Fact or Crap Trivia (2013)

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It's Crap.

Prius is the Latin word meaning "before." The official plural form of the car Prius was announced by Toyota on February 20, 2011. It is Prii, not Prien, Prium, Prius, or Priuses.



Friday, June 28, 2013

The university of Texas at San Antonio plagiarized its 2008 honor code on plagiarism.

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Fact: 2 Votes
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Total: 2 Votes

It's a Fact.

In the 1992 film Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela made a cameo appearance in which he stands before a classroom of children in South Africa quoting the words of Malcolm X.



Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Stilton cheese cannot be legally made in Stilton, England.

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Fact: 3 Votes
Crap: 0 Votes
Total: 3 Votes

It's a Fact.

Under the rules of the European Commission, only Stilton cheese (blue and white varieties) that is made in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire counties of England is legal. Stilton cheese made in the village of Stilton in the county of Cambridgeshire is not. What a cheesy decision!



Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Bob Hoskins and Pierce Brosnan both worked as fire-eaters.

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Crap: 2 Votes
Total: 2 Votes

It's a Fact.

In his late 20s Hoskins worked in a circus as a clown, a ringmaster, and a fire-eater. And Pierce Brosnan also worked for a circus for three years in the early 1970s as a fire-eater. They both claim fire-eating is like riding a bicycle, you never forget how to do it.



Thursday, July 4, 2013

Edgar Rice Burroughs based the Tarzan books on folklore he heard while exploring the Congo.

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Crap: 1 Vote
Total: 2 Votes

It's Crap.

Edgar wrote his first Tarzan novel while employed as a wholesaler of pencil-sharpeners, during the Great Depression of the 1930s. This guy was sharp!



Friday, July 5, 2013

The zenyatta mondatta is the part of your hindbrain responsible for emotional response.

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Crap: 2 Votes
Total: 2 Votes

It's Crap.

There are a few mammals, like the elephant, sloth, and rhinoceros, that can't jump, but there many animals that cannot jump. Remember, the definition of an animal is any living organism that feeds on organic matter, and possesses sense organs and a nervous system.



Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Tank commander Killer Runcie eventually became the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Crap: 1 Vote
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Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, won the Military Cross for bravery as a tank commander in the Scots Guards during World War II, earning him the nickname "Killer Runcie."



Wednesday, July 10, 2013

In ads for the Australian Tourist Commission, Paul Hogan never actually said, "Throw another shrimp on the barbie!"

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Fact: 2 Votes
Crap: 1 Vote
Total: 3 Votes

It's a Fact.

King Tut, who was the pharaoh of Egypt from 1341 to 1323 BC, not only married his half-sister, but his mother Ankhesenamun was his father's sister. This is like an episode of the Jerry Springer Show!



Friday, July 12, 2013

There has never been an American Secretary General running the UN.

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Fact: 2 Votes
Crap: 1 Vote
Total: 3 Votes

It's Crap.

In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park there is a pit, not a cave, known as the Bottomless Pit. To make things even more confusing, the Bottomless Pit is not bottomless, it is 105 feet deep! This fact has become crap again!



Tuesday, July 16, 2013

To be Surgeon General of the United States, you must be a medical surgeon and a military general.

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Fact: 3 Votes
Crap: 2 Votes
Total: 5 Votes

It's Crap.

The Surgeon General of the United States is appointed by the President of the United States with the approval of Congress to serve as America's doctor, but they are not required to be a surgeon. They are also not required to be a member of the military, but once appointed Surgeon General they are given the rank of Admiral.



Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Taco Bell has never had an outlet in Mexico.

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Fact: 1 Vote
Crap: 2 Votes
Total: 3 Votes

It's Crap.

Taco Bell has tried to establish restaurants in Mexico twice, once in Mexico City in 1992 and again in Monterrey in 2010. They have failed both times due to low patronage. They need to run from the border, not for it!



Thursday, July 18, 2013

There is a Union Jack on the flag of Hawaii.

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