No more heroes. There were more somewhere?

[ps238principal]

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The fact list

[codeguyj]

The goldfish one was actually dis-proven on Mythbusters. A quick check of snopes shows the the Canadian dollar claim is false:

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp

Most of the clocks in Pulp Fiction were set to 4:20, but not all of them:

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp

The Winston Churchill one is false:

http://www.snopes.com/history/world/churchill.asp

Those were the ones I could nullify with minor research. I bet a few more are false, too.

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[ps238principal]

It wouldn't surprise me. The goldfish one was also covered on Q.I.

What was it that Will Rogers once said? "It ain't what people know that's so dangerous. It's what people know that just ain't so." :)

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[word_geek]

I also need to dispute the "you never heard of" part of the list title (which is also grammatically incorrect; it should be "you've"). I have, in fact, heard of almost all of these, including the fact that many of them are incorrect. For example, the number of dimples on a golf ball varies by manufacturer; there is no "regulation." Give him credit for this, though -- tigers do have striped skin. It's just not particularly surprising, that's all.

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[jenil]

Including number 30. Although the Speaker of the House of Commons has to resign from his Party for his office (and therefore not able to speak on political issues within the House of Commones), he is not prohibited from speaking as his role is to keep order within the HoC. "Order! Order!", anyone?

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[ed_fortune]

That was the first one that caught my eye as well. Parliament wouldn't work if the speaker couldn't speak.

That list is better labelled 'Common stories and old wives tales'

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[aujahlisa]

and sad "awwww....." Mister Rogers died in 2003

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[ps238principal]

I so wanted my own trolly running through my house when I was a kid...

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[fairest1]

And Canada hasn't printed the two-dollar bill since 1996.

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[deadlytoque]

And even when there were Canadian 2-dollar bills, the flag flying about Parliament was the Canadian Red Ensign: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Red_Ensign

I can see how scrunched down to money-scale, someone might make that mistake.

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[ps238principal]

The Canadians should re-print the 2 dollar bill; we Americans will need a replacement for our 10-spot bill in the coming years...

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[fairest1]

Heh, we've got two-dollar coins that serve the purpose well! Bonus advantage: We get to have capsule machines with cool toys in them. Americans only get vending machines with 25-cent prizes, since that's the largest coin in common circulation. Switch to the toonie and the vending machines will follow!

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[codeguyj]

The $5 bill thing just got disproven by my wallet.