'Regular' Things Way More Rare Than People Think

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'Regular' Things Way More Rare Than People Think

We generally have an idea about what's rare and what's not. But what if we were completely wrong? Plenty of things are super rare but we think...

By PocketEpiphany

Published 1 year ago in Wow

We generally have an idea about what's rare and what's not. But what if we were completely wrong? There are some things that we may mistakenly think we see or experience on a regular basis, but are totally wrong.

Plenty of things are super rare but we think are super common. You won't believe which things made the list!

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Blimps. IIRC there are only 25 in the whole world and only 13 are functional. -u/toothpastenachos

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As a kid who grew up in the 80’s - quicksand.-u/81PBNJ

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Dissociative Identity Disorder. Multiple personalities. A lot of that nonsense on TikTok is fake and straight-up offensive. -u/MasterOfOne

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It seems having two loving parents that treated you right is rare when you speak to people -u/YellowStar012

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Vanilla. It's the go to word for common, plain, or boring, when it's a pretty rare ingredient that's difficult to grow and only comes from a few places on earth. -u/Kaiserhawk

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Multimillion-dollar personal inconvenience lawsuits. You’re not suing McD for millions because your fries were cold. -u/JK_NC

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Child abductions -u/abandoned_cat

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Receiving CPR and surviving with good quality of life.-u/HelloKidney

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After all those years of stop drop and roll, I've not been on fire ONCE-u/redwolf1219

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Tourette syndrome. Well, Tourette is not that uncommon, but the swearing is the most extreme form and it's very uncommon-u/chinchenping

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Being aware/waking up under general anesthesia. Most stories of this are MAC anesthetics where the patient is kept light and generally doesnt remember, but it isn't truly general anesthetic. If people really wake up under general anesthesia they will have their eyes taped shut and a breathing tube in. They will also likely be paralyzed. It does happen, but it is extremely rare.-u/StrebLab

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Waterfalls with caves behind them, if video games are any indication. -u/GodOfAtheism

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Real wasabi is actually rare due to the plant being difficult to grow. Most “wasabi” you get is actually a horseradish base-u/WrinkledBz

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Being bitten by any venomous creature in Australia.-u/boyfromtherat

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Turquoise! I'm beginning study to be a jewelsmith and apparently most of the turquoise on the planet has already been mined and used. What we use today is a stone called howlite that can visually imitate it. If it's real it's likely hand-mined from the few small mines remaining that have some left. Real turquoise is very expensive as a result.-u/Phantasmai

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Photosensitive epilepsy. Only 3% of all epileptics are triggered by flashing lights, but it’s what most people think of when you mention seizures. - u/SPRINT_MON

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Intentionally tainted Halloween candy. Remember growing up some kids couldn't trick or treat because their parents feared psychos who poisoned the candy or slipped razor blades into the tootsie rolls or whatever? Yeah, as far as I can determine it's a myth and never happens. If it did, think about how easy it would be to trace and capture said person. -u/Marxbrosburner

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Making it big on Youtube/Twitch -u/Legenberry817

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Lawyer here! Pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity. Fewer than a third of one percent of all cases involve such a plea, and even fewer are successful. TV makes it sound as though everyone is trying it, though. -u/InVulgarVeritas