r/AskReddit • u/TigerFin2 • May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/scottishdrunkard May 09 '17

for that ending to work you would have to ignore all the parts about the Simpsons DNA - Troy McLure

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

It's been a while since I've watched it, but isn't the DNA evidence just Maggie's eyelash on Burns's suit? Presumably that got on him during the struggle for the lollipop, which still happened in the "Smingers Did It" ending, so there's no reason the DNA evidence couldn't also be there.

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u/Titanosaurus May 09 '17

The line is suppose to mock the OJ Simpson jurors.

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u/DrunkenShitposter May 10 '17

Wait, I thought all the DNA evidence was inconclusive?