What is one fact that someone shared so confidently but turns out to be false?
What is one fact that someone shared so confidently but turns out to be false?
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The sun is not a star. It's a sun.
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Sun and Star are synonyms.
Here is the first sentence of the Wikipedia article for
:The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
Here are the first two sentences for
:A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun.
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If it's a synonym, then that's would mean that every star is a sun, right?
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Sure. That's how I understand the English Wikipedia. There are other types of stars in my native tongue at least. But as far as I understand, they are the same in English.
So give me your counter example
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Not quite. The sun is a particular star. Specifically ours. Like how Polaris Aa/Ab/B (collectively the north or pole star) are the three stars at the center of their system.
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Eh, Sun usually means the local star, while Earth's Sun in particular is named Sol.
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Far better description, thank you.
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