More Great Internet Facts

Saying for the Day- The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. ~William James

Today I perform my weekly public service. I give you fifteen internet facts . These are things that you can astonish your friends with. Of the fifteen “facts” one is a “real fact”. Past real facts have included the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows , Jimmy Carter was the first US. President to be born in a hospital., the original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy, Gatorade was developed in Florida, and the simplest and most popular cosmological model predicts that you have a twin in a galaxy about 10 to 10 to the 28 meters from here. .
. But the facts I make up could be true. I am a really good maker upper. In any case you can tell your friends “ It must be true because I read it on the internet. Today’s list:

1. The largest canary of record weighed 42.73 pounds and was raised in Brazil.

2. The DNA of a canary is closer to the DNA of an Eagle than to that of a Sparrow.

3. Natives on a South American Island worship the shoes left by a white explorer they thought was God.

4. The predecessor of the German firm LGB, which sells electric trains world wide, was making electric trains before Lionel.

5. Some 22 % of Americans label themselves as shy.

6. The Video game “ Zelda” is based on the book “ Zelda Meets the Empire” by Edgar Rice Buroughs.

7. The only watches that tell the absolute correct time are those that are broken and they only do it twice a day.

8. Olive Oil freezes at –27 degrees Fahrenheit .

9. “Don’t Step on My Blue Suede Shoes” is the official rock song of Ohio.

10. The color yellow is seen to play a significant role in the development of mental disease.

11. More candy canes are consumed in December than chocolate bars.

12. Only one out of every 2000 people will live to be 100 years old.

13. The original Celsius scale had boiling at 0 and freezing at 100. The readings were reversed only after Anders Celsius died.

14. People who chew bubble gum live longer than people who don’t.

15. The smallest dinosaur was about the size of a mouse.

There you have them. Fifteen wonderful “internet facts”. You can tell them to your friends and say you saw it on the internet. Would the internet lie?
Leave a comment telling me which one you think is the fact I didn’t make up. I will publish that bit of information tomorrow.


#### News from Pigeon Falls-The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal .The Liar’s Club met in special session last night. The members are very upset. It seems that the list of Pigeon Days events left out the Liar’s Club annual Liar’s contest. The club is talking about not letting their sixty five piece band march in the parade. The three members of the band are willing to sit this years parade out in protest as well as not taking part in any of the events. The grand and glorious Liar , Buddy East tried to calm them by telling them he talked to Mayor Trumble and leaving them out was not done on purpose. In fact as soon as the Town Council meets there will be a public apology and a new schedule would be issued. The club then voted to accept the apology when it is offered. Tom Hietila who is one of the three members of the sixty five piece Liar’s Club band said he was kind of looking forward to the summer off.
In other business the club voted to begin this years contest on the second week of July. They are looking forward to great stories. Consideration is also being given to another internet contest since last year’s was such a success. This years internet theme would be “Small town meets mythical creature or creatures”. The committee is still working out the rules for the contest.
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A really great day. I went with Betty and Pennie to buy flowers for Pennie's yard. Then we went grocery shopping. I got out of the fortress. My son Peter called and he was coming down for a visit but then the storm came and the tornado watch and he changed his mind. I spent the afternoon reading. I finished thje book only to discover it was part of a trilogy. I hate trilogies. Now I need a breathing treatment.
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