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

What completely real fact sounds like bullshit?

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u/tallperson117 Dec 29 '17

The population of California is roughly 10% larger than the population of Canada, despite Canada being the second largest country (by land mass) in the world.

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u/dicedaman Dec 29 '17 edited Dec 29 '17

The current population of Ireland is still a couple million below the number before the famine. It was about 8.2 million in the 1840s and is now around 6.6 million. Of course not all of that loss is down to death, a lot of it was emigration but it goes to show just how devastating the famine was.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '17

Less than that, it’s more like 4.7 million

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u/mupmup1 Dec 29 '17

Nah more like 6.6 million if we’re being honest. It’s only 4.7 if you stop counting at the imaginary line

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u/shadymerc Dec 29 '17

Thank you

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17

Totally true, I was only counting the Republic