‘What’s a fact about yourself that sounds made up?’ – 17 real life stories people find hard to believe

We’re all prone to exaggerating a story to impress a crowd. But some people’s life stories are so peculiar that no embellishment is required.

Don’t believe me? Well, Extreme-Repeat6150 decided to prove it for themselves by putting the following question to the good folk over at r/AskReddit:

‘What’s a fact about yourself that sounds made up?’

Here are the best strange but true replies…

1.

‘I have survived 3 plane crashes. I don’t fly anymore.’
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2.

‘I once walked home 40 miles from a job interview.’
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3.

‘I had two serious relationships before I started dating my husband and those exes ended up marrying each other 🤣’
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4.

‘I had brain surgery 10 years ago and now suffer from short term and long term memory loss. I forget conversions while in the middle of having them. I

‘can be talking away, and then have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. It’s been a very frustrating experience to live with.’
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5.

‘I am a national champion in ballet’
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6.

‘I am from the United States and I didn’t have electricity in my home from 3rd grade until my junior year in high school, about halfway through the school year.’
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7.

‘I sold cannabis and magic mushrooms to Willie Nelson.’
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8.

‘I learned to read before pre-k’
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9.

‘my tonsils grew back after a tonsillectomy 😵‍💫’
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