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all believe in the same god

there were 16 pirate related fact in 2002

Incorrect--trickster figures are almost always a local small canid--coyotes, foxes, or jackals are common, but a rotund little canid called the tanuki is featured in Japanese lore as a semi-trickster alongside the ubiquitous fox.

Fact?

Miniature ponies have been trained to guide the blind in the manner of a Seeing Eye dog.

wrong 16 in 2003
a lot less i n 2002


true ponies i have learned a lot about them




origami originated in egypt

False (Edo era of Japan, 13th century. It was "invented" later in other locations, not making it unthinkable for the Ancient Egyptians to do, but I would think papyrus would not lend itself well to folding.)

Honey, properly stored, can have a shelf life measured in centuries.

Correct. They even wear little sneakers!

True.

Giant pandas and red pandas are closely related.

Fact

A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless.

Incorrect--giant pandas are more closely related to bears, and red pandas are more closely related to racoons.

Fiction.

The number of toes on an Oriental dragon differs depending on its country of origin.

Actually true a chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless:

http://www.amusingfacts.com/facts/Anima ... index.html

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=54463

http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org

Fact


Barbie's measurements if she were life-size: 5 feet 9 inches tall, 33-18-31 1/2

I don't know but I'm going to guess false.

(Also, it is true that honey, properly stored, has a rediculously long shelf life.)

Fact or fiction: Quite a few insects see in the UV spectrum.

actually barbies measurements would be this.

and Fact

This is confusing.

I believe we've gotten a tad off topic...

Fact or fiction: In a skit where he plays Jimmy Carter, Dan Akroyd talks a man down from an acid trip.

Fiction.

Fact AND fiction.

Dan Akroyd did do such a skit on SNL. Because it was a skit, it is fiction.

Fact or fiction: Steven Spielberg has AS

Semi-fact? I think it's speculated but undiagnosed. (Or am I thinking of someone else?)

The dragon thing's a fact, by the way.

The word 'concur' literally means 'run with.'