# The SDMB quasi-exhaustive compendium of non-factual information **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134 "2013-05-12T06:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/1 "2013-05-12T06:40:53Z")
As a firm believer in the Taoist concept of yin and yang, I think that the constant battle against ignorance needs to be balanced with a dash of acceptance - some chocolate with your peanut butter, so to say. It is in that spirit of uncritical openness that I humbly offer this thread as a repository for every unverifiable factoid, half-truth, lie and yes, even statistic that you may have to offer. To begin . . . The number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin is precisely divisible by pi. Of course the exact value of neither is known nor likely knowable, however if they were, there is no doubt this would be true. Well, not literally of course since angels can’t really dance. They’re white after all. So don’t think of them as doing any jitterbug or gangnam style moves, but just sort of milling around like stoners in a mosh pit. ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/2 "2013-05-13T04:07:59Z")
Go Ask Alice was written by Alice Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/3 "2013-05-13T18:44:08Z")
Christmas originally came from two words, “Christ’s Mass”. But since the Catholic church has eaten all his body during communion, the mass no longer exists and this is why we have the now hollow “Christmas” season. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/4 "2013-05-13T18:50:52Z")
Whenever the great unwashed convert to Christianity, their souls are translated from metric to Imperial units. Also, see [The Journal Of Irreproducible Results](http://www.jir.com/). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/5 "2013-05-13T18:54:21Z")
Starfish are bits of celestial matter that fell to earth and became animate upon contact with salt water. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/6 "2013-05-13T19:52:40Z")
Tony Orlando was born in Houston, Texas, and Angelica Huston was born in Orlando, Florida. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/7 "2013-05-13T19:57:00Z")
Quasars are what happens when stars giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/8 "2013-05-13T20:20:00Z")
Flying squirrels are descended from flying fish. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/9 "2013-05-13T20:23:50Z")
The number 2 cause of lead poisoning is getting stabbed with a pencil. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/10 "2013-05-14T02:36:49Z")
People who speak other languages are really just translating from the English in their heads on the fly. > [@TriPolar](#): > > The number 2 cause of lead poisoning is getting stabbed with a pencil. And the number-one cause is quite a bit noisier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/11 "2013-05-14T03:14:55Z")
[Charles Julius Guiteau](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau), the man who assassinated President James Garfield, had a pet beagle named Frank. [Leon Frank Czolgosz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Czolgosz), the man who assassinated President William McKinley, had a pet hamster named Julius. Teddy Roosevelt is the only U.S. President to have set foot on all seven continents. [George Everest](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Everest), the British Suveryor-General of India after whom Mt. Everest is named, had an intense fear of heights. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/12 "2013-05-14T04:37:31Z")
Sexy Teddy Roosevelt is the third most popular halloween costume, after slutty witch and pantomime horse. In order to stay competitive with all the hybrid and electric cars coming onto the market, Hyundai will be releasing a new alternatively powered car this autumn called the Nimh. It will be powered, not by biofuels or electricity, but by a small field mouse named Gerald. A complimentary water bottle and cup of timothy hay and seed will given out with every purchase. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/13 "2013-05-14T09:35:28Z")
While many people associate spaghetti trees with Italy, they are actually an introduced species native to China. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/14 "2013-05-14T12:23:24Z")
“gesundheit” is High German for “don’t do that over the food” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/15 "2013-05-14T12:31:17Z")
Properly interpreted, Dan Brown’s novel _The Da Vinci Code_ is actually a surprisingly accurate guide to the New York City subway system. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/16 "2013-05-14T12:48:44Z")
If te infamous [Prof. Pepperwinkle](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Prof.+Pepperwinkle&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1108&bih=664&tbm=isch&tbnid=DJc2e2xqaME_RM:&imgrefurl=http://comicsroots.webs.com/dccharacters.htm&docid=IkwPBaybhZYFRM&imgurl=http://comicsroots.webs.com/Professor_Pepperwinkle.jpg&w=468&h=286&ei=JzKSUZ2GHuSzygHPx4G4CA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:10,s:0,i:113&iact=rc&dur=3961&page=1&tbnh=171&tbnw=280&start=0&ndsp=18&tx=74&ty=73) says it, it’s true. “Oh, pish-tush! Am I the greatest inventor in the world, or not?” – Prof. P. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/17 "2013-05-14T13:29:03Z")
Thanks, digs! A tip of the ion-bonded, reticulating auto-tipping hat to you! ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/18 "2013-05-14T13:56:03Z")
The echo of a duck’s quack has been captured only once, on a treadmill in 1963, by a fat person with a declawed cat. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/19 "2013-05-14T14:13:44Z")
Common lawn clippings soaked in cider vinegar then roasted in an ordinary charcoal grill overnight can be rolled into the most interesting “cigarettes” imaginable. 😉_Duuuuuuuuude!_ ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134/20 "2013-05-14T14:25:54Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Common lawn clippings soaked in cider vinegar then roasted in an ordinary charcoal grill overnight can be rolled into the most interesting “cigarettes” imaginable. 😉_Duuuuuuuuude!_ Would I be a bad person if I reposted this on my FB wall to see who believes it? I am well known among my friends as the one who likes to ruin their fun with Snopes rebuttals. They’d never see it coming. Many of my friends like to imbibe… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-quasi-exhaustive-compendium-of-non-factual-information/658134.md?page=2)