Post a false but little known non-fact about someone famous, living or dead

[taterguy]

Alexander Hamilton is the reason the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse exists, because he survived a shipwreck there.

[DBoon]

1. Socrates smoked marijuana

The weed was introduced to the ancient Greeks by the Scythians

[enid602]

62. Meth

JFK had some meth issues.

[hlthe2b]

2. taterguy is

next on the list to join Trump's legal team. The offer to Olson was just a ploy to get taterguy...


Do I wish him luck?

[Ptah]

3. taterguy loves Pepsi

[taterguy]

19. Don't go there

Don't fucking go there.

Please?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. There were supposed to be eight days in a week but

God said “fuck this shit!”

[taterguy]

67. Was the extra day on the weekend or was it a workday?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

82. All weekends wouldve been three days! Then god got all pissy about that forbidden fruit stuff!

[Thx]

5. Clint Walker

the TV and movie actor was eaten by piranha fish in South America in the 1960s.

Thx

[dchill]

8. Pretty sure that was Will Hutchins...

Or possibly Ty Hardin.

[Thx]

10. It was

actually Eric Fleming from "Rawhide" who did actually drown in Peru in 1966, but he wasn't eaten by piranha fish.

Thx

[dchill]

11. Wow. I did NOT know that.

Thx! Thx.

(Edward Heddy Jr.)

[Thx]

14. Someone

told me the urban myth about Clint Walker about 20 years ago, it wasn't until a couple years ago I saw that Clint Walker was still alive (and he still is at age 90, Will Hutchins will be 88 soon, Ty Hardin just passed away last year) and then a few months ago I heard about Eric Fleming and figured the urban myth about Walker must have sprung from that.

You are very welcome and I love classic TV and classic movies!

Thx

[dchill]

15. Yes! I was a big fan of those three rotating cowboys...

Sugarfoot, Bronco Lane and, of course, the not late Cheyenne! (I still remember all three theme songs.)

[Thx]

16. We were

speculating that Clint would have made quite a meal for those piranha fish!

Fleming drowned in the Huallaga River in Peru while shooting MGM's "High Jungle" when his dugout canoe overturned, his co-star swam to safety, Fleming was swept away.

Thx

[left-of-center2012]

6. Donald Trump's hair ...

Donald Trump's hair began life as Daniel Boone's coonskin cap.

[dchill]

7. Humphrey Bogart was the original ...

unofficial spokesman for Wendell Wilkie.

[Sneederbunk]

9. Eleanor Roosevelt invented tater tots.

[dchill]

13. She actually stole that recipe from Sweeney Todd.

And tater tots were not initially made from taters. Just tots.

[TheSmarterDog]

12. Peter Dinklage is the legitimate heir to the royal throne of Moldova.

[Thx]

17. TV actor

James "book 'em Danno" MacArthur was the son of General Douglas MacArthur.

Thx

[yellowdogintexas]

71. he was actually the son of Helen Hayes. nt

[raccoon]

18. Joseph Goebbels wrote a novel. Nt

[First Speaker]

20. Isn't this actually true...?

[raccoon]

22. Yes he did thanks for correcting me. i misread the title of the thread

I guess I could say he wrote a rock opera. LOL

[First Speaker]

21. Real estate magnate Donald Trump was once elected President of the United States...

[Heartstrings]

26. Donald Trump was once a real estate magnate.......

[Ron Obvious]

23. Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver grew up to be Alice Cooper.

Amazing but false.

[Wolf Frankula]

24. Abraham Lincoln was the First to Say, "Don't believe everything you see on the Internet."

He wasn't and he's asked me to get people to stop saying that.

Wolf

[Major Nikon]

25. I have enough hair on my ass to weave an Indian blanket

[A HERETIC I AM]

28. Yeah, but you're not famous.

[Major Nikon]

32. I am famous

[A HERETIC I AM]

33. Infamous, perhaps

[Major Nikon]

34. Nobody has ever asked for a refund

[A HERETIC I AM]

36. You got paid for being infamous?

Well....no wonder you've never been asked for a refund. People are flabbergasted they actually gave you money.

I'd be careful though. There could be an army forming.

[Major Nikon]

37. Actually they gave me money after getting flabbergasted

[A HERETIC I AM]

38. So they got a look at the hair on your ass, eh?

[Major Nikon]

39. I think its the way I part it in the middle

[A HERETIC I AM]

40. A real Man About Town sort of look, huh?

[A HERETIC I AM]

27. General Tom Thumb had an 18" penis

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He was pretty much entirely penis


I changed the title line from feet to inches, because an eighteen foot penis is just bragging.

[geardaddy]

68. ...

[COLGATE4]

80. See your

and raise you 1000

[backtoblue]

29. Al Gore invented the internet.

[world wide wally]

30. Sarah Palin can recite the alphabet backwards

While walking a straight line at the same time.


Practice, practice, practice.

[malthaussen]

31. General Franco is still alive. n/t

[Glorfindel]

35. His Royal Highness the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex,

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hosts a weekly YouTube/podcast program called "Fun with Fags." In it, he discusses (but never smokes) one or two brands of cigarettes from around the world, with particular attention paid to the brand's country of origin, manufacturing process, and "tar" content. The program has an enormous following in the United States of America, achieving an almost cult-like status amongst the Anglophile community.

[red dog 1]

41. Bruce Willis, Keanu Reeves, and Chevy Chase are the three best actors alive today

[red dog 1]

42. Zak Efron was voted the Most Loved Actor in Hollywood in a Variety magazine poll

[red dog 1]

43. Jonah Hill loves it when people ask him for his autograph

Sometimes he even invites them over for dinner.

[red dog 1]

44. Hulk Hogan supports LGBT rights, has many feminists as close friends, and has always been faithful

to his wife.
(He's actually a "pussycat" once you get to know him)

[red dog 1]

45. Dennis Miller is funny as hell

[red dog 1]

46. Ernest Hemingway hated cats

He only tolerated them because he had a mortal fear of mice

[LeftInTX]

47. My 4th great-grandfather was taken hostage by Blackbeard the pirate (1718)

Off Cape Fear, NC.
At least that is what our family says.....and what he told his kids....

[taterguy]

48. Do you get discounts at Howard's Pub?

[LeftInTX]

65. I have no connection to NC

My great-grandfather was born there in 1863. I don't know when he left. (I think the loss of the Civil War changed things. Most of my family on that side were well off prior to the war) He was in Georgia around 1900 where he got married. Him and his wife then moved to Winter Haven, Florida. Although he was born on a plantation, his death certificate lists him as a "Grove Worker".

[taterguy]

66. You should still try to visit Howard's Pub

Friendly bar on a really beautiful island.

[Kali]

77. do they serve pepsi?

[taterguy]

81. Depends on which direction the traffic in the tunnel is going

If you know what I mean.

[NewJeffCT]

49. Alyssa Milano

Used to engage in regular kinky threesomes with Jessica Alba and me.

[taterguy]

50. Only once?

[NewJeffCT]

55. thanks

I've updated it

[unblock]

52. she also invented a kind of cookie.

https://www.freshdirect.com/pdp.jsp?productId=gro_pfarm_milano&catId=gro_cooki_cooki_choco

[dameatball]

51. Cleopatra was actually a man and invented Italian dressing

[sorcrow]

64. And cross dressing, too. nt

[SummerSnow]

53. I gave up my citizenship from Krypton to become an American citizen....

now I'm moving to Wakanda

[Miles Archer]

54. Robb is a dingbat

A little test to see how long some of you have been around DU.

[yellowdogintexas]

72. LOL a real blast from the past! nt

[mainstreetonce]

56. Frederick Christ Trump had magic genes

That gave his offspring an orange glow and immortality.

[braddy]

57. General Sheridan said "The only good Indian is a dead Indian".

[Va Lefty]

58. Tim Allen is a talented actor who can play a variety of different characters

boy was that tough to type

[braddy]

59. In 1854 Chief Seattle gave a stirring speech about the sanctity of the land and the need for

careful stewardship of it.

[dameatball]

60. Steve Bannon worked his way through college as a yoga instructor

[dameatball]

61. Ex-Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark is actually second cousin to Jay Silverheels

[kwassa]

63. Donald Trump is a member of Mensa. Anything else is fake news.

[geardaddy]

69. Don Ho and Joe Biden founded Howard Johnson's

[Kali]

78. !

[geardaddy]

70. Mitch McConnell is actually just two midgets in a Mitch McConnell suit.

[yellowdogintexas]

73. The little kid made the mistake of Tuching the But

another DU Lounge longevity quiz

[yellowdogintexas]

74. Oscar, having been on a long vacation

was recently seen hitchhiking along Route 66. He was standing on a corner in Winslow AZ

[Mr.Bill]

75. Crunchy Cheetos were accidentally invented

by over-cooking a batch of regular Cheetos.

[taterguy]

83. What part of "someone famous" did you not understand?

[Mr.Bill]

84. Cheetos are famous at my house.

[TygrBright]

76. Einstein's favorite breakfast food was pumpernickel toast with orange marmalade. n/t

[jberryhill]

79. Grover Cleveland had herpes