# Made-up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes II **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399 "2020-06-23T14:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 90
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1781 "2024-06-27T18:10:08Z")
The ASPCM was responsible for AMF selling off the Harley-Davidson line. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1782 "2024-06-27T20:51:54Z")
All Harley-Davidson motorcycle engines contain an actual potato. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1783 "2024-06-28T04:29:16Z")
When potatoes were first introduced to Europe (from South America), they were used as weapons against invading Huns, because no one rightly thought of these tubers as being edible. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1784 "2024-06-28T13:13:02Z")
Huns are often referred to as having been a barbaric people, but this overlooks their many contributions to the world: such as developing calculus, inventing the pump, and being the first to cultivate the hot pepper. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1785 "2024-06-28T20:18:20Z")
Huns are a proud society, and take great umbrage when people mispronounce their ethnicity: they are _Hun_-Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1786 "2024-06-29T04:55:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Las Vegas will be moving to MIchigan in 2028. They’re just tired of all the wildfires. But only as far as Michigan. The twin cities of Niagara Falls (on either side of the Falls; one city in Canada, one in the USA) have threatened to back up the Niagara River and raise the level of Lake Erie if it gets any closer. Being a desert city, Las Vegas has no idea how to deal with this. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1787 "2024-07-02T13:39:52Z")
Niagara Falls was originally named Nigeria Falls. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1788 "2024-07-02T17:02:45Z")
In 2000, Pfizer temporarily renamed Niagara Falls to Viagra Falls, as part of a publicity stunt. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1789 "2024-07-02T18:24:00Z")
Pfizer’s publicity stunt at Niagara Falls quickly went wrong when it became apparent that people were expecting the waterfall to flow upward. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1790 "2024-07-02T22:48:22Z")
Once every 732 years, when the sun, moon and all the major planets align directly overhead, Niagara Falls do flow upwards. This phenomenon only lasts for about 2-3 minutes depending on the temperature (and therefore viscosity) of the water. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1791 "2024-07-15T00:10:06Z")
The real spoilers here are the minor planets. New, more detailed calculations have shown that the Falls would have flowed upwards on the last five occasions if it weren’t for the influence of Ceres, Xanthippe, Makemake, 2017 YB32, the Charon/Pluto system, and for some reason the 37th moon of Jupiter. These bodies disrupt the equilibrium that would otherwise allow the water to rise. Research continues concerning Quaoar. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1792 "2024-07-25T16:56:34Z")
Ceres was once quoted as saying “Yeah, we all might be minor planets, but at least we’re not planetoids!” ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1793 "2024-08-07T00:56:04Z")
Ceres is actually a proud dwarf planet, in a word filled with planets, dwarf planets, planetoids, and planetesimals. Ceres is fond of saying “there are asteroids, and then there are half-asteroids.” That is the kind of remark that keeps it from attracting other small objects. If it had better manners the thing could maybe accrete some mass. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1794 "2024-08-16T18:27:07Z")
According to Ceres: We prefer the term “astronomically size impaired”. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1795 "2024-08-16T20:51:43Z")
Ceres was formed when a small chunk, about the size of a large chunk, was knocked off Mercury when it collided with Callisto before being thrown into its current orbit. The small chunk hit Triton before bouncing off Oberon and entering its current orbit. Astronomers think that if it hadn’t hit Triton, then the solar system would be significantly similar to what it is today. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1796 "2024-08-21T16:41:29Z")
If the aforementioned orb had only been able to accrete a bit more mass, it might well have been known as the first World Ceres. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1797 "2024-10-01T20:58:37Z")
A recent Belgian space probe confirmed what has long been suspected - that Ceres is made entirely of wheat except for a small core of silicon lithium-nitro-einstienium-bi-sulphide (SiLiNEsS2) ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1798 "2024-10-01T21:01:23Z")
The Belgian space program has been hampered by the need to provide personnel with waffles and chocolate for lunch. This is especially daunting for sending Belgians to the ISS. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1799 "2024-10-01T23:22:55Z")
Problems with the Boeing Starliner were traced back to one engineer who thought we were sending it to ISIS, not the ISS. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399/1800 "2024-10-16T20:38:32Z")
And that engineer’s name was Rudy Giuliani. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes-ii/912399.md?page=91)