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== [[Real Life]] ==
* It's amazing mow many sorts of wildlife are thought by some people to not exist:
** Surprisingly there's people out there that don't realize reindeer are real animals. Though obviously they don't really fly or have red noses, and are far from tiny, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPKTub8iUB0#t=0m30s they can be and have been trained to pull sleds.] (Which is why they're called "''rein''deer" - the sled drivers hold the reins.) They're also depicted on the Canadian 25-cent coin.
** Some people are also unaware that a wolverine is a real animal, and not just an ''[[X-Men]]'' character.
** Also, some people don't realize that narwhals are real, judging by the comments on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSjjHiysBbE this clip.]
** There are also people who believe that Tigons and Ligers are fictitious, and that photographs of them are actually fake.
** [[wikipedia:Snipe|Snipes]] are real. Well, there is a type of bird called a snipe, and they're fast enough filers that if you can shoot one you're a sniper in the oldest sense of the term. The thing you're sent [[Snipe Hunt|hunting]] for might or might not be it, if it's anything at all.
** The platypus is such a bizarre-looking animal that when it was first discovered, many European naturalists believed it a hoax.
** Some people don't realize [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_devil Tasmanian devils] are real animals until they look it up.
** From the [[Darwin Awards]] website: [http://darwinawards.com/personal/personal2003-08.html "Real, live buffalo don't exist!"]
* Apparently, some places on the map might not be on the planet, according to some folks:
** An interesting effect is as follows: Something is depicted in fiction. Thus, people assume it isn't real. Tokyo neighborhood Nerima, for instance, does exist. However, because [[Ranma ½|Ranma]]
** [https://notalwaysright.com/watashi-whaaa/ “You mean Japan’s a real place?! Well, you learn something new every day!”]
** ''[https://www.rt.com/news/418447-university-lecturer-australia-not-country/ US professor fired after telling student ‘Australia isn’t a country’]''
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