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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 8:34 am
fact crap, it's probably more
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:45 am
1. fact 2. almost 17% of the world population living on less than $60/month? I'll go with a very sad fact. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:49 am
1. Fact 2. Fact

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:13 am
Both fact.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:17 am
another two that I have no clue, so I will guess fact for both
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 11:18 am
fact and fact
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 6:50 pm
Fact Fact
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 7:33 pm
1. Fact 2. Fact
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 9:33 pm
fact fact
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 12:13 am
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. . .
- Did John Wilkes Booth's brother once save the life of Abraham Lincoln's son?
- 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.
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:
Okay, here are a couple more for you:
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. Emperor penguin mothers do not eat anything while waiting for their babies to hatch. FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 4:46 am
fact crap ( I saw March of the Penguins).
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 6:21 am
Fact Crap (as it should be...the fathers watch the egg and the mom's go and chow down)
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:02 am
1. FACT 2. CRAP
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:05 am
Fact I will decline the second one cause I watched march of the penguins (highly recommend it)
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:05 am
1. fact 2. crap
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:38 am
1. fact 2. Crap. as anyone knows who has seen the movie. Poor, poor daddies!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 8:49 am
1. Crap - everybody knows Alexander Graham Bell invented the flashlight. 2. Crap - they eat like pigs the entire time.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 11:22 am
1. Fact 1. Crap (which the mother does, after she eats) (Haven't seen MOTP yet)
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 2:03 pm
fact crap
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 9:17 pm
1. Fact 2. Crap
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 10:00 pm
crap and crap
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Tanzanite
Member
06-29-2005
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 1:17 am
Fact Crap
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 9:50 pm
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. . .
- 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?
- 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!
Okay, you said. . .1 | Fact | 11 | | Crap | 2 | 1 | Fact | 0 | | Crap | 13 |
The Calendar Chuggers say. . .
- 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."
- 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:
A snail can crawl over the edge of a razor without cutting itself. Dr. Seuss used only 50 words in write Green Eggs and Ham. FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 10:01 pm
(Cute little Ipod bag! I keep mine in a baby's sock!) Crap. And that's a horrible image! Fact.
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 10:23 pm
1. fact 2. fact
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