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Some good ones already mentioned. I will add factual errors. When an author uses incorrect details it distracts me. It can happen to the best of them.
Robert Ludlum, rest his soul, was a great novelist. But he mentioned someone driving a fifth generation Corvette Z06 convertible in one of his thrillers. That vehicle was only ever offered as a FRC (fixed roof coupe). D'oh!
Or if your character activates a manual safety switch on some unspecified modern revolver. That is an rare feature in this type of firearm, almost unheard of after the early 1900's.
These are simple factual errors to anyone who knows a particular topic, item, or place.
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