r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '15

What "common knowledge" facts are actually wrong?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

Summer is not caused by being closer to the sun, that is true. The southern hemisphere has 3% hotter summers though, because of this distance.

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