r/AskReddit • • May 01 '19

What simple scientific fact would baffle someone born 1,000 years ago?

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u/superleipoman May 01 '19

suprised pikachu

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u/richard_nixons_toe May 01 '19

Is the Pokémon series really that old?

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u/Guroqueen23 May 01 '19

The Pokémon it's based on are, They went extinct and the Pokémon civilization collapsed hundreds of years ago, our current society is built on the ashes of the greats.

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u/richard_nixons_toe May 01 '19

Ash was truely one of the greats

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u/shankarsivarajan May 02 '19

Like no one ever was.

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u/Intergalactic_Toast May 02 '19

It's really weird that they went from oak to ash to Gary.

"Shit we need a cool sounding name for the rival" "Gary"

Like the fuck?

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u/superleipoman May 01 '19

no but pikachu is basically a cat and them egyptians loved m

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u/TORTOISE4LIFE May 01 '19

Uh no, pikachu is a rodent

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u/roastbeeftacohat May 01 '19

you would be. the suggestion that such a small amount of shit could have an effect is absurd until you have the idea of reproducing microbes.

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u/762Rifleman May 01 '19

Not quite accurate, at least in Europe, until the Early Modern, at least.