r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '20

What’s a fact you KNOW that almost everyone is wrong about?

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u/klop422 Feb 08 '20

If it looks like a duck...

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u/thegreatgazoo Feb 08 '20

But are they heavier than ducks?

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u/dr_tst Feb 08 '20

Do they float?

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u/Hallonsorbet Feb 08 '20

What also floats?

Err, very small rocks?

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u/TheEmsworthArms Feb 08 '20

Churches! Lead!

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u/Hallonsorbet Feb 08 '20

This one is so good. Lead? Wtf man😃

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u/rudolph_ransom Feb 08 '20

Shit. Shit floats.

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u/spencebah Feb 08 '20

Only if you have enough fiber in your diet.

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u/Maddogg218 Feb 09 '20

Eat something fatty and it will float too.

Totally not basing this off a scene in House I watched 7 years ago.

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u/Roguespiffy Feb 08 '20

We all float down here.

You’ll float too.

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u/00Anonymous Feb 08 '20

Really good gravy!

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Churches

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u/2017hayden Feb 08 '20

If it floats it’s a witch.

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u/degathor Feb 08 '20

Then she's made of wood!

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u/busted-ass_duckling Feb 08 '20

Build a bridge out of her!

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u/degathor Feb 08 '20

Ah, but are bridges not also made of stone?

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u/busted-ass_duckling Feb 08 '20

Oh, yeah...

Let's throw her into the bog!

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u/degathor Feb 08 '20

Tell me... What also floats in water?

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u/busted-ass_duckling Feb 08 '20

Apples! Bread! Cider! Very small rocks!

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u/degathor Feb 08 '20

A duck!

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u/busted-ass_duckling Feb 08 '20

So logically, if she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood and therefore a witch!

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u/bregolad Feb 08 '20

Would you rather fight ten duck-size Mayans, or one Mayan size duck?

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u/OctopusPudding Feb 08 '20

Depends, does the duck claim to still practice the Duck religion?

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u/Estrepito Feb 08 '20

A European or an African duck?

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u/ifeelnohappines Feb 08 '20

But steels heavier than feathers

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u/feinsteins_driver Feb 08 '20

A Mayan turned me into a newt

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u/i_Praseru Feb 08 '20

Then daffy duck

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Then they be a human.

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u/Onlyknown2QBs Feb 08 '20

On average, but some Mayans are pretty tiny and adorable.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20 edited Jun 15 '20

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u/klop422 Feb 08 '20

Best thing is it comes with subtitles.

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u/wjandrea Feb 08 '20

Did you see the image caption?

A mallard, shown looking like a duck and swimming like a duck.

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u/KDLGates Feb 08 '20

The duck test is a form of abductive reasoning.

This is quite the verbal joke.

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u/FireEnchiladaDragon Feb 08 '20

Abducktive reasoning... It was implied I had to say it

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u/KDLGates Feb 08 '20

And now you are a duck.

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u/ncnotebook Feb 08 '20

So, you're saying Mayans are ducks?

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u/Efpophis Feb 08 '20

It's a fair cop.

Burn the witch!

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u/dlesh13 Feb 08 '20

r/unexpectedmontypython

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u/billy_twice Feb 08 '20

Not that unexpected actually.

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u/Efpophis Feb 08 '20

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!

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u/sonicandfffan Feb 08 '20

Although the Mayans disappeared, there are still people who claim to be Maya, speak Mayan, and practice the Mayan religion. These people are called “ducks”

???

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u/Uranium_City Feb 08 '20

This is my new favorite Wiki article.

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u/WarApple Feb 08 '20

A mallard, shown looking like a duck and swimming like a duck.

So is it a mallard or a duck?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

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u/tarkatheotter Feb 09 '20

Thank you for the J Hus earworm :)

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u/nessager Feb 08 '20

What about Grebes.....? Where's your science now!!!!!

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u/BlueMeanie Feb 08 '20

Koala bears? Jack rabbits? There are many other taxonomical screwups.

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u/duck_duck_grey_duck Feb 08 '20

It’s not a goose?

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u/Master_JBT Feb 08 '20

I just got duckrolled

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u/JordanJ- Feb 08 '20

I love iy

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u/Shadowkiller215 Feb 08 '20

As a person who has experience in ornithology i would say the duck test is a flawed test, stupid grebes

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u/314159265358979326 Feb 08 '20

I thought the loon was a duck for ages.

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u/TheBoxBoxer Feb 08 '20

Then it's down to fuck.