Fact or Crap Trivia (2013)

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Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, better known as Yves Saint Laurent, made a name for himself in the 1960s and '70s by popularizing the beatnik look, safari jackets, and tuxedo suits for women. He wasn't a slave to fashion, he was one of its masters!



Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Polar bears are left handed.

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Scientists who study polar bears in the wild believe that polar bears use their right and left paws equally. The left-handed theory is just another myth, like one that claims that they are all bipolar.



Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Henry VIII's last wife was named after his first.

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Katherine Parr was the last wife of Henry VIII of England. Katherine's mother was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherin of Aragon, Henry's first wife. Later after she married and had a daughter she named her child after her beloved friend and Queen. Half of his wives were named Catherine!



Thursday, May 16, 2013

The CIA once attempted to kill Fidel Castro with a poisonous cigar.

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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency made many attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro during the 1960s. Some of the failed assassination plots included poisoning his cigars, exploding cigars, and lacing his cigars with LSD. Castro could not be smoked out!



Friday, May 17, 2013

Mira Sorvino speaks Mandarin Chinese.

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Between 1940 and 2010 all of Iran's 48 Olympic medals have been won in wrestling, weightlifting, and tae kwon do.



Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Australian entertainer Dame Edna Everage is the woman to win the Miss Australia pageant two years in a row.

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"Hello Possums!" Dame Edna Everage is not a dame; she is the male Australian performer and comedian Barry Humphries. He plays his character Edna wearing women's clothes, cat eye glasses, and a lilac wig, but he has never been able to bend the rules enough to enter her into a beauty contest.



Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The BBC sitcom Heil Honey I'm Home! was about Hitler moving next door to a Jewish family.

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"Hello Possums!" Dame Edna Everage is not a dame; she is the male Australian performer and comedian Barry Humphries. He plays his character Edna wearing women's clothes, cat eye glasses, and a lilac wig, but he has never been able to bend the rules enough to enter her into a beauty contest.



Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The BBC sitcom Heil Honey I'm Home! was about Hitler moving next door to a Jewish family.

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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi honored his musical hero Elvis Presley by singing "Love Me Tender" in the Jungle Room of Elvis' Graceland home in Memphis during his 2006 American tour. All those hours of karaoke finally paid off!



Friday, May 24, 2013

A uniformed Boy Scout did his good deed for the day when he saved the Maldives President from an assassin in 2008.

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President Maumoon Abjul Gayoom, the president of the Maldives, was saved by a boy who grabbed the knife of the assassin attempting to murder him. The boy scout was a 15-year-old by the name of Mohamed Jaisham Ibrahim. Maldives scouts, like American scouts, are required to do at least one good deed or act of charity each day - well, this was a mega-good deed!
 
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Matter-Eater Lad, also known as Tenzil Kem from the planet Bismoll, can ingest and digest unlimited amounts of matter in any form - solid, liquid, or gas - and never gain weight. And Tenzil's tastebuds can analyze anything he puts into his mouth. To Matter-Eater Lad, iron tastes like chocolate cake!



Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Keanu Reeves' dad went to jail for drug dealing.

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In 1992, Reeves' estranged father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr., was caught and sent to prison in Hawaii for selling heroin at the Hilo International Airport.



Wednesday, May 29, 2013

In France, kids trade soccer cards that came packages with chocolate snails.

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Tobacco, tea, and bubble gum were the only three consumables that were ever packaged with American trading cards. Chocolate snails sound good, but maybe it would be more practical to package them with a scratch and sniff French cologne card. Laisse-toi faire!



Thursday, May 30, 2013

Sri Lanka's name comes from the Laotian word for "too many elephants."

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In 1972 the island was renamed Sri Lanka, a name that in Sanskrit means "resplendent land." A species of elephant known as Elephas maximus maximus, the largest Asian elephant in the world, is found only on the island of Sri Lanka. But obviously these creatures are not important enough to be included in the island's name.



Friday, May 31, 2013

The Model T Ford was only produced in black.

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The "any color as long as it is black" Ford policy was not implemented until after 1914. Before that, between 1908 and 1914, the Model T was available in gray, green, blue, and red. Basic black proved to be a cheaper and more durable color.
 
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Spain and other countries like Switerland are part of a movement to create legal rights and recognition of common chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and bonobos as bona fide persons. New Zealand and Germany have already granted similar rights to ape species and other animals. Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!



Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Harrison Ford had a cameo in the movie E.T. but it was cut.

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