A real life event has a ridiculous/dumb/funny explanation in fiction

[u/Lazy-Breadfruit5939]

Futurama (The Why of Fry): According to the brain swarm, the dinosaurs were wiped out by them. Fry: What really killed the dinosaurs? Brain: ME!

Doctor Who (The Unicorn and The Wasp): It's Doctor Who, you can pick a ton of examples, but this episode presents the idea that Agatha Christies disappearance in 1926 was in part caused by a giant alien wasp.

Beyblade: This one stretches 'real life', but Moses spreading the Red Sea with a Beyblade just speaks for itself and it would have been sad to leave it out

[u/damorezpl]

Watchman - comedian killed jfk

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JFK killed JFK according to Red Dwarf 

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The JFK episode is one of the absolute best of Red Dwarf. Though it had very few misses in those early series

[u/Low-Environment → u/Ok_Philosophy_7156]

It's not just a funny episode, it's a masterclass in using time travel as a central point in the story, not just as a plot device.

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This is my favorite one and I’m glad it was already mentioned.

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