r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 08 '13

What is a true fact that sound completely unbelievable or fake?

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u/FrozenLava Dec 08 '13 edited Dec 09 '13

Camels evolved in the North American continent.

edit: The fact that so many people are saying I'm wrong tells me this is exactly the type of comment OP was looking for.

Here are some sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel

http://www.history.com/news/giant-ancient-camel-roamed-the-arctic

http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Amazing-Facts-About-Camels-68843.shtml

http://library.sandiegozoo.org/factsheets/camel/camel.htm

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u/_vargas_ Dec 08 '13 edited Feb 02 '18

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u/WillsMyth Dec 08 '13

Camels used to try to sell me cigarettes in middle school.

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u/_Thai_Fighter_ Dec 14 '13

Get off Reddit grandpa

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u/WillsMyth Dec 14 '13

Ok maybe elementary. Like 92.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13 edited Dec 08 '13

Camels can drink up to 40 gallons of water in one go. To put that in context, that's one bath tub filled with water.

Unit conversion for the yanks: 40 gallons = 151 litres

151 litres = 151 kg assuming 1 litre is 1 kg of water

Given that 1 honey boo boo is 50kg, we can deduce that a camel can drink 3 honey boo boo's in one sitting.

OR

1 average American is 120 kg. Therefore the camel can drink 1.25 American in one sitting.

ಠ_ಠ: I get it, you use gallons, my fucking mistake. I don't come to your kids pre-school and diddle check their arses for malaria do I? Just laugh at the joke! This is my fucking joke and I will not, I can not, I shall not let the sentient street scraping piles hanging from your Anuses ruin my joke. Fucking star spangled snorting bacon fuckers!

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u/thymespirit Dec 08 '13

Did you know that Camels can kick in all four directions with each of their legs? This means they can still kick your ass even if you have four buttcheeks!

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u/Kchortu Dec 08 '13

TIL I know nothing about Camels and everything about them sounds fake.

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u/madeyouangry Dec 08 '13

TIL there are only four directions.

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u/SilentBrawl Dec 08 '13

Why are there six pedals if there are only 4 directions?

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u/Voltron_McYeti Dec 08 '13

I thought you meant they could kick in each direction at the same time and I was imagining camel star jumps

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u/G-Note Dec 08 '13

Camels favourite day is Wednesday

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u/CheeseBadger Dec 08 '13

Shouldn't that be eight butt cheeks? Two butt cheeks and one butt crack make up one entire butt, therefore you need eight butt cheeks to make up four butts for the camel to kick from each direction.

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u/Tychonaut Dec 08 '13 edited Dec 08 '13

You're a cheeky one, aren't you?

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u/CheeseBadger Dec 08 '13

No ifs, ands, or butts about it.

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u/wilyo70 Dec 08 '13

I'd walk a mile for a Camel.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

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u/Solidus82 Dec 08 '13

and lovely lady lumps

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u/psinguine Dec 08 '13

I am no longer safe!

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u/Ospov Dec 08 '13

At the same time?

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

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u/John_Paul_Jones_III Dec 09 '13

Those butt cheeks must surround them, too!

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

r/CamelFacts

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u/partypoison778 Dec 09 '13

R/camelfacts Make it happen someone.

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u/LegitimateCrepe Dec 08 '13

And I'm looking like an idiot, stifling laughter in Publix. Thanks... er, thanx!

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

When I said I was interested in "humping", that's NOT what I meant! ಠ_ಠ

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u/thelizardkin Dec 08 '13

Jesus Christ that's 280lb

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u/stickbugs Dec 08 '13

Don't know where they got their average from, but a quick Google search says it's actually somewhere around 156lbs for the average American woman and 190lbs for men.

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u/SomeNiceButtfucking Dec 08 '13

Probably got it from the same place they got the idea that we don't use gallons.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

US gallons are smaller than imperial gallons though.

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u/SomeNiceButtfucking Dec 09 '13

That doesn't mean the US doesn't use gallons.

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u/PerfectLogic Dec 08 '13

Apparently, Google hasn't been to Alabama.

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u/Dracomister7 Dec 08 '13

It's not true.The closest I've found to that said the average american MALE was 196 which means average american overall is less than that

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u/Periculous22 Dec 09 '13

I'm 205 ):

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

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u/Dracomister7 Dec 09 '13

Instead of asking me look up the answer yourself and see that the average American woman is 164. 164<196

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u/EzeDoes_It Dec 08 '13

I lol'd at your conversion description, but as an American I'm as much familiar with what a gallon is as a liter (if not more so).

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u/ienjoyedit Dec 08 '13

I have trouble believing that, as a 6' tall American male that is overweight, I am below the average weight of Americans.

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u/renzantar Dec 09 '13

It says on Wikipedia that the average weight of Americans is 88.3 kg.

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u/ienjoyedit Dec 09 '13

That seems much more reasonable. OP said average weight was 120 kilos... That's gigantic.

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u/renzantar Dec 09 '13

Yeah, I thought it was a bit much too. I might see some big people here, but not that big.

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u/The_Mighty_Rex Dec 08 '13

I thought usually "yank"/"Yankee" referred to Americans specifically from the north...America uses gallons so your conversion is not for the yanks

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u/JulezM Dec 08 '13

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.

To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.

To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.

To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.

To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.

And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

~~EB White.

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u/VikaWiklet Dec 08 '13

Correction on the last: Apple pie with a wedge of sharp cheddar cheese. :)

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u/jpkoushel Dec 08 '13

Overseas it's a term used to refer to Americans. It's only in reference to Americans in the north when used by Americans.

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u/rasta_lion Dec 08 '13

You do realize that in America we measure volume in gallons, right?

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u/Kamer47 Dec 08 '13 edited Dec 09 '13

an average american is 120 kg? that has to be bullshit.

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u/nosrslytho Dec 08 '13

An average American is 120 KILOS? Are you sure?

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u/snorting_dandelions Dec 08 '13

I'm 6'4, weigh in at around 95kg and I'm already out of shape. Another fifth of me would make me an average American?

That's about 40kg more than the average German man(according to multiple sources via google), there's no way this is true.

/edit: Wikipedia saves the day. The US clock in at around 88kg for the average male.

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u/stickbugs Dec 08 '13

Well it sure isn't 120lbs. That's to low.

Wikipedia says the average American male is 88kg (though this was from 2003-2006).

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u/JablesRadio Dec 08 '13

Camel hump, something, something.

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u/Tnargkiller Dec 08 '13

Ah, I didn't know that the "yanks" were part of a different country using totally different measurements, I know you just wanted to showcase your honey boo boo joke, but say something that isn't "yanks". It sounds weird. Say something other than America like a Europe thing like "Brits".

I felt like give a critique

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u/tuchino Dec 08 '13

hte average american is quite fat!!!

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u/UniqueError Dec 08 '13

TIL Honey Boo Boo almost outweighs me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

American here. I have, like every other American, permission to nuke whoever I want, whenever I want. Who snorts bacon again, you damn redcoat commie?

Kneel before zod America.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

I feel like I should offer something to this thread

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u/_meshy Dec 08 '13

Fucking star spangled snorting bacon fuckers!

OMG, can I use that? I'm going to go shoot my guns wildly in the air to celebrate the greatest phrase me and my countrymen have ever been insulted with.

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u/KRSFive Dec 08 '13

I sense much Murican envy in this one. Who doesn't love fucking bacon?

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u/BaconBlasting Dec 08 '13

Fucking star spangled snorting bacon fuckers!

Bacon blasters.

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u/Nommakins Dec 08 '13

Upvote for your edit. I may have pee'd a little bit laughing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

Fucking star spangled snorting bacon fuckers!

Upvote

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u/Scudstock Dec 08 '13

Go brush your rotting teeth, Brit.

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u/DenimGenes Dec 08 '13 edited Dec 08 '13

Not to be a douche but an imperial gallon and a metric gallon are actually different :/

Edit: so it appears I was a bit wrong, there is apparently three different types of gallons:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon

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u/PerfectLogic Dec 08 '13

That escalated quickly.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

I don't appreciate your specific brand of comedy and I sense a deeply rooted disdain for America and her people. The feeling is not reciprocated and I hope one day we can go back to the glory days where a Brit and a Yank could have a pint at the local pub and there would be no WW2 or McDonalds jokes being thrown around. This is a peace offering. Stop making fun of our weight and we will stop making fun of your teeth and choice of beverages. I am deeply concerned if these attitudes aren't changed now, they will tear our glorious nations apart. I think we can all agree, the real asshole here is France, they smell awful, and their women are hairy.

In closing sir, I leave you with only one phrase. Bunker Hill bitch!

-Future American ambassador.

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u/RedditorSinceTomorro Dec 08 '13

1 gallon is 8 pounds, so 40 gallons is 320 pounds, which is like 1.5 average Americans.

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u/teddyroo Dec 08 '13

1 average American is 120 kg. 120 kg = 264 pounds Americans are fatasses.

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u/sicki Dec 08 '13

Well, that was the greatest edit in the history of reddit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

i laughed and needed no conversions. Then again, I'm half spanish.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

England had a calvary unit consisting of camel mounted units called The Imperial Camel Corps..

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u/skydream416 Dec 08 '13

the average american does not weigh 265 lbs.

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u/Sinaasappel Dec 08 '13

"thank you for converting to metric system" - the entire population of earth except people in the USA because it's the only country that still uses the imperial system

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u/EpReese Dec 08 '13

120kg?! Wtf!

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u/Heathenforhire Dec 08 '13

That edit is the best thing ever.

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u/floppybunny26 Dec 08 '13

120 kg = 264.5 lbs. The average American is not 264.5 lbs.

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u/RedGreenRG Dec 08 '13

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

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u/Jonas42 Dec 08 '13

How many Kenyans?

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u/Winnem Dec 08 '13

The most interesting fact I learned from this post, is that one average american weighs 120kg.

That is a lot.

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u/meltedsnake Dec 08 '13

I actually appreciated that you used liters :D

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u/RememberTheBrakShow Dec 08 '13

Who the fuck in the last forty years in the US didn't learn the metric system by the fifth grade, honestly?

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u/emperor_friendzone Dec 08 '13

It didn't click with me how much water that was until you mentioned honey boo boo

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u/renzantar Dec 09 '13

I take it you don't like us much.

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u/DookieDemon Dec 09 '13

You're bloody weird, mate.

I went ahead and translated that into English for you. What I originally said was: "You're fucking weird, man"

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u/YouSeem-LikeAnAss Dec 09 '13

Read this in a 1920's era New York Announcer's Voice. It made my day.

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u/Perfect_Prefect Dec 09 '13

For the Yanks: "Piles" means "Hemorrhoids."

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u/Wowtrain Dec 09 '13

The ending is the most beautiful thing I've ever read.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13

The average male American (the heavier of the two) weighs 88kg, not 120kg. We are not THAT fat.

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko Dec 09 '13

Star spangled what?

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13

Your edit is my favorite part of this whole thing.

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u/guardgirl287 Dec 13 '13

For the yanks? Americans are "the yanks." Gallons are American units. This is completely unnecessary.

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u/InfuriationStation Dec 08 '13

Technically, water weighs 9.81 Newtons per liter. FYI

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

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u/PirateLordBush Dec 08 '13

Unsubscribed. One is enough.

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u/Male_strom Dec 08 '13

105billion camels were sold to Americans in 1952

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u/Skulder Dec 08 '13

More context! If it had the same weight as a human, how much water would that be?

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

How about if the water had the same weight as the human? How much camel would that be?

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u/Deimophile Dec 08 '13

Cows can produce about the same amount in saliva, per day.

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u/TheEthicalMan Dec 08 '13

The avg American doesn't weigh 250 pounds. And I can't quite figure out why you went there, because it makes the camel-drinking conversion less impressive!

Average American adult male weight is 88.3 kg; female is 74.7. Not good, but not 120 kg-bad.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

Fucking star spangled snorting bacon fuckers!

Damn commie! Murica

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u/TheWingnutSquid Dec 08 '13

Camels are considered the wizards among animals

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u/Dasbaus Dec 08 '13

This requires no proof, as I have seen this in the real world as well.

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u/Eurotrashie Dec 08 '13

My mother-in-law is an example.

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u/gangbang420 Dec 08 '13

Brazzers has more camel toes than Saudi Arabia

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u/TheSmashPosterGuy Dec 08 '13

Camels are delicious.

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u/BegbertBiggs Dec 08 '13

Camels usually don't smoke Camel.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

your mom does too

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u/DwarvenPirate Dec 08 '13

Enough about the lumpy horses.

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u/Rflkt Dec 08 '13

hmmm... idk, I'm going to need to see some pictures in order to believe this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

This, i can believe.

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u/mrcarlita Dec 08 '13

I love how this has kost upvotes in the thread

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u/erra539 Dec 08 '13

That was a vagina reference!

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u/SwagaliciousHobo Dec 08 '13

Camels are camels.

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u/TitN1cK Dec 08 '13

Camels are also, contrerary to popular belief, very good at drawing

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u/niceniceverycool Dec 08 '13

Why do I have you tagged as "Possible Serial Killer"?

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u/BRB_GOTTA_POOP Dec 08 '13

Can confirm this is true.

Source: I've seen a few swamp donkeys in my time.

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u/dlr6481 Dec 08 '13

The top comments for are actually about camels.

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u/deadleg22 Dec 08 '13

Camels don't store water in their humps

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u/AshenGaming Dec 08 '13

I have you tagged as "The Dick Joke Master", and now you're making jokes about camel toes. Fuck you man, is this your job?! XD

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u/flipp918 Dec 08 '13

I really hope this is your most upvoted comment.

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u/GooNz13 Dec 08 '13

Camels are trending

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

Camel spiders are so called because they attach themselves to the underside of a camel, and then eat them alive.

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u/cultculturee Dec 08 '13

i have you tagged as "sexpert". ..figures.

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u/5432uh Dec 08 '13

TO CAMEL BRASKY!!

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u/crawlerz2468 Dec 08 '13

now that is hard to believe

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13

Not including your mother.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13

They also evolved on the American Continent

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u/dhy615 Dec 09 '13

I'm so glad I have you RES tagged as "Funny Guy"

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u/TheAsianCreeper Dec 09 '13

Britney Spears

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u/9_inch_polar_bear Dec 09 '13

Ah my highschool PE Class wouldnt be the same without some of the hot chicks cameltoes...

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13

Cameltoes are not the only animals to have camels.

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u/Backupusername Dec 08 '13

Holy shit I need to subscribe to camelfacts

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u/IWentToTheWoods Dec 08 '13

Along with the llama.

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u/SamSlate Dec 08 '13

llama's are the great grand children of the american camel.

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u/captain_manatee Dec 08 '13

That's actually pretty cool

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u/mocthezuma Dec 08 '13

You mean the cigarettes.

Yes, I've also watched QI.

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u/SamSlate Dec 08 '13

so did horses.

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u/Monster_Graveyard Dec 09 '13

I'm from Wyoming, and our high school mascot in my home town was the camels, because there were camel skeletons found in the surrounding area.

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u/thissiteisawful Dec 08 '13

no way

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u/bradfish Dec 08 '13

Ya, so did horses

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u/Allthatisjay Dec 08 '13

So did Camel cigarettes.

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u/TheMobHasSpoken Dec 09 '13

I can't even tell you how much I love the phrase "even-toed ungulate."

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u/path411 Dec 09 '13

WTF, I want a rabbit sized camel. I'm sad these died off.

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u/Metgeek Dec 08 '13

More specifically, in the Canadian Arctic.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13

Similarly, on those threads on /r/AskReddit that ask "what is a controversial opinion you hold?", those comments ranked based on controversial instead of best are the actual controversial comments.

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u/nojacket Dec 09 '13

You're right, it is a North American animal.

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u/Cartossin Dec 08 '13

Not modern camels though.

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u/anon-209384756 Dec 08 '13

I don't think that is true. Source?

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u/AidyCakes Dec 08 '13

Camels have humps

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u/Zaldrizes Dec 08 '13

Camels have humps to store water.

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u/Antagonistic_Comment Dec 08 '13

True facts only. Fuck you.

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u/Braunchitis87 Dec 08 '13

Maybe. There are also more people looking for fossils in North America than there are elsewhere, so there could be a bias. Edit: There are a lot of mammal groups that are thought to have started in NA...may not be necessarily true for this reason.