Three of the following are FACTS…one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!)
1. A time capsule was buried in front of the Sleeping Beauty castle in 1995 as part of the 40th anniversary celebration. It won’t be opened until 2035 . . . for the park’s 80th anniversary.
2. In polo, it’s been illegal to hold your mallet in your left hand since 1974, because if two right-handed people are charging at a ball from opposite directions, the horses won’t collide. But if a righty and lefty are, the horses will hit each other.
3. Ebola is capitalized because it’s named after the Ebola River in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
4. Less than half of the cases that go to court in Japan end in a guilty verdict . . .approx. 45% end in a not guilty ruling.
AND THE FIB IS…(scroll down)
#4. Almost every case that goes to court in Japan ends in a guilty verdict . . . the country has a 99.9% conviction rate.
SOURCES:
(L.A. Times / U.S. Polo / CDC / History / Nippon)
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