Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:46     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
That the Pacific Ocean, specifically along the California coast, is COLD! Don't expect to be basking in warm water, or even cool water, it's wetsuit cold.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:31     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Credit card numbers: Amex always starts with 3, Visa 4, Mastercard 5.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:30     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
A/C defogs car windows in all seasons and is effective even with heat on.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:27     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So many things, but I'll go with how tax brackets work.


+1. Grown a$$ people not wanting to earn more money because it’ll put them into a higher tax bracket. I just… can’t

They may thing it puts them into higher bracket with every penny, not just the last $10k only or whatever it is.
I can't go over because they will kick me off medicaid.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:25     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Continuing on the tax topic — the difference between deductions and credits.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:25     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So many things, but I'll go with how tax brackets work.


+1. Grown a$$ people not wanting to earn more money because it’ll put them into a higher tax bracket. I just… can’t


There are thresholds where you do get less take home for making more, but it's entirely based on eligibility for benefits and not anything anyone already in the upper brackets would ever encounter
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:23     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Anonymous wrote:So many things, but I'll go with how tax brackets work.


+1. Grown a$$ people not wanting to earn more money because it’ll put them into a higher tax bracket. I just… can’t
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:23     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Anonymous wrote:That people think that the first amendment protects them from all consequences of their speech. It just protects you from the government, friends.



This
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:22     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Anonymous wrote:So many things, but I'll go with how tax brackets work.


This is a good one. My lawyer friend could use a lesson on tax brackets
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:22     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
That people think that the first amendment protects them from all consequences of their speech. It just protects you from the government, friends.

Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:21     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
How the scientific method works.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:19     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
So many things, but I'll go with how tax brackets work.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:15     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
budgeting
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:14     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
Correlation is not causation.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2023 09:12     Subject: Share something that should be general knowledge, but isn't
What is something that you think more people should know, or surprises you that they don't?

Whether a fact about the world/science/history, a how-things-work hack or anything else...

I'll start with - antibiotics only work on bacteria, not on viruses.
Yes, most people know that already - but all people should.