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51 Favorite Facts You’ve Always Believed That Are Actually False
Reader's Digest ^
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| DAVID MCCANDLESS
Posted on 09/20/2016 1:03:23 PM PDT by Leaning Right
Napoleon wasn't short? Bananas don't grow on trees? Here, the world's most contagious myths and misconceptions debunked.
(Excerpt) Read more at rd.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: facts; false; myths
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Just something of interest that is nonpolitical. Be sure to click on "View as List" to avoid the slideshow.
I found #52 to be particularly fascinating: "Do liberals really understand how the world works? No, they do not." OK...even though that's true, it's not on the list. The other 51 others are real, though.
To: Leaning Right
You seen Readers Digest lately?
A sad shell of its former self.
To: Leaning Right
I stopped after I read #1. When I noticed I had to click “next” to see the next one I didn’t want to click 52 times.
Do you have a synopsis that you could give us?
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:06:51 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
To: rfreedom4u
YOU MEAN THERE REALLY ISN’T 57 STATES?????/
I’m stuned!!!!
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:09:26 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Trump will win New York.)
To: Leaning Right
The Vikings one shocked me.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:09:34 PM PDT
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
To: Leaning Right
MSG had effects on my Mother and Sister, causing nausea and dizziness.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:09:55 PM PDT
by
MCF
(If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:10:06 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?*~ Gene Wilder)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Aren’t 57 states... Not isn’t 57 states.
That’s what the NYC school system does to you.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:10:33 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Trump will win New York.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
You seen Readers Digest lately? A sad shell of its former self. True that. I still subscribe to the monthly magazine. It's a long tradition that I'm not ready to break. But RD is cutting back to try to save money, and it shows.
And that's a real pity. RD is part of what was once America: Leave It To Beaver, Memorial Day parades, etc.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:10:40 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: Leaning Right
Booze doesn’t kill brain cells and vaccines are harmless?
Hmmm..
Particularly like the salt doesn’t make a difference in boiling but it may make it take longer. Which is it?
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:12:32 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: rfreedom4u
Kindly take another look at my post #1. Click on “View as List” to avoid the slideshow.
And don’t feel bad if you overlooked that. Scanning, and not reading every post, is a Free Republic tradition!
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:13:11 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: Leaning Right
RD has “turned”. It no longer serves us or our needs.
I know what you’re gonna say:
“but but but, Humor in Uniform!”
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:14:05 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: Leaning Right
That was good.
The list was also interesting.
Nice to take a break from politics where the truth is hard to find.
Thanks for posting.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:18:29 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
I remember reading them, along with my grandmother’s Harlequin romance books when I would visit in the summer. Great memories.......
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:20:02 PM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:21:34 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Leaning Right
To: Leaning Right
Wait wait wait:
If a bullet fired up into the air can come down with enough velocity to kill a person, why not a penny dropped from a high building?
Physics majors please opine.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:23:05 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: Leaning Right
Oil in pasta absolutely keeps it from sticking together. Maybe it makes no difference in the boiling pot, but once you pour it into a strainer, it makes all the difference in the world.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:23:49 PM PDT
by
Egon
To: rfreedom4u
I stopped after I read #1. When I noticed I had to click “next” to see the next one I didn’t want to click 52 times. Click on the "show as list" link... like the poster suggested.
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:24:45 PM PDT
by
Egon
To: Leaning Right
No time to further investigatie, but the website where the RD article is sourced from looks quite interesting:
INFORMATIONISBEAUTIFUL.NET
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posted on
09/20/2016 1:27:00 PM PDT
by
glennaro
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