MetaChat - Sixty amazing but true facts

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13 September 2005

Sixty amazing but true facts Including gems such as "In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation."

post by: dhruva at: 00:58 | 4 comments

This is great, thanks.

When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 13 September | 01:01

Cute. But completely untrue of course. Now that it's on the web, though, we will have people reciting these items as gospel truth for the next 500 years!

posted by taz 13 September | 08:27

I like the fact that there are some there that are completely believable (Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers) whereas others are just completely wacky (Every Labrador retriever dreams about bananas)

posted by gaspode 13 September | 10:09

Amazing But True Fact: In June 2002, a website created to rip off David Letterman Top Ten List jokes tried a different kind of humor, only to be totally ignored by the MetaFilter-related community for three years and three months!!!

Hilarity did not ensue.

posted by wendell 13 September | 16:12

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