Fake Facts Thread

[IFF]

so the idea, folks, is this:
you make up some facts and post them in this thread.
let's have some fun with making stuff up.

please note
- all post should be not breach forum rules.
- let's not make it personal by targeting other users. i want it to be fun for all, not just the person posting.

Cycling - one of the most controversial races in cycling was the Berlin - Moscow race staged in early 1940. This was in celebration of the non aggression pact between the two countries with the german riders going from berlin - moscow - berlin and the russian riders going from moscow - berlin - moscow. However, the race ended inconclusively as neither the german nor soviet authorities could agree to who had actually won the race, both claiming their best rider was the winner. this is what happens when you have two finish lines, countries apart.

The Republic of Moqueria - The republic of Moqueria stands as the shortest known country in history, having been declared as an independent state on 14th June 1984 at 3:35pm. However unfortunately, the army of Spain was doing the bank collection that day in the town and the republic of Moqueria was vanquished by 3:38pm.

[Charles]

Golden Retrievers dream of nothing except bananas.

Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.

Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.

When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.

A prominent organization of anthropologists has predicted that by the year 5000, humans will have two rectums, but only one nostril.

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

[queenlillian1962]

Not fake, but fact

Once upon a time a guy lets call him John Doe was supposed to be over his GF's house doing his laundry but never arrived. What was he doing? Well he got stoned, went to the center of town and began sniffing around the local Yacht club. Someone saw him and called the police, who came quickly because it was the center of town and there is always cops there. Meanwhile John decided to steal a boat and go for a ride. Well just as he was about to get underway the police arrived to arrest him. He decided to make a run for it with the boat but unfortunatley forgot to untie the boat from the dock. Well he gunned the motor,pulled the dock apart,realized he wasn't going anywhere with the boat and jumped into the Harbor and made a swim for it. Needless to say the cops were waiting for him when he came ashore and that's how John Doe got busted.

[SivVulk]

After Estella Warren's arrest she personally apologized to the LAPD by writing a poem in iambic pentameter which explained in explicit detail her mental state and the remorse she later felt.

The Pharaoh Hatshepsut's daughter, Neferure lived to be just 28 years old however during that time she survived no fewer than seven assassination attempts. In one instance she is said to have neutralized her attacker by biting on his carotid artery.

It is possible to travel nearly 13km underground between Paris and Nanterre using the old catacombs

The inspiration behind the giant Hawk Men in the Superman animated cartoon episode "The Underground World" came from a series of unpublished field notes of a pioneer Welsh speleologist named Horatius Ogilvie. In his latter years he suffered from paranoid delusions.

Bartica, a city in Guyana has honoured the Ancient city of Carthage each year since it was officially recognized in 1857 that Guyana was first discovered by Carthaginians. The rest of Guyana do not partake in this celebration.