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		jader201 on April 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to lau... > Wow, lots of comments stating that it was common knowledge, but some fact doesn't become common knowledge simply because everyone knows it. Common knowledge: something that many or most people know. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20knowledg...

dunkelheit on April 23, 2020 [–]

Sure, not going to quibble about word choice. The point is that many comments are like "so what, everybody knew this", but there is a material difference between "everybody knows" and "everybody knows that everybody knows".

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