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*** To which the idiots reply that they read it off the bottles. "It's right on the ingredients list..."
* In ''[[Deep Rising]]'', a [[Jerkass]] who works for the cruise line spontaneously rattles off a theory as to the man-eating worms' origins, and [[Improbable Taxonomy Skills|displays such expertise that you'd think designing computer networks for ships requires an advanced degree in marine invertebrate paleontology]]. He turns out to be totally wrong. The "creatures" ''aren't'' worms. In fact, they {{spoiler|aren't even individual creatures. They're the tentacles belonging to a monstrous octopus-like creature.}}
* [[Firefly (TV series)|Mal]] in ''[[Serenity]]'', after he exhibits a working knowledge of [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]:
{{quote|'''Mal:''' Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.}}
** Another example: The Operative went by the popular misconception that the albatross was sign of bad luck. (For background, in the poem the misfortunes of the eponymous Mariner comes about because he killed the albatross; it is literally a weight around his neck because his fellow shipmates tie it there as punishment for killing a bird which was both a good omen and which could have led them to shore)
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