3 Facts & A Fib – Wed. 6/29: Street Vendor Stereotype / Taxes After Nuclear Apocalypse / Chalk Isn’t Chalk

Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho / CC

Three of the following statements are TRUE…one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one)

1.  Indonesia has a cultural stereotype where street vendors selling meatballs are presumed to be former criminals.

2.  Even a nuclear apocalypse won’t get you out of paying your taxes.  The IRS manual has policies in place for collecting taxes after nuclear war, mostly about shifting their focus to people in areas that weren’t totally bombed out.

3.  The chalk we use on blackboards isn’t actually chalk . . . it’s a substance called gypsum that’s cheaper to mine and produce.

4.  Only 12 people have ever walked on the moon . . . four are still alive, and the youngest is now 86.

AND THE FIB IS…(scroll down to find out which one)

#1!

Indonesia has a cultural stereotype where street vendors selling meatballs are presumed to be undercover cops.