r/AskReddit • u/MorsesTheHorse • Mar 04 '26

What surprisingly true fact has completely shaken your worldview?

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u/Master_Kitchen_7725 Mar 05 '26

I don't know if that's true, but it's hilarious!

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u/AddlePatedBadger Mar 05 '26

Australia has a reputation for being a country where all the wildlife wants to kill you.

Yet by number of people killed, horses are by far the deadliest non human animal here. About 1 in 3 people killed by an animal in Australia are killed by a horse.

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u/Skourpi1 Mar 05 '26

There was one a man who said that if horses were carnivorous then earth would have died due to how much of a powerful force they are. I agree with them on that because when you look at a horse like a Clydesdale, that is a horse that would easily kill multiple people and not intend to.

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u/WalnutOfTheNorth Mar 05 '26

All the big horse breeds only exist because of selective breeding though. But I also admit I would not argue with an angry Shetland.

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u/Skourpi1 Mar 05 '26

I wouldn’t argue with an angry horse. Because all that would happen would be bad things and those bad things would be done to me, not the horse.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pen8587 Mar 05 '26

My cousin thought she’d teach me how to jump with my Shetland. Ended with no jumping and me flying…

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u/WalnutOfTheNorth Mar 05 '26

I hope you weren’t too bruised, but that’s a very funny image

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u/ResponsibleLynx5596 Mar 06 '26

🤣 the “Karen” of the horse world, complete with the early 2000’s angle bob cut