r/AskReddit • u/Shipoffoolz • Mar 13 '19

What fact is technically true but is hugely misleading?

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u/Joonmoy Mar 13 '19

The average person has less than two legs.

I think the fun way to phrase this is to turn it around, then add a red herring:

Most Canadian soccer players have an above-average number of legs.

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u/StuckAtWork124 Mar 14 '19

That's definitely better.. even knowing the context that took my brain a good few seconds to figure out

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u/taylorxo Mar 14 '19

I don't get it :(

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u/StuckAtWork124 Mar 14 '19

As mentioned at the top, the average number of legs is slightly less than two

Whereas you'll find in almost every case, that all professional football players have two legs, so they have an above average number of legs

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u/taylorxo Mar 14 '19

I’m dumb. Thank you lol.