It Must Be True

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:35 am

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:31 pm

The first pure food law was enacted in the United States, June 26, 1848. (60 years later, additional and badly needed pure food laws were enacted after the disturbing publication of 'The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. Great book! Ed.)

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:34 am

Most toilets flush in E flat.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:57 am

The curved shape of a hockey stick is a throwback to prehistoric use of mastodon tusks in a similar game.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:09 am

A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:31 pm

Not wearing slippers indoors will cause a range of ailments such as diarrhea, infertility, hemorrhoids, and pneumonia (common belief in many eastern European countries, including Poland, Bulgaria and Turkey

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:46 am

"Hello Kitty" began as part of a covert propaganda campaign originally proposed by Prime Minister Tojo during World War II.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:54 am

All generalizations are false, including this one.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:52 am

When in heat, female hippopotami secrete an oil with a flavor similar to strawberries. Kalahari bushmen use the oil to make flat-bread treats for children.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:15 pm

Police in Seattle are mystified as to who might have stolen a human kidney from an exhibition of preserved corpses.The organ was filched from the popular "Bodies...The Exhibition" show,which features shinless corpses arranged in life-like active poses."I have no idea what in the world somebody could do with a polymer-preserved kidney,"said curator Josh LaBelle.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:16 am

Long jumper DeHart Hubbard was the first African American to earn an Olympic Gold Medal. The award occurred during the 1924 Olympics games held in Paris. He set the record for long jumping.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:06 pm

Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro are coping with the pain of their divorce by experimenting with bisexuallity,says The National Enquirer.The actress and the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist were married for two and a half years before "irreconciable differences" drove them apart.She has subsequently been dating rocker Joan Jett, while Navarro has since publicly admitted liaisons with male band members."Carmen and Dave are very rock-n-roll,very modern,and very sexually open-minded," said an insider.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:25 pm

When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:44 am

If the current trend continues, by the year 2215 midgets will outnumber "normal-sized" people.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:38 pm

Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:16 am

There was once a country called Prussia. After World War II, it was divided among Poland, Germany, and the USSR.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:12 am

The first long-distance auto race in the U. S. was held May 30, 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winner averaged 75 miles an hour and won a 1st place prize of $14,000. Today the average speed is over 167 miles an hour and the prize is more than $1.2 million. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the site of the greatest spectacle in sports, the Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500 is held every Memorial Day weekend in the Hoosier capital city. The race is 200 laps or 500 miles long.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:15 am

Explorers Lewis and Clark set out from Fort Vincennes on their exploration of the Northwest Territory.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:48 pm

A British dog is recovering in an animal hospital after eating his owner's thong underwear.Arnie the cocker spaniel required emergency surgery on his stomach to remove the lacy red panties of owner Miriam Walters."Arnie has a thing about underwear and has chewed my husband Paul's boxer before," said Walters. "But he has never gone as far as eating any of our smalls."

Remember_The_Name · Post by **Remember_The_Name** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:59 pm

TigerTownTurkey wrote:Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

Yea lol