True or False? Retailers scanned the wrong barcode on a CD. Sony BMG released a 3-CD set, called Electric 80s, in 2005. The compilation of ‘the greatest electric hit of the Eighties’ featured a reproduction of a UPC bar code on the cover art, with the title “ELECTRIC 80s” placed in the space at the bottom of the bar code …
True or False? The points of the maple leaf on the Canadian flag represent the provinces and territories. In the years since the adoption of the current Canadian flag, many claim that the number of points (11) on the maple leaf it features, have special significance, such as representing each of the Canadian provinces and territories (one for each of …
True or False? There was a contest to see who could save the most sunlight during daylight savings time. The Eldorado Daily Journal, in Eldorado, Illinois, asked all of its readers to save as much daylight as they could during Daylight Savings Time in 1984, and offered a prize for the person who saved the most. The rules were simple: …
True or False? The first traffic laws were written by a man who never drove a car. : Born in New York City in 1858, William Phelps Eno became a progressive thinking man who observed the massive traffic jams of his era, and from his observations, formulated traffic solutions that carried over from the time of horse and carriages, to …
True or False? A woman killed her husband over a bridge hand while playing cards? On the evening of September 29, 1929, in Kansas City, Kansas, Mr. John and Myrtle Bennett hosted friends and neighbors, Charles and Myrna Hofman, for a nice game of rubber bridge. But, like most married couples that are silly enough to partner while playing bridge, …
True of False? A renowned Christian hymn was inspired by a famous preacher and actor. Russ Hamblin was a Hollywood radio host/comedian/song writer during the 1950s, known for drinking, womanizing and partying. One day the station manager told Hamblin to interview a young preacher who was holding tent revival meetings. Russ went to a meeting. During the service, the preacher …
True or False? A golfer was killed by a golf club that he broke in anger. There is a story about a young spoiled golfer, so upset by a bad drive that he had made, that he smashed his golf club on a nearby bench. When he did, the golf club’s shaft broke and sprang back at him, the jagged …
It’s not enough that dumb crooks have unwittingly called 911, but sometimes it is old cordless phones that summon help. Operators across North America still get calls from old cordless phones that malfunction and dial 911, said Nancy Branson, a spokesperson for a 911 district. She said, “What happens with cordless phones, is that there’s a kind of chatter between …
True or False? Mars Inc. refused the chance for its flagship product, M&Ms, to be used in the 1982 film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Mars Inc. passed on the chance for its flagship product, M&Ms, to be used in the 1982 film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial allowing the Hershey Foods Corporation’s Reese’s Pieces to become a huge international success. Amblin Productions approached …
One rumor says the reason Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC, was because the chicken outlet bred mutant birds with extra-large breasts and additional legs. Until the U.S. Food and Drug Agency said the genetically engineered birds could not legally be sold as chicken, but the company sidestepped the problem simply by changing its name to KFC, thus …
