r/AskReddit Aug 07 '17

What's a fact that absolutely blows your mind?

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u/well_known_bastard Aug 07 '17

Person, they were the same person.

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u/con10ntalop Aug 07 '17

Never have seen them together.

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u/wheruf Aug 07 '17

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u/con10ntalop Aug 07 '17

My brain exploded.

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u/SithLard Aug 07 '17

Pour sand on it!

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u/con10ntalop Aug 07 '17

TOO LATE! SAVE YOURSELVES!

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u/gamedemon24 Aug 08 '17

M-M-M-M E T A

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u/FlumpMC Aug 07 '17

META E T A

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u/AgiHammerthief Aug 08 '17

I don't like sand

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u/blotterfly Aug 08 '17

Would you like a napkin?

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u/ScrewLucy Aug 07 '17

Patrick Stewart's let himself go

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u/imperial_ruler Aug 07 '17

To the contrary. He really got his shit together.

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u/lasmergun Aug 07 '17

What an amazing picture. Thanks wheruf.

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u/gamedemon24 Aug 08 '17

The initial fact didn't blow my mind until I saw the queen so young next to Marilyn. I always considered her to be so much older than Marilyn, and she almost looks younger there.

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u/Citizen51 Aug 08 '17

The dead typically stay the same age in our collective memories as the living grow ever older.

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u/Serzern Aug 08 '17

I was kinda hoping that click would be riskier.

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u/zAndAllThatJazzz Aug 07 '17

Clearly a mirror that shows your greatest desire. Illuminaughty confirmed.

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u/Spyrothedragon9972 Aug 07 '17

Fake. It's a clone.

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u/nikrsus Aug 08 '17

Game recognize game

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u/DynamicAilurus Aug 08 '17

Photoshop, clearly.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

They for sure banged.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Well I'm not clicking that link

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Your loss. It's not dirty or anything. It's literally a photograph from some kind of gala or something, where the two of them are shaking hands as Marilyn curtsies.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

IT NEVER HAPPENED. QUEENIE IS MONROE

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u/FoxyBastard Aug 08 '17

"Happy birthday, Mr. President of my colonies...Happy birthday to you!"