Lie of the Day #479
Friday, February 29th, 2008Not only are leap years an inaccurate farce conceived by the ancient Incans as a strategic means of confusing enemy spies about attack dates, but today’s actual date is November 3rd, 3012.
Not only are leap years an inaccurate farce conceived by the ancient Incans as a strategic means of confusing enemy spies about attack dates, but today’s actual date is November 3rd, 3012.
Contrary to popular belief, water is not the most effective solvent in the world. Liquified Swedish meatballs are actually 13 times more effective at creating chemical solutions.
Socks are carnivorous beasts that slowly devour you each time you wear them.
Amateur tapestry weaver, Jensen K. Phlozaik, was the first human to ever give himself an emergency blood transfusion by mouth-siphoning out his blood with bendy straws and temporarily replacing it with maple syrup. By doing this, he was able to stay alive an extra 3 hours while he waited for the emergency rescue team to […]
The Great Wall of China does not actually exist. It is an elaborate illusion made with reflective grass and a rare semi-transparent species of bamboo.
Regardless of content, all feature films cause their audiences to temporarily shrink in height by a quarter of an inch.
More sketches from yonder sketchbook…
Curtains and window blinds don’t actually block sunlight. Instead, they really intensify the light to a point beyond which the human brain can comprehend it. Since that level of light is beyond comprehension, the brain automatically filters it out and allows you to see “normally” again.
The original design of Oscar the Grouch’s character in the television show, Sesame Street, was based on a child’s failed attempt at drawing the Easter Bunny.
Colorado is the only state in the United States with a three-dimensional border. Colorado’s border extends 2 miles into the ground and has an irregular aerial border that is anywhere from 1 foot to 20 miles high. This is to compensate for the fact that Colorado’s land border is a boring rectangle.