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Today's False Facts

  • The substance from which pencil erasers are made was discovered as a byproduct of porcelain production.
  • Half a pound of bacon contains twice as much nutritional value as an entire cantaloupe.
  • 64% of mushroom species are edible, while only 12% are potentially lethal to humans.
  • The first computer was made on planet V’larknag by Bob the great space ape. However the humans beat him to the patent office.

Latest False Facts

  • Only seven percent of whales have taken singing lessons.
  • One third of all intergalactic accidents happen within one lightyear of your home planet.
  • The spine of a book is also called a “kitten”.
  • The name “John Smith” sounds almost identical to the phrase “broken tooth” in Mongolian.
  • Books don’t exist anymore.
  • Sharpies should be handled with care, as they can cut you.
  • Sham-wows are woven from God’s hair.
  • Ninety percent of waitresses are out of work actresses.
  • Calculators were originally made to wash dishes.
  • Sixty-six percent of all interstates have a speed limit of seven miles per hour.
  • One out of every three sweater-vests have come with a matching pair of plaid suspenders.
  • Only six percent of Earth globes are life size.
  • Exactly fifty percent of all dangling earrings dangle upwards.
  • Three out of six squares don’t have edges.
  • Lead is afraid of erasers.
  • Baseball caps are made to keep the sun off the back of your neck.
  • Chocolate is just white chocolate that has gotten a tan.
  • The layers of the Earth are the crust, the mantle, the outer core and the inner core is just a rubber-band ball.
  • Plasma is created when one heats the saliva of Chuck Norris.
  • Only five people in the whole world have seen Slash’s face.
  • Paperclips are a good alternative to light bulbs.
  • Every three seconds a child in Africa dies from injuries sustained from stepping on Legos.
  • Five percent of all socks are woven from barbed wire.
  • Half of all blood turns green when it hits air.
  • 95 percent of all people mean ‘yes’ when they say ‘no’.
  • 700 people die every day in that moment between 11:59 and midnight when it is neither day nor night.
  • Pepsi is 10 percent Coke.
  • All Catholics are allergic to peanuts.
  • A human can survive for several weeks without any lungs.
  • If you attempt to both italicize and bold the same text, your hard drive will explode.
  • You can get five radio stations on your braces at different times.
  • Most rope is made from chinchilla hair.
  • The number of people that died from watching too many episodes of Dragon Ball Z in one day is coincidentally 9001.
  • Nintendo planned to create a 4DS in 1959, but it was cancelled. It became obsolete after doorstops were invented.
  • The first person to enter the Guinness Book of World Records is in it solely for holding the record of “first person to enter the Guinness Book of World Records”.
  • 64% of mushroom species are edible, while only 12% are potentially lethal to humans (if eaten in the dark).
  • A standard garden salad contains more fat then a regular Big Mac meal.
  • 9 out of 10 Americans are unaware of how to spell the state they reside in.
  • 7 out of 15 Australians are petrified of bus signs.
  • William Taft, the 27th president, was held responsible for Amelia Earhart’s disappearance.