February Facts "You Can't Handle the Truth"

-During the 2004 tsunami, elephants who had broken free from their handlers rescued 42 people. (False)
http://snopes.com/critters/defender/defender.asp
-One of the women from the James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, used to be a guy. (True)
http://snopes.com/movies/films/films.asp
-Mariah Carey once said, “When I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean, I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.” (False)
http://snopes.com/quotes/quotes.asp
-Disneyland used to deny admission to long-haired male guests. (True)
http://snopes.com/disney/parks/parks.asp
-Cut flowers and potted plants suck the oxygen from sickrooms. (False)
http://snopes.com/oldwives/oldwives.asp
-Historically, more collect phone calls are made on Father’s Day than any other day of the year. (True)
http://snopes.com/holidays/fathersday/collect.asp
-Iraqi militant web site displays image of action figure toy identified as a captured American soldier. (True)
http://snopes.com/media/goofs/goofs.asp
-The White House obtained its name because it was repainted after the British burned it in 1814. (False)
http://snopes.com/history/american/american.asp
-The week after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the game show The Price is Right aired an episode where the contestants could win a trip to New Orleans. (True)
http://snopes.com/katrina/humor/humor.asp
-Coca-Cola became carbonated by accident. (False)
http://snopes.com/cokelore/cokelore.asp
-Blood from KISS members was mixed with the red ink to print the first KISS comic book. (True)
http://snopes.com/music/artists/artists.asp
-Entering one’s PIN in reverse at any ATM summons the police. (False)
http://snopes.com/business/bank/bank.asp
-The design of the California state flag was the result of a mistake. (True)
http://snopes.com/lost/lost.asp
-Cher had a pair of ribs removed to achieve an ultra thin waist. (False)
http://snopes.com/horrors/vanities/vanities.asp
-The FDA issued a warning about the possible connection between Hepatitis A and green onions. (True)
http://snopes.com/food/tainted/tainted.asp
-Fortune cookies come from China. (False)
http://snopes.com/food/origins/origins.asp
-The Chinese are raising St. Bernard’s for food. (True)
http://snopes.com/food/culture/culture.asp
-Chewing gum takes several years to pass through one’s digestive system. (False)
http://snopes.com/oldwives/oldwives.asp
-President Richard Nixon used the wrong “Wilson Desk” at the White House. (True)
http://snopes.com/history/american/american.asp
-A proposal to make German the official language of America was defeated in Congress by one vote. (False)
http://snopes.com/language/apocryph/apocryph.asp
-Dr. Seuss wrote “Green Eggs and Ham” after being challenged by an editor to write a children’s book using less than 50 different words. (True)
http://snopes.com/language/literary/literary.asp
-The Kentucky Fried Chicken chain changed its name to KFC to eliminate the word “fried” from its title. (False)
http://snopes.com/lost/lost.asp
-Vitamin C users who eat shrimp risk death from arsenic poisoning. (False)
http://snopes.com/medical/toxins/toxins.asp
-Ingesting hand sanitizer by children can result in death from alcohol poisoning. (True)
http://snopes.com/medical/toxins/toxins.asp
-Bananas will be extinct within ten years. (False)
http://snopes.com/food/warnings/warnings.asp
-JELLO brand is made from bone and hides
http://snopes.com/food/ingredient/ingredient.asp