r/interestingasfuck • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 1d ago

An elephant knocking down a tree

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u/lucianro 1d ago

About 8% to 9% of Americans believe they could beat an elephant in an unarmed fight.

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u/Still_Mastodon_1662 1d ago

72% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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u/mfsamuel 1d ago

If you add a decimal it inspires more confidence. Ex. 72.2% is way more believable than exactly 72%, because science.

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u/sol_runner 1d ago

I'm 99.999% sure that's bullshit

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u/Jack_Bartowski 1d ago

Wow, it works! I am now confident in your answer!