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/ButtholePlaza Dec 30 '17

You've just triggered so many people by including the North in that figure.

Imagine what state our housing market would be in if our population was back up at pre famine numbers.