Archive for September, 2007

Lie of the Day #328

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

The carrot is the second most deadly fruit on the planet.  However, if you eat it as a vegetable, then it’s perfectly safe.

Lie of the Day #327

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Eating raw sewage will enable you to survive a head-on collision with a train. Unfortunately, it also gives you interminable garlic breath.

Lie of the Day #326

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Not only can penguins fly, but they can also solve complex mathematical calculations and type at 60 words per minute.

Fact #191

Friday, September 28th, 2007

There have been in the history of film, two films produced using a process called dimension 150. Referring to the angle lense used. “The Bible…in the Beginning” and “Patton”. Both incidentally contained George C. Scott as a cast member.
(credit: widescreenmuseum.com)

Lie of the Day #325

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Drinking squid ink will cause a chemical reaction that will coat your digestive system with steel.

Fact #190

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Pete Rose batted .312 for the Cincinnati Reds in 1965.

Lie of the Day #324

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

History has mistakenly put parrots on the shoulders of pirates when they should actually be on the shoulders of cowboys.  Parrots have an incredible inherent ability to count things and match paired items.  This makes them unstoppable at card games like poker and blackjack.  Cowboys of the old west used to take parrots with them […]

Fact #189

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Today we get a recursive fact. And I use fact in as a loose term. In that it is a fact this story gets told. And frankly it’s too interesting not to share.
It is said that the old Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia is haunted by a man dressed in full hotel uniform (the […]

Lie of the Day #323

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Modern racecars have sophisticated radar systems capable of detecting ice cream trucks as far as 30 miles away.  Unfortunately, they’re completely useless for navigation despite their incredible ice cream detection capacity.

Fact #188

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Thanks to this site http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php. I know that Andy Gibb’s Shadow Dancing was the number one song in America on the day that I was born. Incidentally it was “You’re the One that I want” by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in England.