Fact or Crap Trivia (2013)

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It's Crap.

Actor Nicholas Hammond played Peter Parker in the live action 1970s TV series The Amazing Spider-Man while Mark Spitz was busy doing TV commercials for Schick razors.



Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Zoroastrians believe that Buddha was a prophet of Ahura Mazda.

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Buddha was a spiritual teacher whose teachings form the foundation of Buddhism. Today over one and a half billion people worldwide practice Buddhism.



Wednesday, August 7, 2013

In 2005, the Isle of Man briefly renamed itself the Isle of Woman.

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For two days only in 2006 and just for fun, the Isle of Man became the Isle of Woman. A complete pink bill of rights required men to wait on women, only women were allowed to buy a drink in the local pubs, and many more pink perks were enjoyed that weekend.



Thursday, August 8, 2013

Now one of the richest women in the world, J. K. Rowling was a single mom on welfare when she started writing the Harry Potter books.

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"And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life," is the way J. K. Rowling describes her life when she started writing the Harry Potter series of books on an old manual typewriter. In 2008 Rowling became the 144th richest person in Britain and her creation, Harry Potter, is an international brand worth over 15 billion dollars.



Friday, August 9, 2013

Chutney is a style of music blending Indian and Calypso influences.

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This music is traditionally played on the dholak, dhantal, and harmonium with the harmonium providing the melody. Chutney song lyrics are typically religious and sung in English, Hindi, and Bhojpuri. Chutney is a joyful music and dancers relish the chance to move to its beat!
 
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It's Crap.

There have been many Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom who were Scottish. For example, Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. And by the way, Britain does not have a written constitution.



Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Manufactured cotton candy used to contain nearly toxic levels of actual cotton.

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No, cotton candy has always been just spun sugar. Believe it or not, the cotton candy machine was invented by a dentist, Dr. William Morrison, and a confectioner, John C. Wharton, in 1897. The truth is stranger than fiction!



Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Babe Ruth was the first American billionaire.

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It was John D. Rockefeller who became America's first billionaire in the 1870s, not Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth became a rich man, but he was never as rich as Rockefeller, not even close!



Thursday, August 15, 2013

Big Ben is technically the bell, not the tower.

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Big Ben is the nickname for the large bell in the Clock Tower that is part of the Palace of Westminster in London. The double-decker bus, the London cab, and the Clock Tower (Big Ben) are three of the most recognizable icons in England. A close fourth in this list is the bearskin-capped and red-coated soldiers of the British Foot Guards.



Friday, August 16, 2013

In Japan, raw horse meat is served in restaurants and called sakura.

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The Japanese refer to horse meat as sakura which means "cherry blossom" because of the meat's pink color. In Japan, as well as many other Asian and European countries, eating horse meat is part of the culture. However, in some countries like the U.S. and the U.K., the horse has been given pet status and in 2006 America enforced that status by making it illegal to slaughter an American horse for human consumption.
 
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The word Nokia means weasel or sable in the Finnish language, and it is also the name of the Finnish city where the international telecommunications company was founded in the late 1960s.



Tuesday, August 20, 2013

There is a Mountie playing hockey on the back of Canada's $1 bill.

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The Canadians don't have a one dollar bill; they have a one dollar coin. The coin, affectionately referred to as the loonie, has an image of a loon on one side and the profile head of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.



Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The word paparazzi literally means "crazy fly."

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The term paparazzi refers to pushy and intrusive freelance photographers. The obnoxious photographer Signor Paparazzo, a character in the 1960s Fellini film La Dolce Vita, is believe to be the source of this term. Smile!



Thursday, August 22, 2013

Madonna was a Bond girl named Bloody Mary.

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It's Crap.

This is double crap. Madonna was never a Bond girl called Bloody Mary. However, in the book Casino Royale, Fleming created a cocktail that James names a Vesper Martini, after the Bond girl Vesper Lynd.



Friday, August 23, 2013

Simon Bolivar is called the "George Washington" of South America.

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Simón José de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco or Simón Bolívar was a military and political leader who helped liberate Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Colombia, and Bolivia during the 17th century. An accomplished guy, just signing his full name was an achievement.
 
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