Interesting Facts!

[Savage Discipil]

Ketchup was sold as a medicine in the 1830's.

 

[Truronian]

Rhubarb is a vegetable, cucumber is not.

 

[Azadre]

Coca-Cola still contains trace amounts of cocaine.

 

[oagersnap]

Coca-Cola still contains trace amounts of cocaine.

I really, really doubt that.

 

[Azadre]

I really, really doubt that.

pre 1929

 

[greekguy]

Coca-Cola still contains trace amounts of cocaine.

correction, the original recipe had traces of cocaine in it. there is no longer any cociane in coca cola anymore.

 

[nico65]

There are more germs on the average keyboard, than on the average toilet seat.

 

[Japher]

There are more germs on the average keyboard, than on the average toilet seat.

but just as many arses

 

[Whomp]

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both assassins names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

 

[Azadre]

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both assassins names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was (purportedly) with Marilyn Monroe

That's a bunch of lies! Dirty, Dirty Lies!

 

[madviking]

Whomp- half that stuff's not true...

I'm not sure about this one, my friend told me this one:

More people die by shaking vending machines then by sharks

 

[Whomp]

Which are lies? I fact checked this one. The only one was Marilyn Monroe and I said purportedly. Texas and North Carolina I consider southern.

 

[madviking]

the real truth

 

[Padma]

Snopes.com

True as reported, but just meaningless coincidences.

 

[Whomp]

OK the last one is not true and many are coincidence but still true.....

OK I quit. I am going to watch from the sidelines now. runs with his tail between his legs and hides in his hovel.

 

[Louis XXIV]

pre 1929

Past tense would be "contained"

It was originally used as a medicine, too, iirc.

 

[antonio]

More people were killed by toilets in America in 1997 then have been killed by sharks since records began.

Eating poppy seed bread will meen you fail a drugs test.

The infant mortality rate in Havana is lower than in Washington DC

The Vatican city has more wealth per square foot than any other nation.

 

[greekguy]

Vatican City is the only soveriegn nation of the world with an 100% literacy rate.

 

[YNCS]

The largest known volcano in the Solar System in Olympus Mons on Mars.

 

[Truronian]

Venus is hotter than Mercury, despite the fact that Mercury is closer to the sun.