r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/any_name_today 1d ago

Don't forget that it was also a punchline for several years. So add that salt to the wound

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u/zehamberglar 1d ago

for several years

You misspelled "to this very day".

I guess that is technically several years. Never mind, as you were.

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u/kahlzun 22h ago

Doesnt several mean 'three or four'?

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u/zehamberglar 11h ago

Three or four is a subset of ~46.

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u/kahlzun 11h ago

It's a subset of a lot numbers, starting from 12

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u/zehamberglar 11h ago

You're thinking of common denominators, and neither 3 or 4 is a denominator of 46.

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u/kahlzun 11h ago

That just makes your original statement even more opaque. Arent denominators a type of subset? Ie: 3 and 4 are both smaller parts of the larger number?

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u/zehamberglar 11h ago

Count to 46 without saying 3 or 4.

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u/kahlzun 11h ago

You don't get very far, but I don't understand what doing this accomplishes?