What's a true fact that is so misleading it's borderline misinformation?

6mementomori@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 202 points –

What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

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More outrageous sounding, switching from a 5 mpg truck to a 10 mpg truck saves more gas than switching from a 50 mpg car to a 100 mpg car

https://youtu.be/oLQmwOX6Xds

I still don't understand hot that statement is "misleading"?

Well a lot of people would think gaining 50 mpg is way better than gaining 5 mpg, since it's 10x as much, but really it just shows that you can't use mpg as a unit to compare like that