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17 Things That Really Should Be Common Knowledge

14.

The sun is a star. I had that ingrained in my memory since I was in Kindergarten.

15.

Christopher Columbus never actually set foot in North America (he wandered around the Caribbean and hit the Mexican coast a couple of times, but he never went further north than Cuba). This one comes around every Columbus day and I’m still continually surprised people don’t know it.

16.

That the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The American education system never ceases to disappoint me. I’ve had 3 people in the last year not know this.

17.

Do not drink from standing water. If you must drink untreated water, do so from a moving source such as a stream.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.