Category Archives: Mythbusters

Michelle Kosinski strikes again!

I enjoy Newsbusters almost as much as Mythbusters.  They’re a hoot at pointing out factual errors in reporting.  And, they LOVE picking on MSNBC.  Good reason to, MSNBC is a classic at bad reporting.  However, in their haste to show how wrong today’s headline was, I think they missed the obvious chuckle of the day.  To wit, a young girl… (more…)

Meagan can’t drive, .55 ( updated in a major way )

What’s so remarkable about this babe you ask?  Well, this one’s not going in Pavlov’s, it’s going in mythbusters for one reason and one reason only.  She was arrested outside a pizza joint for blowing, drum roll please, .55.  You heard that right, point five five.  Now, according to the Blood Alcohol Content Calculator, if she weighed 100 pounds, which… (more…)

Boycott the new Pepsi Can!

Received this email, again: Don’t buy Pepsi in the new can. Pepsi has a new "patriotic" can coming out with pictures of the Empire State Building, and the Pledge of Allegiance on them.  However, Pepsi left out two little words on the pledge, "Under God." Pepsi said they didn’t want to offend anyone. In that case, we don’t want to… (more…)

Dolphins toast?

The Colts went down yesterday.  That ended the threat to the ’72 Dolphins record.  According to just about every football announcer, some of the ’72 Dolphins squad toasted a glass of champagne. However, according to Urban Legends, that’s not true. I kinda liked that legend. Dang.

Are You Infected by Sony-BMG’s Rootkit? (XCP)

Got this via email.  I had heard of this for a while, the myth is true.  As we’ve mentioned before, Sony-BMG has been using copy-protection technology called XCP in its recent CDs. You insert your CD into your Windows PC, click "agree" in the pop up window, and the CD automatically installs software that uses rootkit techniques to cloak itself… (more…)

Hannibal trampled daisies?

In 1960, Victor Mature starred in the movie Hannibal.  I’ve seen this.  Once, I think.  If it’s the one I’m thinking of, it features Hannibal mercilessly driving his soldiers through the glacier covered Alps.  Some of his soldiers, and even elephants, slip on the ice and plummet to their deaths thousands of feet below.  It’s a really bad movie about… (more…)

Shark Attack!

Apparently this pic is still making its way around the ‘net: This pic has been around for a LONG time.  It has been so prolific that Snopes ranks it #5 on it’s Hottest all-time list.  It developed such a life of its own that even National Geographic saw fit to debunk it.  But yet, four years after its origin, it… (more…)

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