that a week has seven days. However, due to our different backgrounds, upbringings, educations, professions, and many other factors, what we think encompasses common knowledge can hugely vary.
Many people assumed the facts you’ll find below were common knowledge but were surprised to learn otherwise. Scroll down to see them for yourself, and be sure to upvote those that caught you off guard.
#41
That all cows are female. Male animals don't have milk-producing udders, *Sean*. The male version of a cow is called a bull.
Incidentally, I recently learned there's no common genderless word for a member of that species. There's "cattle" for a group of them, but nothing for an individual.
Incidentally, I recently learned there's no common genderless word for a member of that species. There's "cattle" for a group of them, but nothing for an individual.
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24points
#42
Last year i was walking home with a friend at night when my friend says " woa look at that star, it shines brighter then the rest" so i say, "yeah, it is probably a planet". He refused to belive me when i said you can actually se other planets from earth. The next day he would not stop talking about it. Apparantly he had been googling it all night.
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#43
I've seen some Jimmy Kimmel skits where people are asked where certain well-known places in the world are, like "Where is Australia? Where is Africa?" And they literally can't point to them on a map; or they think Africa is a country. I just don't understand how people don't know this stuff.
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23points
#44
A surprising number of people don't realize you SHOULD NOT flush hygienic products down the toilet. If it doesn't eventually back up your own pipes it will create massive blockages in the public sewer. I had to explain this to a friend in her mid-20's, I was like "Why do you think there's little trash cans on the wall of every women's stall!?!?"
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#45
That properties in monopoly go up for auction if the person who landed on it doesn't want to or can't afford to buy it.
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#49
A "screen saver" is the animation (or blankness) that pops up on your computer when you don't use it for a while, to **save** your **screen** from getting burned-in.
The background picture that wallpapers your desktop is the "wallpaper".
The background picture that wallpapers your desktop is the "wallpaper".
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