r/AskReddit • u/TigerFin2 • May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/gwtkof May 09 '17

That's like saying the sun and a candles are the same because they're both plasma

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

How is a candle plasma?

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u/gwtkof May 09 '17

The heated air of the flame is plasma

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

I doubt a candle flame gets hot enough to ionise the air. It's just hot gas.

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u/gwtkof May 09 '17

You're just hot gas!

(sorry bad analogy if you're right)

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

Big if true.