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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
fact
crap, it's probably more

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. almost 17% of the world population living on less than $60/month? I'll go with a very sad fact. :-(

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
1. Fact
2. Fact




Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Both fact.

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
another two that I have no clue, so I will guess fact for both

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
fact and fact

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Fact
Fact

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
1. Fact
2. Fact

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
fact
fact

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 12:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Happy Friday, FoCers! It was a beautiful spring day here today. Hope you experienced the same where you are. :-)

On the table at the moment, we have. . .

  1. Did John Wilkes Booth's brother once save the life of Abraham Lincoln's son?
  2. Do a billion people on earth live in poverty, subsisting on less than $2 per day?


You said:
1 Fact 12
Crap 1
2 Fact 11
Carp 2


The Calendar Croppies have this to say:

1. It's FACT! "While in his late teans, Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd, was returning home from Harvard University when he lost his balance and fell between two railway cars. A fellow passenger reacted quickly, pulling him from certain death. The helpinghand was that of Edwin Booth, brother of the man who would soon assassinate the young man's father."

Now THAT's irony! Here is the honorable Edwin Booth, who was a noted thespian in his time, best known for his portrayal of Shakespearian characters.
booth

2. It's CRAP! "According to the United Nations, it's 3 billion -- close to half the world's population. And every day, more than 40,000 children -- practically one child every two seconds -- succumb to starvation-related disease."

This is, so far, the saddest FoC item we've had, I think. Here are some charts I found in a 2001 BBC article on the subject:

1
2


Okay, here are a couple more for you:

  1. Joshua Lionel Cohen, the cofounder of the Lionel Company, which manufactures toy trains, also invented the precursor to the flashlight, but sold the rights when his invention flopped.
  2. Emperor penguin mothers do not eat anything while waiting for their babies to hatch.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 4:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
fact
crap ( I saw March of the Penguins).

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Fact
Crap (as it should be...the fathers watch the egg and the mom's go and chow down)

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
1. FACT
2. CRAP

Llkoolaid
Member

08-01-2001

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Fact
I will decline the second one cause I watched march of the penguins (highly recommend it)

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. crap


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. Crap. as anyone knows who has seen the movie. Poor, poor daddies!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
1. Crap - everybody knows Alexander Graham Bell invented the flashlight.

2. Crap - they eat like pigs the entire time.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
1. Fact
1. Crap (which the mother does, after she eats) (Haven't seen MOTP yet)

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
fact
crap

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
1. Fact
2. Crap

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
crap and
crap

Tanzanite
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06-29-2005

Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 1:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
Fact
Crap

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Good Sunday evening, you FoCers! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I spent a lot of time finally finishing a knitting project (which can be viewed at my knitting blog if you're curious) and writing the pattern for it in hopes of selling a few soon. Oh, yeah, I did some work, too. :-)

The questions on the table are. . .

  1. Did Joshua Lionel Cohen, the cofounder of the Lionel Company, which manufactures toy trains, also invent the precursor to the flashlight, but sold the rights when his invention flopped?
  2. Do Emperor penguin mothers not eat anything while waiting for their babies to hatch?


Many of you seem to have seen the movie March of the Penguins. I have it on my list, but still haven't seen it. Note to self -- get that movie! :-)
penguin

Okay, you said. . .
1 Fact 11
Crap 2
1 Fact 0
Crap 13


train

The Calendar Chuggers say. . .

  1. It's FACT! "Born in 1877, Cohen was only 7 when he built a toy steam train that blew up his parents' kitchen. A college dropout, he received his first patent for a device that triggered a photographer's flash. At 21, he invented a device that placed batteries and lights in small canisters to illuminate houseplants. The idea flopped, so he sold the rights to Conrad Hubert, who used the technology to create the Eveready flashlight, becoming a multimillionaire. Cohen changed his name to Cowen and went on to make his own fortune with Lionel toy trains, becoming the largest toy manufacturer in the world by the 1950s."
  2. It's CRAP! "It's the father Emperor penguin that withstands the Antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs, during which time he doesn't eat a thing. Most father penguins lose about 25 pounds while they wait for their babies to hatch. Afterward, they feed the chicks a special liquid from their throats. When the mother penguins return to care for the young, the fathers finally go to sea to eat -- and rest."


Y'all are SMART! :-) Let's see what you can do with these:

  1. A snail can crawl over the edge of a razor without cutting itself.
  2. Dr. Seuss used only 50 words in write Green Eggs and Ham.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
(Cute little Ipod bag! I keep mine in a baby's sock!)


Crap. And that's a horrible image!

Fact.

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. fact