Fact or Crap Trivia (2013)

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Jack the Ripper is the best-known serial killer in history because he was the first serial killer to generate worldwide media interest. He was never apprehended, and his identity is still a mystery. And as of today this mystery is the most written-about, filmed, acted, researched, and talked-about crime spree in history.
 
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There are thousands of theories based on the Abbey Road album cover, but none of them include the Sex Pistols. The only time you find these two bands mentioned together is on the list of the top ten most valuable albums.



Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Tobacco proved to be helpful in curing plague symptoms.

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There was a superstition that smoking tobacco provided protection against the plague or Black Death, but not a cure. Even young children were encouraged to smoke.



Wednesday, April 24, 2013

An anchovy is technically a mollusk.

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The anchovy is a tiny saltwater fish, not a mollusk. Twenty-two different species of anchovies live in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. It's a toothy little fish that you either love or hate!



Thursday, April 25, 2013

Human beings are not the most numerous mammals on Earth.

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40% of the world's mammals are rodents and they can be found on all the continents of the world, except Antarctica. Mice, rats, squirrels, beavers, guinea pigs, and hamsters are some of the popular members of this group. This group doesn't, however, include Zhu Zhu Pets!



Friday, April 26, 2013

Sancho Panza was Don Quixote's squire in the 17th-century Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.

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Al Capone amassed a net worth of over $100 million in 1927 and he didn't earn that dealing in used furniture. Contrary to what his business card said, Al was a ruthless crime boss who ran gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets all over the Midwest.



Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Aztecs believed that their gods had all been reincarnated as cattle, which were sacred to them.

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The Aztecs did not have cattle or horses until after the Spanish invasion and conquest of their lands in the 16th century. However, they did believe in the reincarnation of brave Aztec warriors as exotic birds, especially hummingbirds, which were sacred to the Aztecs.



Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Albert Einstein lost 20 years of work when his Pomeranian ate one of his notebooks.

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When the Einstein family lived in Caputh, near Berlin, between 1929 and 1932, Einstein enjoyed the company of two animals: a stray cat called Peter and a neighbor's long-haired dachshund who preferred Einstein's company over his master's. There is no record of a paper-eating Pomeranian!



Thursday, May 2, 2013

Microsoft Word was originally called Microsoft Letter.

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Microsoft Word was released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix and MS-DOS.



Friday, May 3, 2013

In 2006, two Jedi pranksters demanded that the UN change the name of the International Day of Tolerance to the Interstellar Day of Tolerance.

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The Jedi want to become a recognized and tolerated religion based on the fact that thousands of people all over the world declared their Jedi religion in the 2001 census. The Force may be with them, but the United Nations isn't, at least not yet!
 
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The Greek Orthodox Church, the Armenian Orthodox Church, and many other, smaller denominations all share the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Unfortunately, these groups are in constant disagreement over the maintenance of the church. The ladder dispute is only one example of this problem.



Tuesday, May 7, 2013

In the comics, Superman once boxed Muhammad Ali.

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In the 1978 DC comic book Superman vs. Muhammad Ali by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano, Superman and Ali duke it out to determine Earth's champion. Ali won!



Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Tammy Wynette kept her beautician's license, in case her career tanked.

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Tammy received her cosmetology license as a hairdresser in 1963 at a beauty school in Tupelo, Mississippi, and renewed her license every year. In 1982 Tammy played the role of a beautician/singer in the CBS TV soap opera Capital. Art imitates life, and life imitates art!



Thursday, May 9, 2013

Michael J. Fox played two seasons for the Vancouver Canucks.

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Michael is 5'4" tall and weighs 122 pounds. The average height of a Vancouver Canuck player is 6'1" and average weight is 201 pounds. No way Michael could have played!



Friday, May 10, 2013

Despite her name, America "Ugly Betty" Ferrara was actually born in El Salvador.

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