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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 years ago by lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Drinking Water has a 100% fatality rate. Everyone who drinks it eventually dies.

(also a good example of why correlation =/= causation)

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[–] chtk@feddit.nl 3 points 3 years ago

Drinking Water has a 100% fatality rate.

93%, actually.

https://www.good.is/infographics/the-population-of-the-dead-how-many-people-have-ever-lived

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