Urban Legends : Fact or Fiction
Those who go swimming less than one hour after eating, will suffer severe cramps and drown.
| 22% (9) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 77% (31) | False |
40 voters have answered this question.
Some cordless phones automatically dial "911" when the batteries run low.
| 9% (4) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 90% (37) | False |
41 voters have answered this question.
Light bulb manufactured in 1901 has been burning continuously ever since.
| 59% (25) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% (17) | False |
42 voters have answered this question.
Television's "Mister Ed" was a horse.
| 67% (27) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% (13) | False |
40 voters have answered this question.
The Kentucky Fried Chicken chain changed its name to KFC in order to eliminate the word "fried" from it's title.
| 61% (24) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% (15) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Blood from KISS band members was mixed with the red ink used to print the first KISS comic book.
| 37% (15) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% (25) | False |
40 voters have answered this question.
Marilyn Manson was Paul Pfeiffer in TV's The Wonder Years.
| 35% (14) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 64% (25) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
The Tommy Tutone song Jenny (867-5309) drove the phone companies nuts.
| 76% (29) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 23% (9) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
Puff, the Magic Dragon is a song about marijuana.
| 74% (29) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 25% (10) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
One of the women in the James Bond film For "Your Eyes Only" used to be a man.
| 63% (24) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% (14) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
A number of unusual deaths have occurred to the cast of the Poltergeist trilogy of films.
| 76% (30) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 23% (9) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
| 84% (33) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 15% (6) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Sylvester Stallone once starred in a porn film.
| 60% (23) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% (15) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
JELL-O brand gelatin is made from bones and hides.
| 48% (19) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% (20) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Dropped food remains germ-free if picked up within five seconds.
| 17% (7) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 82% (32) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
The 1989 film Back to the Future II correctly predicted the outcome of the 1997 World Series.
| 46% (18) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% (21) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Bill Ripken's 1989 Fleer baseball card includes a hidden obscenity
| 60% (23) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% (15) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
Disneyland used to deny admission to long-haired male guests.
| 61% (24) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% (15) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Tourists who have taken rocks from Hawaiian beaches have returned them in hopes of ending streaks of bad luck.
| 82% (32) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 17% (7) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
A special compound added to the water in swimming pools will reveal the presence of urine.
| 57% (22) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% (16) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
Eelskin wallets demagnetize credit cards due to leftover charges from the electric eels used to make them.
| 34% (13) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 65% (25) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
Consumers need to be cautious that water boiled in a microwave oven can suddenly "explode."
| 50% (20) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% (20) | False |
40 voters have answered this question.
Rice thrown at weddings is dangerous to birds.
| 73% (28) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 26% (10) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
Opossums hang by their tails in trees.
| 66% (26) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% (13) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Multiplying your dog's age by seven will produce its equivalent in human years.
| 66% (26) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% (13) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
A man has been stranded at a Paris airport for more than a decade.
| 38% (15) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% (24) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
The winning numbers in a New York state lottery drawing on 11 September 2002 were 9-1-1.
| 43% (18) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% (23) | False |
41 voters have answered this question.
The Bible says that exactly three wise men travelled from afar on camels to visit the infant Jesus as he lay in the manger.
| 53% (21) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% (18) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
The modern image of Santa Claus was created by Coca-Cola
| 60% (23) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% (15) | False |
38 voters have answered this question.
Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine
| 92% (36) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 7% (3) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
A significantly large percentage of U.S. currency bears traces of cocaine.
| 61% (24) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% (15) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
Gatorade was named for the Florida Gators, the University of Florida's football team
| 71% (28) | True | |
|---|---|---|
| 28% (11) | False |
39 voters have answered this question.
