# Indisputably true things which aren't true

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 26, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954 "2015-01-26T21:36:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954/81 "2015-02-03T16:35:17Z")

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> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#):
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> You can’t have a percentage greater than 100.

Forfty percent of all people know that.

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### Author: ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954/82 "2015-02-03T17:09:29Z")

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I agree with that 110 percent

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### Author: ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954/83 "2015-02-03T17:29:57Z")

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> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#):
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> You can’t have a percentage greater than 100.

winning athletes don’t think so.

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### Author: ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indisputably-true-things-which-arent-true/710954/84 "2015-02-03T20:49:42Z")

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> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#):
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> You can’t have a percentage greater than 100.

If we limit the context that would be true.

If we can double something, we have 200% of the original.

However, “You helped yourself to 110% of the canned vegetables we stocked for the poor in our cupboard!” could only be hyperbole.

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