# "Fun Facts" you WISHED were true! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-you-wished-were-true/565799 "2010-12-30T05:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-you-wished-were-true/565799/1 "2010-12-30T05:15:00Z")
Reading the “fun facts you made up” thread, I saw a few I wished were true! (or at least could see as plausible) ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-you-wished-were-true/565799/2 "2010-12-30T08:21:19Z")
I can’t even read that thread. I soak up tidbits and factoids like gravy into biscuits, and I wouldn’t remember they were fake ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-you-wished-were-true/565799/3 "2010-12-30T10:01:58Z")
I would be pleased if my flies’-heads-in-the-peppercorns idea ever achieved urban legend status. But that’s not the same as wishing it were true. I would, however, delight in the idea of tap-dancing horses. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-facts-you-wished-were-true/565799/4 "2010-12-30T14:39:48Z")
I’ve often thought that everyone doing a little dance when a cell phone went off is a charming idea, and sometimes I do it.