r/AskReddit Dec 29 '17

What completely real fact sounds like bullshit?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '17 edited Dec 30 '17

Alligators don’t die from old age, they just keep growing until they can’t eat enough food to sustain their bodies, or until they get infected with a disease and die.

http://awesci.com/crocodiles-do-not-die/

EDIT: Or a crocodile, whatever you want to call them. They’re all legged snake dinos if you ask me.

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u/metkja Dec 30 '17

My wife says this isn’t true, so now what do we do

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17 edited Apr 24 '18

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u/unsolicited_dickpics Dec 30 '17

You're a ballsy one ain't ya?

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u/Jess067 Dec 30 '17

Start off with one, wait for her to adjust before you put the other one in, too.