Archive for February, 2009

Lie of the Day #844

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

In a bizarre example of interspecies symbiosis, there is a very rare breed of sea turtle in the southern Pacific Ocean which cultivates small sea fish in its shell and fires them like torpedoes when hunting or attacked by a larger predator.

Lie of the Day #843

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Dr. Lawrence Cleefton of western Wisconson recently discovered that wearing a vest of ham sandwiches will make a person completely invisible to reptilian predators.

Lie of the Day #842

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Most of the world’s complex “unbreakable” encryption algorithms can be cracked with a free decoder ring that came in cereal boxes in the 1950’s.

Lie of the Day #841

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Pound for pound, human hair has more nutritional value than an orange.

Lie of the Day #840

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

In southern Idaho, a person’s fame and popularity is directly proportional to the amout of unsolicited junk mail that they receive. It’s not uncommon for people in this region of the country to regularly horde their junk mail and even steal junk mail from their neighbors.

Lie of the Day #839

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Fingernails can easily deflect bullets if your hands move fast enough.

Lie of the Day #838

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Nearly all military conflicts have been resolved with the exchange of some variety of cheese.

Lie of the Day #837

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Fingernails are partially made of glass. This is why people who live at the beach tend to have more shiny nails. They inadvertantly ingest more sand than average. Their bodies, in turn, process that sand and it’s converted into larger proportions of fingernail glass than that of non-beach-living people.

Lie of the Day #836

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Growing a beard is like adding an inch of steel plated armor to a man’s jaw. Beards will deflect punches, projectile weapons, and blunt instruments like bats and crowbars. The only thing that circumvents a beard’s protection are bladed weapons.

Lie of the Day #835

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Pigeons are predatory beasts which mercilessly attack in a furious flock of angry feathers and claws. In ancient times, pigeons were known to decimate entire herds of goats within a few hours. Curiously, when attacking, pigeons never use their beaks. It’s theorized that the reason for this is that their beaks quite brittle and easily [...]