Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't

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Anonymous wrote:Credit card numbers: Amex always starts with 3, Visa 4, Mastercard 5.

Why do people need to know that?

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That your sense of wealth has as much or more to do with how much you spend than how much you make, and that most middle and upper middle class people could spend much less.

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Putting food waste in your regular trash is a major contributor to greenhouse gases. Compost or put anything soft down your garbage disposal.

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Czechoslovakia no longer exists as a country. It is now two countries - Czech Republic and Slovakia - and has been this way for decades.

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A real understanding of how interest works for saving and spending.

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How awesome exercise feels and the impact it can have on mental health.

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Some basic geography facts:

That Africa is a continent, not a country.

That North America is not just the United States, there are actually 7 countries that make up the continent of North America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Credit card numbers: Amex always starts with 3, Visa 4, Mastercard 5.

Why do people need to know that?

There are plenty of instances where I’ve had to give my number over the phone, and someone asks me what kind of card it is. If they knew this, they wouldn’t have to ask. So perhaps not relevant to you, but it takes up zero brain space for me, and once someone told me, I’ve never forgotten it.

Kind of like knowing that all cars have a little arrow on the gas gauge telling you which side the tank is on. Tiny detail that’s handy when you have a rental.

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Anonymous wrote:Czechoslovakia no longer exists as a country. It is now two countries - Czech Republic and Slovakia - and has been this way for decades.

Actually the Czech Republic is now called Czechia.

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Anonymous wrote:How awesome exercise feels and the impact it can have on mental health.

x 1,000. THIS is what we should be teaching our kids - a life lesson that will help them forever.

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How to pet dogs properly.

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That the 2018 winter olympics were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is very different from Pyongyang, North Korea. I remember havign to explain this to many people leading up to the Olympics.

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How to change a tire. It should be required to pass a drivers test.

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Anonymous wrote:That the 2018 winter olympics were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is very different from Pyongyang, North Korea. I remember havign to explain this to many people leading up to the Olympics.

I had to correct this in a work product I was editing yesterday. The really scary part was that the product was drafted by someone whose area of expertise is supposedly APAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That the 2018 winter olympics were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is very different from Pyongyang, North Korea. I remember havign to explain this to many people leading up to the Olympics.

Why should this be general knowledge? Who cares?