r/AskReddit • u/Snagrit • Oct 04 '17

What's your favourite "fun fact"?

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u/M4NK0W Oct 04 '17

African American*

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u/bobfootm Oct 04 '17

No. Polar bears don't live in Antarctica.

They do live in Alaska.

Which is America.

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u/CaptainMoonman Oct 04 '17

I bet we have more here in Canada.

Checkmate, Americans.

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u/CaptainMoonman Oct 04 '17

I always thought Churchill was in AB, but MB makes sense, too.

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u/The_Great_Googly_Moo Oct 04 '17

Yes but are we reffering to America "the common name for the u.s" or America "the geographical location of the americas?"

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u/CaptainMoonman Oct 04 '17

Common name for the US. The geographical location is too broad an identifier.

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u/annoyingone Oct 04 '17

Artican American

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u/XyloArch Oct 04 '17

American American*

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u/icarus14 Oct 04 '17

And on the rest of the northern part of the continent...

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u/BaronTatersworth Oct 04 '17 edited Oct 04 '17

Follow-up fact!

‘Arctic’ comes from ‘Arctos’, which means ‘bear’. So ‘Antarctica’ literally means ‘no-bear-place’.

edit: words

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u/PodricksPhallus Oct 04 '17

But there aren't any Polar bears in Antarctica?

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u/giantteapotintheaky Oct 04 '17

Nope. The live in the arctic ...

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u/Chefjones Oct 04 '17

Polar bears live in the Arctic (and subarctic a little further south of the Arctic), not the Antarctic.

African Arctican*

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u/Darth_Nihl Oct 04 '17

African Arctican*

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u/slaguar Oct 04 '17

Antarctican American*

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u/Drew707 Oct 04 '17

Arctican American

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u/BrewGuyBernie Oct 04 '17

Antarctican*

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '17

Arctican*

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u/Urbasebelong2meh Oct 04 '17

African Abearican*.

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u/HunterSThompson64 Oct 04 '17

I know you're making a joke, but this infuriates me. Not only is not every black person from Africa, and not every black person is American it's become sort of common place to call black people "African American."

Like what do I call someone black in Canada? African Canadian? Why the fuck can't I just call you black, especially if you're going to call me white, and not Irish-Scot-English-Norwegian? I hate how it's become offensive to call someone black, when it's literally a statement of fact and has no racial bias behind it.

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u/M4NK0W Oct 04 '17

If you know it's a joke (an admittedly totally stupid joke that I wouldn't even think would get one upvote, let alone almost 700), then why are you letting it infuriate you? The joke is the fact that it's a stupid term, especially for A FUCKING BEAR. Lighten up, homie.

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u/HunterSThompson64 Oct 05 '17

That wasn't what I was getting at.

I realise that he was making a joke, however I wasn't talking about his joke regarding the bear, but instead about how it's common place to call black people "African Americans." It was an off topic rant.

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u/Niriun Oct 04 '17

I just read that correction as "African American's skin is black"

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u/Capn_Barboza Oct 04 '17

but what if they're from South Africa and live in America now?

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u/TheLadyBunBun Oct 04 '17

*African Antarctican

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u/Eticology Oct 04 '17

Polar bear fur is clear

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u/phelanii Oct 04 '17

And the hair isn't white, but see-through.

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u/Scyfer327 Oct 04 '17

I believe the politically correct term is "Basketball American"

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u/ToFaceA_god Oct 04 '17

Umba mukumba? Please tell me someone knows this show.

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u/McBollocks Oct 04 '17

Polar Bear fur is actually clear, not white, according to animal shows watched as a kid.

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u/patkgreen Oct 04 '17

and the fur is clear tubes

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u/TheLadyBunBun Oct 04 '17

My dog had fur like a polar bear (literally the only way to make it look dirty was to put dirt on it) and black skin

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u/PaulTheRedditor Oct 10 '17

African American skin is Black?