[Asphalt]

I can't vouch for the truth of all these, but I would guess most are accurate.

[tfecw]

Well I couldn't get through them all (3/4ths)

But these 2 are definitely wrong.

"Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army, remains the only person, to date, to have graduated from the West Point military academy without a single demerit."

[The Phantom FReeper]

The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side you put in on at the port. This was so that they didn't knock off the starboard!

This is incorrect. The right side of a ship became known as the starboard side because the Vikings, who called each side of their ship a board, had the steering oar or "steer board" on the right side of the ship.

[brivette]

interesting...

[shekkian]

The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off, ...

... otherwise known as a catapult.

[Mad Dawgg]

A duck's quack does echo. I saw it proved on MythBusters Episode 8.

[stylin19a]

Public typists work at typewriters charging about 14 cents per page. On a good day, a public typist earns about $3.50.

I wonder... how old is this list ?

[sharktrager]

I want to see a pickup launched from a catapult now.

Scared Bunny Blog
Not for the timid

[Graybeard58]

If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.

OK, I just stretched out one of my slinkies and it is only 64 feet long.

I demand a refund.

[FourtySeven]

Cool list, I love things like this!

[Finger Monkey]

Hmm. You might enjoy this book.

[dirtboy]

"It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace". "

Took me longer than that to read it.

[laceybrookesdad]

"Assuming Rudolph was in front, there are 40,320 ways to arrange the other eight reindeer"

Are you sure we are counting our cards right when we play 18 card cribbage?? LOL

[firebrand]

The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.

I believe this one. And a large person's ashes weigh more. Especially when being carried on the PATH train.

[A knight without armor]

.....At Disneyland they have hundreds of wild domesticated cats running around the park. They never come out during the day because there's too many people, but the reason they're there is to catch the mice. .....


???? Seems to me that eventually they would get used to people and be out in view all the time. The kittens would get used to all the commotion during the day. Or could it be the Disney people catch the cats and neuter them?

[postaldave]

Is Texas's the only state flag allowed to fly at the same height as the US flag?
No, this is an urban legend. All state flags may fly at the same height as the U.S. flag. The U.S. flag must be on its right (the viewer's left), however. Texas's laws are consistent with those of the other states. See Texas flag code.

[Always Right]

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Considering it is a huge limestone building, I seriously doubt if the weight of the books are that significant. Can't buy that one.

[boris]

"wild domesticated cats"

A new oxymoron?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.

Only sensible law I have ever heard from that country.

[exDemMom]

The bubbles in Guinness Beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top like all other beers. No one knows why.

That last sentence is untrue. A few years ago, the journal Science explained the phenomenon. Apparently, when the beer is poured into a beer glass, the sloping sides cause a current that goes up in the middle and down on the sides of the glass. The bubbles are carried downwards by the current.

Note: The more Guinness beers one has consumed, the more fascinating it becomes to watch downward moving bubbles.

[Cowman]

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene

Lizzie Borden was acquitted

Hmmm. Could these two be related?