Saturday, 21 February 2009

50 things you are not supposed to know

50 things you are not supposed to know

1. The Ten Commandments We Always See Aren’t the Ten Commandments
2. One of the Popes Wrote an Erotic Book
3. The CIA Commits Over 100,000 Serious Crimes Each Year
4. The First CIA Agent to Die in the Line of Duty Was Douglas
Mackiernan
5. After 9/11, the Defense Department Wanted to Poison
Afghanistan’s Food Supply
6. The US Government Lies About the Number of Terrorism
Convictions It Obtains
7. The US Is Planning to Provoke Terrorist Attacks
8. The US and Soviet Union Considered Detonating Nuclear Bombs on
the Moon
9. Two Atomic Bombs Were Dropped on North Carolina
10. World War III Almost Started in 1995
11. The Korean War Never Ended
12. Agent Orange Was Used in Korea
13. Kent State Wasn’t the Only ? or Even the First ? Massacre of
College Students During the Vietnam Era
14. Winston Churchill Believed in a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy
15. The Auschwitz Tattoo Was Originally an IBM Code Number
16. Adolph Hitler’s Blood Relatives Are Alive and Well in New York
State
17. Around One Quarter of "Witches" Were Men
18. The Virginia Colonists Practiced Cannibalism
19. Many of the Pioneering Feminists Opposed Abortion
20. Black People Served in the Confederate Army
21. Electric Cars Have Been Around Since the 1880s
22. Juries Are Allowed to Judge the Law, Not Just the Facts
23. The Police Aren’t Legally Obligated to Protect You
24. The Government Can Take Your House and Land, Then Sell Them to
Private Corporations
25. The Supreme Court Has Ruled That You’re Allowed to Ingest Any
Drug, Especially If You’re an Addict
26. The Age of Consent in Most of the US Is Not Eighteen
27. Most Scientists Don’t Read All of the Articles They Cite
28. Louis Pasteur Suppressed Experiments That Didn’t Support His
Theories
29. The Creator of the GAIA Hypothesis Supports Nuclear Power
30. Genetically-Engineered Humans Have Already Been Born
31. The Insurance Industry Wants to Genetically Test All Policy
Holders
32. Smoking Causes Problems Other Than Lung Cancer and Heart
Disease
33. Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia
Virus
34. Most Doctors Don’t Know the Radiation Level of CAT Scans
35. Medication Errors Kill Thousands Each Year
36. Prescription Drugs Kill Over 100,000 Annually
37. Work Kills More People Than War
38. The Suicide Rate Is Highest Among the Elderly
39. For Low-Risk People, a Positive Result from an HIV Test Is
Wrong Half the Time
40. DNA Matching Is Not Infallible
41. An FBI Expert Testified That Lie Detectors Are Worthless for
Security Screening
42. The Bayer Company Made Heroin
43. LSD Has Been Used Successfully in Psychiatric Therapy
44. Carl Sagan Was an Avid Pot-Smoker
45. One of the Heroes of Black Hawk Down Is a Convicted Child
Molester
46. The Auto Industry Says That SUV Drivers Are Selfish and
Insecure
47. The Word "Squaw" Is Not a Derisive Term for the
Vagina
48. You Can Mail Letters for Little or No Cost
49. Advertisers’ Influence on the News Media Is Widespread
50. The World’s Museums Contain Innumerable Fakes

50 Things You'Re Not Supposed to Know

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