Weird Myths

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That the "P" in UPC code stands for "price".

It's "Universal Product Code".

I'm speaking of the bar code thats printed on to everything when it comes out of the factory.



Not only wrong- it doesnt even make sense to have "a universal price code" because prices are not universal. If they tried to encode a price into a universal bar code on products the whole global retail system would collapse in a fortnite for several rather obvious reasons.

Frank Zappa was Mr.Greenjeans son.Only a certain age group will get this,damm,I feel old

On Sesame Street, Bert and Ernie are gay, which of course isn't true, they're just best friends.

That Jafar (from Aladdin) was based on Nancy Reagan.

People can't catch warts from toads because they don't have warts to begin with.

... after you washed it in the washing machine, I presume?

The original version of The Manchurian Candidate was withdrawn from distribution following the assassination of JFK. The reason was not because of the assassination of JFK, but because interest waned by 1963. It was reissued by MGM in 1988.

I don't think the twisted S&M gay relationship between Ren & Stimpy would have happened without Bert and Ernie blazing that particular trail.

Always wondered about how anyone came to the conclusion that that was even theoritically possible.

The Great Wall of China is about the width of a one lane road.

The Moon is a quarter of a million miles away.

So for someone on the Moon to be able to focus their eyes on the GWC would be like a person being able to discern a single human hair at a range of seven miles (and against a background the same color as the single strand of hair).

German chocolate cake originated in Germany.

French toast originated in French. and I can see Russia from my house.

I just read that somewhere recently, can't remember where. Glad it's not true!

Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen and put under Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland until a way is found to revive him. He was actually cremated and interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

That JFK still lives in intensive care as a vegtable on a cordened off top floor of that tall tower at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.

That JFK still lives in intensive care as a vegtable on a cordened off top floor of that tall tower at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.

That there are still American POWs held by the Vietnamese commies.

That if you get a hair from a horses tail and put it into a glass of water it will turn into a worm.
That earwigs will crawl into your ear and eat your brain.
That swallowed chewing gum stays in your tummy forever.
That masturbation will make you go blind or have hairy palms.
That toads cause warts.