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We probably all have that one hill that we're ready to die on. That one truth that we have no proof for but still believe no matter what. Some can be quite entertaining, like the now-memed-to-death claim that Keanu Reeves is immortal. Others, like thinking that your phone is always listening to you, are easily proven or disproven.

So when one netizen asked, "What are you 100% certain is true despite having no evidence to confirm or disprove your belief?" naturally, a whole bunch of commenters delivered. From theories that cats and dogs purposely break things just to wind us up, to some conspiracy-like opinions, the Redditors were ready to share. Read the most captivating entries below and don't forget to upvote the ones you like the best!

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#1

“My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence The number of stupid people is outpacing those with average intelligence resulting in the overall dumbing down of society.

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    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Our dog knew my wife was pregnant before she did. Normally she was a sweet and lazy lovable dumb*ss who would hang out with whoever wasn't moving. (The dog, not the wife) Then one day, she decided she wasn't going to leave my wife's side. She wasn't aggressive, but she wasn't going anywhere either. Followed her everywhere for a few weeks, then spousal unit started getting sick, and went to the doctor, and the doctor said "Lets check the obvious"... And now I have an eight year old daughter, and that dog is her constant companion.

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    #3

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Conspiracy theories are purposefully circulated in order to create dissonance and divide people so that we forget about legitimate issues.

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    PeTeH
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Russia actively used conspiracy theories and such to create division. And now the Ukraine support is stuck because of right wing maga loonies and russia is advancing because of shortage of supplies...

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    Some of the 'truths' people list here actually have evidence behind them. Like the fact that drinks taste better in glass bottles than in plastic bottles. Even if Coca-Cola's spokespeople claim that their Coke tastes the same regardless of the packaging. Food chemist Sara Risch told Popular Science that there can be a subtle variation in taste when your drink is in an aluminum can, or a plastic or glass bottle.

    "While packaging and food companies work to prevent any interactions, they can occur," she explained. Aluminum cans, for example, have a polymer lining, and it might absorb some soluble flavor from the soda. When it comes to plastic bottles, a chemical named acetaldehyde can find its way into your drink as well.

    And while it might sound alarming, there's no need to think that it's harmful. Public health departments track this kind of potential chemical contact. So the only thing we should worry about is the slightly different taste.

    #4

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Allowed to operate freely, corporations would gladly abandon any semblance of ethics to turn a profit, including ushering in the slavery and or deaths of their customers.

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    GettingCereal
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren't they already doing this? Especially with illegal immigrants, stealing their passports and forcing them to work is disturbingly not as rare as one would think. Then there's the whole "moving production to overseas" with child labor and massive exploitation.

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    #5

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Electronic appliances, phones, washing machines ... are intentionally made to break down after few years just so you have to buy new ones, cause repair is usually not worth it. My parents have 35 years old washing machine, mine broke twice in 2 years.

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    #6

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence There is at least ONE giant creature deep down in the ocean that we don’t know about because we have never seen before. Like maybe one of those megalodons/plesiosaurs. We thought giant squids weren’t real until we found one. 

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    Next up, the Big Mac debate. People have been saying for a while that the meat patty has been getting smaller and smaller throughout the years. It's a popular theory on social media, with posts on Quora and Reddit, and even TikToks where people call out the fast-food chain for the now-tiny patties.

    What officially is the Big Mac? According to the McDonald's site, it's two "100% beef" patties, a special sauce, and a sesame seed bun. It also has "pickles, crisp shredded lettuce, finely chopped onion, and a slice of American cheese." And while the official photos look quite nice, the burger often looks different in reality.

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    A McDonald's spokesperson denies these rumors and told Yahoo News Australia that the size of the burgers has not changed. Interestingly, a former McDonald's corporate chef went on to TikTok to explain why the Quarter Pounder might have shrunken down. He says it comes down to the fast-food chain giant wanting to cut costs and make the burgers more affordable.

    #7

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence My bond with my bearded dragon goes beyond “he’s warm”. I understand the limitations of his tiny nervous system and that he isn’t capable of affection. I just firmly believe that he not only wants heat and food, but that he finds my presence to be pleasant. That boy will come off his basking log as hot as hell ever need to be, with a belly full of bugs, and still come hauling over just to fall asleep on me. I don’t know what it is, but it’s more than just him seeking the necessities.

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    9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reptiles release a different hormone than mammals in response to safety and happiness. This hormone is released in the presence of humans in captive bred reptiles. They do recognise their people, pick favourites, seek play, and seek attention from their person. I've worked with reptiles and have cared for sneks.

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    #8

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Coke/soft drinks taste better in glass bottles than plastic.

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    Kylie
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They definitely taste better with cane sugar instead of the other stuff.

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    McDonald's can make their burgers cheaper in some ways. One of them is to mix some frozen beef into fresh patties. However, at least in the U.S., McDonald's prides itself on never using frozen meat. That said, there might be loopholes where a certain percentage of frozen beef might be acceptable.

    Another way to make the patties cheaper (and possibly smaller) is to reduce the lean-to-fat ratio. "If the fatty beef portions are cheaper than the lean portions, then they can actually make a fattier beef patty still hitting the appropriate weights. But when you cook it, more of that fat is released and you might have a smaller-looking patty," the former chef Mike Haracz explained.

    #10

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Facebook and other apps listen and advertise accordingly.

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    Jeff White
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I treat this "belief" and ROCK SOLID TRUTH. I hope the Tech executives take note, because if this is ever proven true, I believe the backlash would be unhinged.

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    #12

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Some modern art is priced so high because rich people utilise it for money laundering. Saw it on a Reddit conspiracy comment and I haven’t been able to shake it since.

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    Kira Okah
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Money laundering through art is not something without evidence, it very much known about.

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    #13

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence That corporations prevent nationalized healthcare in the US so they can exert control over their employees. If employees didn't need a job for health coverage, they could quit any time a better offer came along.

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    Jeff White
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whether true or not, it is time to decouple health care insurance from your job.

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    #14

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Sandwiches made for you are absolutely better than sandwiches you make yourself.

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    #15

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence People with lower IQ's are happier because they aren't constantly overthinking, looking for self-transcendence, analyzing everything around them, and expecting too much of themselves.

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    JoMeBee
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can appreciate the rational here, but there are some pretty angry, dumb people too.MAGA anyone?

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    #16

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence This isn't the first universe. This isn't the first time any of this has happened.

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    Jeff White
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Excellent example of something we really can't prove, yet still feels true

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    #17

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Hummingbirds are fairies.

    It‘s the last bit of whimsy I have left. Don‘t ruin this for me please.

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    Jeff White
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whimsy is an underrated characteristic. It should never be quashed or ruined.

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    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Humans can communicate telepathically. We just don't know how to use it on purpose.

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    When one of my friends was in his last stages of cancer, I woke up at 5 in the morning just completely heartbroken and sobbing. I don't think I have ever felt the same kind of sadness I did in that moment.

    I woke my boyfriend up and told him I needed to call my friend's wife because something was wrong. He said I couldn't call her at 5 in the morning because if she wasn't at the hospital with him she would freak out. He was of course right. She called me 30 minutes later and told me he had passed away at 5.15. I was supposed to visit him in the morning but I was to 4 hours to late.

    I don't normally believe in anything supernatural or the afterlife, but I just know deep down in my heart, that it was him saying his goodbye.

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    Peet
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The night my grat grandmother died, a country away, I dremed of her. We had a chat on a bench at a lake. The next morning my mother called and I just said great granny died...

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    #19

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence At least half the US government can't beat a 5th grader in 5th grade trivia.

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    #20

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Politicians at the highest level of the government are all crooked as hell.

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    David Paterson
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And FBI, CIA, Secret Service, Defence financing, and all of the political lobbyists.

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    #21

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence That the leader of Scientology k*lled his wife and burned the body. And bribed the police to get away with it.

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    Kira Okah
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For anyone curious - this is about the disappearance of Shelley Miscavige. She disappeared in June 2006 and hasn't been seen in public since a funeral in August 2007.

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    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence I'm 100% positive my sister died of covid before covid was supposed to be in my state.

    We had something really bad going around in the fall of 2019 and the Winter of 2020. It sent many people to the hospital with pneumonia or breathing difficulties. Several customers at my place of work were diagnosed with COPD even though they never smoked. Others coughed up blood. My coworker came to work sick as a dog in January 2020 and I sat across from him at lunch along with another coworker. The next week I got sicker than I have ever been. My sister and her husband also got very ill even though we hadn't been in contact. I could barely breathe and had to sleep for 3 days leaning upright on the back of the couch. I was so ill I almost broke down and went to the ER even though at the time I was uninsured and never went to the doctor. My coworker that I got it from went to the doctor and they did a test for the flu but it came back negative. The other coworker that sat beside me at lunch also got sick and she too came back negative for influenza. A week later my sister and her husband fell ill and ended up at the doctors office. They both tested negative for influenza.

    Two days after my sister went to the doctor, she got out of bed and fell dead to the floor. That was February 18th, 2020. We assumed she had a heart attack, the cause of death was a heart attack only because of the sudden death and her history of having a heart attack a few decades before. No autopsy was done and she was cremated. This was about the same time Covid showed up on the West coast. We live in North Carolina and no covid was supposed to be in the state at that time. My coworker that got it the same time I did had a brother who also had it and ended up in the hospital with a very virulent pneumonia (tested negative for influenza) and died the same day my sister did.

    I swear to this day my sister and my coworker's brother both died of covid but no proof and no way to prove it.

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    TomCat
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This also happened to my husband. December 2019 he is sicker than he has ever been. Couldn't breathe, cough and basically an invalid for a week. He is never sick. He swears it was COVID.

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    #23

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Aliens exist all over the universe.

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    #24

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence PETA is a conspiracy by the meat industry to raise societies distrust in actual animal right activists.

    Only evidence i have is that not a single human being could act as stupid and pretentious as PETA does very often.

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    Jeff White
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know whether to hope this is true ... or not. I'm thinking 50/50.

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    #25

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Big Mac keeps getting smaller.

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    Pretty soon it'll just be 3 buns with a little grease stain between them.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember about 25 years ago, I was in a subway, and an employee came in with a mcDonalds bag (lol) and said "If McDonald's keeps making their burgers smaller, pretty soon they'll have to sell them as biscuits."

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    #26

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence The loch ness monster is a lil dinosaur ghost. I would highly recommend believing this, since it doesn't hurt anyone to do so. Makes me smile thinking about him.

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    #27

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Garbage trucks have loud brakes to give us one last chance to get the bins out.

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    #28

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence I’m convinced that theme parks/fairs/carnivals pay people to walk around with giant prizes to make the games look more winnable and convince more people to play. 

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    Jrog
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't know about carnivals, but I was part of the organization committee at a yearly charity fair, and we took care of giving away very early on a couple of the major prizes at the skill games, so people would be drawn in. The kids who scored anything above average early into the afternoon would win one of the RC cars, or Barbies, pro-league footballs and jerseys etc, while later on to win those would have required a nearly perfect score.

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    #29

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Software updates at the end of a product lifetime will brick the device.

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    Jeff White
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I "think" this position has been proven and the EU has sued and won significant damages regarding this action

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    #30

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence The ER gets crazier on nights that the moon is full. It's usually busy, theres lots of psych patients, traumas, and all around weird stuff goes down.

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    David Paterson
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The advent of street lighting means that lunatics no longer have to wait for a full moon.

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    #31

    That my sweet, innocent, shy dog is a diabolical mastermind who creates scenarios that get my hyperactive dog into trouble in order to maintain his "favorite" title among friends and family. I've seen some things. Poor Wendy.

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    #32

    I’m being pushed aside for leadership roles at my company because I’m a good reliable worker and they have a shortage of those.

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    Jrog
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well known business concept, known as "Putt's Corollary", or "Law of Competence Inversion". Also stolen and made popular as "Dilbert's Law" by comic author and certified loony Scott Adams.

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    #33

    Over half the people who got PPP loans don’t even have a real business.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What they ALL have in common - friends in high places that helped secure the loans and then assisted in getting that loan wiped away

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    #34

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence At least 1/3 of the "human" in the internet and social media are bots or IAs.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel guilty whenever I tick that "I am not a robot" checkbox as I know I am not being truthful

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    #35

    Companies are offering monthly payment plans in an effort to normalize having a low income and high debt.

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    Jrog
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, monthly payments are better for company books. They represent a constant and predictable income stream, that for management is better than highly volatile and unpredictable quarterly sales. The reliable income allows for expense optimization and better planning of investment, while presenting a more enticing financial scenario to investors.

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    #36

    That my dryer eats my socks. I can’t prove it but I know in my heart it is true, there is no other explanation.

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    #37

    Lunch meat cut as thin as possible just tastes better.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a known fact in cooking, that the higher the surface, the more taste you can generate: Think of vegetables cut in cubes of 10mm (60mm2) and then again in cubes of 2mm (24mm2 x 15 = 360mm2) -> so cut 5 times smaller, to get sixfold of surface.

    Andrew Keir
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    125 x 2mm sided cubes make 1 x 10 mm side cube; so it's 5 times the surface area. Took me 3 goes to get this right, though...

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    Cactus 1549
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with cheese. And with cheese it just melts in your mouth.

    censorshipsucks
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes. Chemical reaction surface area is increased by reducing particle size. This is why we use gunpowder as powder not as logs.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MOST People who work at the deli counter PURPOSELY cut meat thicker so they don't have to move the slicer as many times. Show me a deli person who cuts meat very thin, and I'll show you someone who'll be promoted out of the deli all too soon.

    Salty_Sasquatch
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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our grocery store has a little sign on the deli window that shows the different thicknesses they can slice meat to, so you can how thick you want it.

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    #38

    That Goodwill is actually a very cleverly designed money laundering scheme.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a "not for profit" that pays executives high salaries while they pay their workers as little as they legally can, including paying disabled workers below minimum wage. That's not a secret, though.

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    #39

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Phone and internet providers start out solid and overtime purposefully make the product worse to encourage you to upgrade.

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    #40

    Lately, Disney has been trying to revive the old “steamboat Willy“ version of Mickey Mouse through merchandise and new cartoons drawn in the old fashion that nobody really asked for. I think they are doing all of that deliberately so that they can try to fight the scheduled copyright expirations on their old cartoons.

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    9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a very well known tactic, no conspiracy here. Disney included the character in movie logos and made merchandise because they are turning it into a trademark instead of a intellectual property. IPs expire and go into public domain, trademarks do not but are limited in scope and application; also, the protections granted are different. Disney is trying to convert the expired protection into a new, enforceable one, hoping to limit the availability of the character either through proper brand protection or through "scare tactics": this kind of conversion is a gray area, so if you want to use the character for anything you may be into uncharted waters. Are your pocket deep enough to go to war with Disney Legal, or is it better not to take the gamble?

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    #41

    Michael Jordan didn’t “retire” to play baseball.

    He was serving a suspension related to gambling and he and the league agreed on a mutual cover up because he was too valuable a marketing asset for the league. They didn’t want to tarnish his image.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I virtually NEVER believe in cove-ups. But, I have to admit this is one of the most believable I have heard.

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    #42

    Spirits of nature. Anyone who has lived close to a forest for some period of time has weird, unexplainable stories to tell. I've seen some real weird s**t (i live very close to the Atlantic forest in Brazil).

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    9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw some interesting things in Kakadu NT, I worked the balls up to ask a few locals from the Oenpeli tribe, and was told there’s a lot of spirits out there and it’s not unusual that I kept seeing what I saw - almost like a ghibli film 😂 just black shadows walking or in the act of sitting down on grass etc. tripped me out so bad. Other locals talked of unexplainable things they’ve heard or seen while hunting and camping etc. it’s such a fun place

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    #43

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence That my dad might be alive. He supposedly died in 2009. He was a huge paranoid conspiracy theorist to the point where he would bury his money, planted bushes to hide behind incase the government had a shoot off with him, and at one point thought we all had been replaced by clones. The only people who saw his body are one of my aunts and my grandma who had Alzheimer’s. They told us he was cremated and at the funeral there was no coffin, no urn, all there was was a black and white photo from when he was 10 (he was born in the 50’s). I’ve yet to see his urn or death certificate and it’s been 12 years. He had connections to people who could have easily helped him fake his death, he also had the money to do this. People have also supposedly seen him in Indiana (they took a picture and tbh the guy looks just like him only a bit older, same hunchback, same tattoo on his leg, and he even walked with the same little limp).

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    #44

    There is something beyond this material life. A week before my mom died she told me that "I have to go home soon, but you have to stay here". As she was actively dying she kept waving, as if to people, and once even told me to move out of my chair, as if I was blocking her view. I pondered this once in a while ever since; and then I came upon " Hospice nurse julie(I think that's her name; I know it started with a J) on tiktok. She simply describes, without religious or any other bias, the process of dying that she has witnessed. Apparently, a dying person often says that they are going home, and also says that they see lost loved ones and even pets who intimate or even say outright not to worry, and that they will help the dying person pass, as much as a month before they die.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep I've heard this but it could be brain illusions like a dream state, it doesn't mean the "seen" persons still exist.

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    #45

    “People” who buy NFTs don’t actually exist, it’s just a money laundering scheme.

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    #46

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence That chapstick companies make their chapstick to actually chap your lips so you need more of their chapstick...bastards.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they put a magic spell on the tubes that makes them get lost before you can use them up.

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    #47

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence My co-worker lies about her medical conditions.

    She lies that she has seizures, and while I can’t prove it, I know it’s a lie because she’ll drive the same day that she claims to have a seizure.

    Any time you mention any medical condition, she has it and it’s worse than your case.

    She has mentioned having toxic shock syndrome, colitis, and a bunch of other things I can’t recall at the moment. One day we were talking about Autism, and she mentioned that her 22 y.o. daughter (who also happens to work with us) was diagnosed as a child. A few days later the daughter casually mentioned that she had found out just recently that she’s Autistic. I wanted to tell her that she only JUST found out because her mom just recently made that s**t up.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we call it "elevenerife", if you've been to Tenerife, they've been to elevenerife!!

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    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence I am convinced that the electronics items sold at steep discounts on Black Friday are the ones that don't test as well at the factory. Like, when they do quality control tests, the ones that rate 90% or whatever are the ones that are tagged and sent out for Black Friday sales.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never thought of this, but it makes complete sense. Excellent observation / belief.

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    #49

    The NFL politicized kneeling to distract from CTE research.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But why would anyone want to hide CTE research or distract away from it?

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    #50

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence An eye-rolling one, but Jeffrey Epstein’s island, to me. confirmed the existence of depraved headhunting and Squid Game like sadism.[The sun dial with the pastel colored stools?](https://imgur.com/a/JIpFttO) Come on.

    There are too many people who go missing without a trace and never found to consider that at least many of them don’t end up in a sick situation like that.

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    #51

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence That my aunt is my sister.

    My parents dated in high school, my mom said that she felt like her daughter, and people in high school suspected that she was my parent’s as my mom transferred schools for a year and went back a year later with a baby sister who looked like her except she had my dads curly hair.

    This was in the late 60s where my mom of all people said it was common for the parents of the mom to raise a high schoolers kid as their own.

    My parents always helped her more than other family. My mom helped her through her divorce, my dad paid her mortgage when she got laid off.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She probably is. This happened to my father in-law. His older sister turned out to be his mom! He was born in the 60s as well and she was still in HS. Messed him up pretty badly when he found out.

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    #52

    Ghosts. I've had waaaay too many experiences, especially while relatives are on their death beds, to be told otherwise. Don't care what you say.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had relatives stop by on their way to the light and also shared a house for a few years with the previous owner. He died in the house a bit before I moved in but he was quiet and most of the time it was like he wasn't even there. Aside from startling me a couple of times, he was probably one of the best roommates I've had.. I've seen some things! I'm firmly on OP's side on this one

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    #53

    Mini M&Ms taste much better than regular sized ones.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's demonstrably true that mini m&ms do not have the same ration of candy coating to chocolate filling as standard m&ms. Whether you believe this improves the taste is a matter of opinion.

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    #54

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence A supervisor changed my days off at the last minute without telling me in an attempt to get me fired for attendance.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure there is some way you could prove this. Usually people take a picture of their upcoming work schedule, if it differs or had to get your days off approved prior? Idk but I feel like this could have been proven easily, especially if one is being proactive and covering their own àss.

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    #55

    Recycling is a scam.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on the recycling. Metal recycles forever, and recycled aluminium is better for the environment and cheaper to boot, which is why private companies that use lots of aluminium (can and airplane manufacturers) have a vested interest in keeping aluminium cans off the landfills and in the cycle. Plastic though? The best (as in, least bad) option is to burn it unfortunately.

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    #56

    That those people who "accidentally" show p*rn in class are secretly getting off on it.

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    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence Something in my old elementary school is causing people to get cancer.

    I lived in a small town, right around 4,000 people. I went to the private Catholic school in the area which was even smaller, I graduated with 15 in my class and there were less than 300 students total at the time. Despite this very small amount of people, 6 students and faculty members have been diagnosed with cancer over the past 5 years. The odds are so unbelievably slim that I’m sure something cancer causing is in the building, but who knows what or where it is.

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    9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The odds of six people out of hundreds developing cancer in a five year period—in a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business—are not at all unbelievably slim. I don't know how many of these were adults or how old they were, but 40% of people eventually develop cancer, and about 1/250–300 kids are diagnosed with cancer. I also don't know if any of the children were related, what kind of cancer was involved... It's unfortunate and unlucky, but not indicative of a contaminant.

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    #58

    DeflateGate was intentionally spurred on by the NFL to distract from concussion lawsuits and domestic violence headlines.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, a very highly paid athlete was getting an edge in a very high-profile competition. Occam's razor might solve this.

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    #59

    The big hot pockets from a convenient store have different fillings than the small ones from the grocery store. I swear they taste different.

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    Facebook used the outage as an opportunity to delete any emails, memos, or other work product that would be incriminating in the event of a subpoena.

    Employees were locked out of the buildings.

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    #61

    Dollar slice pizza places are fronts for money laundering schemes.

    Yes, yes, I know pizza is inexpensive to make. Flour, c**p cheese, a thin patina of sauce...but a dollar? Nope. It's a front. A delicious, I'm staggering home drunk type of delicious, but a front nonetheless.

    For context, I'm referring to dollar slice pizza places in NYC, my hometown.

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    #62

    Law schools have made the vast majority of the legal profession a huge echo chamber.

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    Deja Vu is the equivalent of "You died at some point. This is your respawn. This moment didnt get wiped from your memory".


    Along with this, some events are destined and unavoidable no matter what you do. What happens in between these "checkpoints", however, IS within your control.

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    #64

    Holiday-shaped Snickers taste better than regular Snickers bars. Same for special-shaped Kraft mac and cheese.

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    #65

    No hate at all but I believe that Khloe Kardashian's father is not Robert Kardashian and is Kris' old hairdresser. They look crazy similar too.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not to be rude, but all the plastic in her face makes it kind of hard to distinguish.

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    #66

    That by-and-large the boomer generation was lead-poisoned due to the massive increase in lead usage in paint and gasoline as urban sprawl took over the country after WWII and as a result a vast majority of them are narcissists and incapable of empathy.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would be a great theory if lead poisoning caused symptoms of narcissism and loss of empathy, which it does not.

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    #67

    “My Dad Might Be Alive”: 50 Things People Are 100% Certain Are True Despite Having No Evidence That there is a cure for cancer but there is no money in curing people, only in endless treatment.

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    9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Cancer" is not 1 single disease. Some cancer types are curable and are being cured every day. There are even vaccines that can prevent certain types of cancer. Other types are so hard to detect that they can usually no longer be treated once they are detected. Please stop spreading these type of anti-science conspiracy theories. The mistrust in science is already high enough.

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