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Animals
Rats don't vomit
Dogs can vomit at will, they don't eat grass to make themselves vomit
Celebrities
The phrase: "In like Flynn" is referring to Errol Flynn's acquittal on statutory rape charges.
Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
Charlie Chaplin's remains were stolen and held for ransom.
Death
No American law enforcement agency has ever found an actual "snuff" film.
Disney
Disney parks are riddled with secret tunnels and surveillance equipment.
There is a secret "Club 33" serving hard liquor, in New Orleans Square, Disneyland.
Science Fiction author Harlan Ellison was fired his first day on the job at Disney Studios for making jokes about a Disney porn film that should be made.
During the filming of the 1958 Disney nature documentary White Wilderness, the film crew induced lemmings into jumping off a cliff and into the sea in order to document their supposedly suicidal behavior.
As if killing Old Yeller and Bambi's mom wasn't a good enough reason for me to hate them.
Disneyland's dress code used to exclude men with long hair from the park.
The photographic image of a topless woman can be spotted in the background of The Rescuers.
Disney produced an animated film called The Story of Menstruation.
Drugs
In a 1989 experiment by Miami toxicologist Dr. William Hearn, who gathered 135 dollar bills from banks in twelve cities. 131 had traces of cocaine.
The drug Premarin is made from pregnant horse urine.
Government & the Law
Many CIA and other government agencies' snackbars are staffed by blind people to help maintain secrecy and security.
There are traffic lights with green on top in a few US Irish neighborhoods.
Some animal shelters have prohibited the adoption of cats during Halloween to avoid cruelty by "Satanists."
The state of Kanses has outlawed the teaching of evolution because God told them to.
The Military
In the training program for Green Beret medical specialists, trainees are isseud a goat which they are ordered to wound, then repair several times during the course. After graduation, the students and staff have a big barbecue.
In a combat unit, the newest, lowest ranking soldier is assigned to use the mine-detection equipment because if he gets blown up, the unit doesn't lose an experienced soldier.
A soldier can be brought up on charges of negegience and damage to goverment property if he or she gets a bad sunburn or a venerial disease.
Up until tye 1970s, the Army issued condoms to soldiers going on field exercises. Not for 'protection purposes' but as an inexpensive, disposable cover for rifle muzzles. They were very effective and in an emergency, you could shoot through them.
Thanks to John Dodge for the military info
Products
The Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi generation" was translated in Taiwan to mean "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."
BMW's Middle-East website's maps don't recognize Israel.
The Coca-Cola corporation sends people around the country ordering "Coke" at restaurants. If it isn't real Coke they send the restaurant a letter reminding them that "Coke" refers to soft drinks made by Coca-Cola, not Pepsi or anyone else.
Graham Crackers were originally intended to suppress sexual appetites.
Two Marlboro Men have died of lung cancer.
McDonald's is importing "lean-beef" to subsidize it's American beef suppliers, despite the risk of Mad-Cow disease.
Most mass-market beers contain "foaming agents" to make them form a head.
Woman removes label from "tuna" can, finds cat food label underneath. The cat food actually was tuna canned 6 years earlier in Canada, declared unfit for human consumption, allowed to be exported as pet food, and then illegally relabeled as tuna again. (Toronto Star, March 24, 1992)
Baush & Lomb markets the same soft contact lenses under different brand names, at different prices, and with different recommended wearing times
Airplane manufacturers have a gun that fires dead chickens to test planes' windshields.
Starbucks sold cases of water to emergency services for $130 during the WTC collapse.
Starbucks pulled a poster that had two cups and a mosquito flying toward them because it was reminiscent of the WTC attacks.
Sex
A couple had oral sex, then sex and then started smoking on a U.K. train. The crew ignored complaints until they started smoking.
