[quote=@Etcetera]
<Snipped quote by Heroic>

Because I was taught that there was not a true dark side of the moon because of its rotation, and the rest of the world saw the moon differently. Maybe I just misunderstood, but I'm fairly certain that's what it was. And since I was three or four and was taught astronomical orbiting, tidal formation, and such, I always believed the moon rotated at a different rate. 
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Hm. Well, that makes sense.