YES IT'S TRUE OR NO IT'S B.S.

  • When recording for Led Zeppelin, guitarist Jimmy Page used only a Les Paul electric guitar. (B.S. - he used dozens of different guitars)
  • According to the Kleenex people, the average person blows his nose 256 times a year. (Yes)
  • The "D" in D-Day stands for Dooms - as in Dooms-Day. (B.S. - actually it simply stands for Day - as in Day-Day. It's really just used to signify the date of a proposed attack that has no specific date at the time)
  • AutoZone's original name was Auto Shack! (Yes! They changed it after Radio Shack threatened to sue. And look what happened to them!)
  • Only one person survived The Alamo. (Yes)
  • Bill Gates never went to college. (B.S. He went to Harvard, he just dropped out and didn't graduate when he got his big personal computer idea)
  • 3 Musketeers candy bars used to have a section with vanilla and strawberry crème. (Yes - until WWII when vanilla and strawberry flavorings became too expensive so they just went with chocolate. Suddenly the name makes more sense.)
  • Crest toothpaste is the only toothpaste approved by the American Dental Association. (B.S., Colgate is among others)
  • The Confederate States Constitution actually banned slavery. (B.S. - actually quite the opposite. It had a clause that read: "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed."
  • Only 5% of babies are actually born on their due date. (Yes)
  • Iceland has the oldest acting parliament in the world. (Yes- established in 930 A.D.)
  • Usually, the first thing you do after you die is fart. (Yes - any gasses being held by clenched muscles get released)
  • Van Halen is the only major recording group to have a number one album after changing lead singers. (B.S. - AC/DC did with "Back in Black," plus Genesis and others)
  • Hot and cold water actually sound different when being poured. (Yes - the colder the water, the higher the pitch)
  • Kim Jong Il actually wrote six operas. (Yes)
  • During High School, George H. Bush was a lifeguard and saved 77 lives. (B.S. - but Ronald Reagan was and did!)
  • Nutella was originally invented as a substitute for chocolate during rationing in World War One. (Yes)
  • Listerine was invented as a surgical antiseptic and used to treat gonorrhea. (Yes)
  • Hydrox was actually invented before Oreos. Oreos are actually the knock off. (Yes)
  • Philadelphia brand cream cheese got its name from its inventor's last name - not the city of Philadelphia. (B.S. - but it has nothing to do with the city either)
  • Cats urine glows in the dark under a black light. (Yes, but human urine does not)
  • Sunflowers are sometimes used to clean up nuclear waste and radioactive soil. (Yes)
  • According to experts, the game you have the greatest chance of winning in a casino is Blackjack. (Yes, but you really have to know how to play well)

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