听起来最玄乎的真事儿有哪些?

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What's the most bullshit-sounding-but-true fact you know? (self.AskReddit)

submitted 18 days ago by NeroJoe

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[–]kewlkidmgoo 832 points 18 days ago

Trees have such intricate root systems that a tree low on one particular type of nutrient will acquire some from his neighbors and make up for it later. This is especially prevalent during the winter months when some trees don't have leaves and so need extra help from their evergreen friends.

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[–]random_reddit_accoun 449 points 18 days ago

Cosmic rays from outer space cause glitches in your electronics. In some electronics, cosmic rays are the primary source of soft errors. Cosmic rays are one of the main reasons that servers and high reliability computers use error correcting RAM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_error#Cosmic_rays_creating_energetic_neutrons_and_protons

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[–]magmabrew 81 points 18 days ago

This is one of those things that i would love to tell people when im working on thier computer, but i feel would make me lose all credibility.

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[–]LAL17 3698 points 18 days ago

When you get a kidney transplant, they usually just leave your original kidneys in your body and put the 3rd kidney in your pelvis.

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[–]musicallyinclined 2563 points 18 days ago

True! My husband has had two transplants and has 4 kidneys. Apparently the surgery to remove the bad kidney is much more invasive and leaving it there does no harm.

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[–]Bacon_Bitz 3352 points 18 days ago

Your husband is just hoarding kidneys.

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[–]InsomniacMachine 2737 points 18 days ago

Up next on Hoarders, "I'm Joe, and I've been collecting kidneys since 1968."

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[–]sharklops 555 points 18 days ago

On the x-ray doctors spotted 37 feral cats Joe didn't even know were there. And 8 that he did.

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[–]firesquasher 503 points 18 days ago

My brother inlaw was born with only 1 kidney.. found out during a bad accident he had.. was certainly a confusing moment thinking he lost a kidney BECAUSE of the accident.

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[–]tinyroom 1079 points 18 days ago

thats what the doctors that stole his kidney wanted you to believe :)

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[–]firesquasher 428 points 18 days ago

God damnit.

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[–]Peter_Venkman_1 1470 points 18 days ago

This is the only fact in here that made me go "NO WAY!"

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[–]12AngryHighlanders 2107 points 18 days ago*

A moose can dive underwater down to nearly twenty feet in search of food.

Edit: Thanks to /u/tullyganbif

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[–]THEMOOSEOFWONDER 993 points 18 days ago

we are the master race.

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[–]TerrorTanuki 74 points 18 days ago

Fuckin' meese.

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[–]Jackle13 2756 points 18 days ago

There used to be a flying reptile that was as tall as a giraffe.

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[–]happywaffle 625 points 18 days ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus_northropi

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[–]Mr-Who 3227 points 18 days ago*

Giraffepterodactyl

The giraffe is silent

Hey thanks, my gold ran out today.

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[–]NiiroR 1852 points 18 days ago

But the p isn't

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[–]NetaliaLackless24 125 points 18 days ago

You know why that P is there? Fun fact:

"Pter" is latin for "wing" or "feather." That's why they named it pterodactyl, same with helicopter.

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