Truth: I didn't realize pistole's were spanish coins until I was 35.
So as a child reading "The Three Musketeers", I assumed it was about a bunch of French revolutionaries trading away all of their money for single shot pistols they had to keep replacing. It seemed incredibly inefficient.
The Starship Troopers movie sucks ass and people only think it's good because they believe Verhoeven's statements about a book he admitted he didn't read.