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I'll start: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are 3 years older than Guns N' Roses.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] RGB3x3 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Because across the human population, there's almost nobody with 3 legs, but a considerable number of people with 1 leg. So the average number of legs across humanity is less than 2.

That means most people have an above average number of legs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Also people with 0 legs bring the average down even further.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's almost nobody with 3 legs

Hol up there, tell me about those people with 3 legs!

[โ€“] RGB3x3 3 points 1 year ago

Oh just ask your mom, she'll tell you all about me!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

One-legged people are letting the side down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And here I thought I was decent in Math... Thank you for the explanation :)