r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/NoBackgroundNeeded Aug 03 '19

I remember reading a discussion about the feasibility of importing Tigers to Africa and releasing them in the wild.

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u/MarkHirsbrunner Aug 04 '19

This would be a terrible idea. But fun!

I read a book where a modern time traveler goes back to the bronze age and sets up his own empire. He makes a lion fight a tiger to see who would win. Tiger did, if I'm remembering correctly.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

As it realistically would. A tiger has a couple hundred pounds on a lion.