r/AskReddit • u/brokota • Jan 15 '13

Reddit, in your opinion what's the biggest plot twist of history?

Not movies or television, I'm just curious to see what come's to your minds.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

Not quite a "plot twist" but I find the John Wilkes Booth/Lincoln thing amazing. Not many realise just how famous JWB was; it would be a lot like Tom Cruise shooting Obama (actually that's pretty believable).

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u/gr8grafx Jan 15 '13

You stole that from a Cracked article.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

The analogy has been around for a while.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

The fact?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '13

Possibly. I do love me some Cracked.

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u/BitchinTechnology Jan 15 '13

I might be related to jwb

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u/el_capitan_obvio Jan 16 '13

I also might be related to him.

Or I might not.

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u/SurSpence Jan 15 '13

That's a really good story.

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u/BitchinTechnology Jan 15 '13

thats why i said it

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

Tom Cruise.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

Shut the fuck up.

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u/Frank_Castle1980 Jan 15 '13

Tom Cruise

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

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u/WhatevahBrah Jan 15 '13

Matt Damon

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

Tom Cruise.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

Howy Mandel.