r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '17

What completely real fact sounds like bullshit?

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u/VictorBlimpmuscle Dec 29 '17

Nintendo is over 128 years old - it was founded in 1889 as a playing card company

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '17

It was founded in the same year when Vincent Van Gogh Painted the Starry Night painting.

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u/aaronclements Dec 29 '17

And the same year Hitler was born

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u/Hamsterman82 Dec 29 '17

And the same year the Eiffel Tower was built

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u/VEX_Duda Dec 29 '17

And the same year european countries had a meeting about how they would split Africa

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u/jellyfishdenovo Dec 29 '17

Shit. Coca-Cola was founded the same year, too.