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Eating Horses
Cathie April 9, 2017

True or False? U.S. Legalized Horse Meat For Human Consumption

Did U.S. Legalize Human Consumption of Horses? While it may sound like a war measure act of long ago, the laws that control the slaughter of horses and selling the horse meat for humans to consume, don’t really exist. At one time, eating horses was fairly widespread in the United States, but it has been rare since the end of …
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Red Car
Cathie February 18, 2015

True or False? Red Cars Get More Speeding Tickets

Do Red Cars Get More Tickets? There’s a common rumor that red cars attract more speeding tickets than cars of other colors, and it has circulated through society for decades. The rumor is that the color red attracts the eye of police, so they notice red vehicles speeding more than they do other colors. This supposedly results in red car …
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true or false cold water
Cathie January 2, 2013

True Or False? Drinking Cold Water Congeals Greases In Our Body

It has been shared on social media that if you drink cold water with your meals, it will cause the grease contained in the foods you eat to congeal into a...
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True or False - Cats In Bible
Cathie December 23, 2012

True Or False? Domestic Cats Are Mentioned In The Bible

True of False? While lions, and virtually all other domestic animals are mentioned in the Christian Holy Book, it was not to be the fate of domestic cats. No one seems to have a concrete answer as to why cats are not mentioned in the Bible, but some speculate that it is because the Israelites were a nomadic tribe, unlike …
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True or False - Scary Eyes
Cathie December 14, 2012

True Or False? Frightening Someone Cures Hiccups

True or False? Hiccups are spasms in the diaphragm, the large muscle between the chest and abdomen that helps airflow during breathing, and may repeat several times per minute. In medical terms, they are known as synchronous diaphragmatic flutter (SDF). A hiccup ‘bout’ is any episode lasting more than a few minutes. If the hiccups last longer than forty eight …
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True or False - Death
Cathie December 7, 2012

True Or False? Popping Pimples Can Cause Death

True or False? There is an area on your face called the Triangle of Death. It is the area from the bridge of your nose, to the corners of your mouth. Popping pimples in this area, is like playing Zit Russian Roulette. Dr. Mehmet Oz, from sharecare.com, explains, “Blood vessels in the triangle of death drain to the back of …
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true or false plinko
Cathie December 6, 2012

Price Is Right Game Was Rigged

Did The Price Is Right Show Rig Game? Generations of people have watched the Price is Right, with baited breath, as Bob Barker (and now Drew Carey) led contestants to a staircase, at the top of which, with all the scientific precision of a government, they dropped large flat disks down a sloped board with round stakes protruding. Fishing Lines …
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True or False - Fortune Cookie
Cathie December 6, 2012

True Or False? 100 Strangers Picked The Same Lottery Numbers And Won

True or false? On the March 30, 2005 Powerball lottery drawing, a record 110 players matched five of the six lucky numbers drawn for the 2nd place prize. The second-place winners were due $100,000 to $500,000 each, depending on how much they had bet. Paying all 110 of them, meant almost $19 million in unexpected payouts. The average number of …
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True or False Ostrich
Cathie August 21, 2012

Do Ostriches Bury Their Heads?

Do Ostriches Actually Bury Their Heads? Okay, we’ve all see those silly cartoons where the ostriches bury their heads in the sand, but in real life that simply doesn’t happen. Ostriches never stick their head in the sand, or for that matter, the ground. And there’s no way that they could force their head into the ground even if it …
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True or False Israel
Cathie August 14, 2012

True Or False? BMW And Mercedes-Benz Left Israel Off Maps

True or False? German auto manufacturers seem to have no excuses for Israel being left off maps of the Middle East on their web sites. It began on August 8th, 2002, when attention was drawn to BMW’s Middle East web site, whose map of BMW service locations throughout the Middle East identified Palestine, but left off Israel. Once BMW was …
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True or False Pope
Cathie August 7, 2012

True Or False? Holy Smoke Expression Comes From Electing Popes

True or False? While the smoky wisps that waft from the burning of ballots in the Sistine Chapel are both holy, and smoke, therefore holy smoke, the ancient religious tradition to announce the selection of a new Pope isn’t the origin of the expression, ‘Holy Smoke’. Oxford’s English Dictionary claims that the earliest record of ‘holy smoke’ found in print, …
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True Or False Golf
Cathie July 31, 2012

True Or False? GOLF Acronym For Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

True or False? Golf is actually an ancient word, one that first appeared in written language in 1425. There are conflicting theories about its origin though. The most popular theory, one that the Oxford English Dictionary seems to endorse, claims that the word ‘golf’ is derived from the Dutch word ‘kolf’, a term used for sticks, clubs, or mallets, like …
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