Thursday, November 11, 2004
Viva Fallacious Memes!
All right, I'm just being contrary. I've always thought, though, that if something wasn't true it should at least be amusing. (That's why one of my favorite things in the world is Haggis-On-Whey, this series McSweeney's is doing of what look like expensive children's books but are filled with terribly wrong facts; e.g., that giraffes control everything we see in mirrors.).
But if you're interested in spreading some fallacies, I think this is a good place to start. Little Known Facts About American Presidents. Samples:
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But if you're interested in spreading some fallacies, I think this is a good place to start. Little Known Facts About American Presidents. Samples:
- Andrew Johnson never once set foot inside the white house. Instead, he performed his presidential duties from within a giant, hollow watermelon in Mexico.
- "Chester Arthur" was a pseudonym. His actual name was Norman Schelmitsen, aka "The Stockholm Sadist."
- While visiting France, Herbert Hoover thought he had accidentally killed the French Prime Minister and blamed it on Zorro.
Winners write the history books, people! Let's get cracking!
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