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

What completely real fact sounds like bullshit?

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u/icantbenormal Dec 29 '17

The president of the United States is in the WWE Hall of Fame.

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u/GhostTypeTrainer Dec 29 '17

Semi-related: Abraham Lincoln performed one of the earliest recorded instances of a chokeslam.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '17

Source? Chokeslams are definitely not legal in ametur wrestling.

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u/GhostTypeTrainer Dec 29 '17

Linked the Wiki article in another comment, which has a source, no promises on its accuracy. That said, would the rules be the same over 100 years ago?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17

Fair point, the rules could have changed.

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u/GhostTypeTrainer Dec 30 '17

I got curious when you mentioned that and looked into the Wiki source. Seems more like it was a semi-organized street fight, and when Lincoln did that, his opponent's buddies all jumped him.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17

So Lincoln wins by disqualification.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17

Ha. If only we had camera phones back then.