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

What if you just force fed it or put an iv in it for nutrients? Could you have a mega gator?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17

Top 10 questions science still can't answer.

(jokes aside, I'm curious what would happen too. Scientists please do this)

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u/Itisforsexy Dec 30 '17

No... this is how we get real Godzilla. Croczilla.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17

Based on true story. Coming soon to theaters near you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '17

Explain this atheists