It Must Be True

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:40 am

The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:48 am

Comic duo Cheech and Chong were originally known as Spic and Span before changing due to pressure from Chicano organizations.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:19 pm

Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:20 am

The earliest known explosive was black gunpowder, a mixture of powdered charcoal, sulphur, and saltpeter.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:37 am

Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:36 am

The first American woolen mill was erected at Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1644.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:56 am

China was the first country to invent paper money.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:18 pm

To commemorate ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, U.S. playing card manufacturers replaced "staffs" with "hearts" as the fourth suit in the deck. The world soon followed.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:26 pm

In 1960, a then-unknown Dan Rather auditioned for the voice of cartoon character Dudley Do-Right but was turned down by animator/director Jay Ward.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:02 am

The 'gray matter' represents about 38 percent of the total weight of the human brain.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:15 am

Neither birds nor snakes act naturally in captivity.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:51 pm

Strains of bacteria similar to E. coli have been found in spent printer cartridges -- but only in the cyan ones. Scientists have no explanation.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:33 am

Spots and lines appearing on the fingernails indicate various health problems and events.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:55 am

A prominent organization of anthropologists has predicted that by the year 5000, humans will have two rectums, but only one nostril.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:21 am

The Packard was the first automobile to cross the American continent under its own power. The trip, in 1903, required fifty-two days.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:42 am

In Hawaii, the word 'aloha means both 'hello' and 'good-bye'.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:14 am

William Henry Harrison was the oldest man ever to be elected to the presidency of the United States. He was sixty-eight.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:57 pm

The earth is in an elliptical orbit around the sun........the moon is in an elliptical orbit around the earth........

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:02 am

Female black cats can actually see their shadows at night.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:42 am

The sound made when a duck passes gas is the precise acoustic opposite of its quack; if it does both simultaneously, there's no audible sound.