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Sometimes the most obvious bits of knowledge need a fresh perspective to reveal themselves.

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Writer, HuffPost

Jul 23, 2015, 10:07 AM EDT

Sometimes the most obvious bits of knowledge need a fresh perspective to reveal themselves.

If you've never perused Reddit's Shower Thoughts page, you should. This is a place where users reframe semi-obvious information in a way that sort of freezes you in thought.

Here are some knowledge nuggets that are kind of obvious, but will still blow your mind. Warning: Potential blank stares ahead.

If you were to walk around the world, your head would have traveled a slightly longer distance than your feet.

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Sucking on hard candies is basically drinking your favorite flavored spit.

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You go to college to pay for college.

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You never laugh too hard at something, you always laugh at exactly how funny you think it is.

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"Practice" is a bad name for a business specializing in healthcare or legal assistance.

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There are more nipples in the world than people.

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Someone coined the term "to coin a term."

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If you're allergic to pollen, you're allergic to plant sperm.

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Nothing is ever on fire. Fire is actually on things.

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Superman is an alien who sexually identifies as a human male.

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We admire people for the hair on their head, but the second it's off their head, it becomes gross.

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The word "knight" has the same number of silent letters as pronounced letters.

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CORRECTION: This post previously stated that "knight" had more unpronounced letters than pronounced letters. We were thinking of the much more obscure "fknight," which obviously has a silent F.

And isn't really a word.

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Abbreviate Neil Armstrong's name as Neil A. and then say it backwards.

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Because the earth rotates, and revolves around the sun, and the sun moves around the center of our galaxy, which moves through space itself, you will never be in the same place twice. Ever.