Urban Legends That Are True

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PowerPoint Show by Andrew

When you hear these bizarre events on the Internet or a friend, you probably think they are false, because let’s face it, the Internet is filled with millions of fake stuff.

But, every once in a while, something comes along that is so ridiculous sounding, it has to be true.

Women prefer men who play musical instruments

The Pentagon has a plan for zombies

Twister was thought to be a very dirty game

There’s a building that is in both the United States and Canada

Someone has landed a plane in downtown Manhattan, twice

A death row convict requested a single olive as his last meal

Leonardo da Vinci wrote right to left for secrecy

The cherry blossom trees in Washington D.C. were a gift from Japan

“I have a dream…” was not in Martin Luther King’s original speech

Otters sleep holding hands so they don’t float away from each other

Condoms in Venezuela can run you hundreds of dollars

Pinocchio in Italian means “pine head”

Einstein would have been a musician if not a physicist

All other planets, except Earth, are named after gods

Pablo Picasso's full name is 14 names long

Your phone has 18 times more bacteria than a toilet seat

Auraville, India is home to people from 50 different countries

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark

Women are more attracted to men with dogs

The womb can expand up to 500 times its original size during pregnancy

Martin Van Buren was the first President born a U.S. Citizen