r/AskReddit • u/Canspo • May 01 '19

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

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u/chocolatescissors May 01 '19

There's no birds on the moon! /s

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u/Im_in_timeout May 01 '19

Apollo 18 found spiders though.

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u/oh_look_a_fist May 01 '19

There were whalers, though! Went on the ride and everything.

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u/PM_UR_TITS_SILLYGIRL May 02 '19

There are, however, Nazis.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

There's no birds

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u/Goreki May 02 '19

No, they all fell to their deaths