white knowledge
n.— «I think it’s just a joke; the storming of the winter palace in the Russian Revolution is far more ingrained into people’s “white knowledge.”» —“Re: IT Annotations (spoiler)” by Colm Buckley Usenet: alt.fan.pratchett Feb. 12, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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