• A photo captures a shark attacking a diver climbing into a helicopter.

• A giant cat - 87 pounds and 69 inches from nose to tail - was raised by a Canadian man.

• A montage of before and after pictures show a snake with a large bulge. A later picture shows what the snake had ingested: the body of a small boy.

• A tourist snapped a photograph from the World Trade Center's observation deck of American Airlines Flight 11 just before it crashed into the tower.

• The Blair Witch Project is a documentary.

• There is a legend of the Blair Witch.

• The actors in the The Blair Witch Projectwere genuinely frightened/tired/etc.

• Comedian George Carlin (or rock muscian Ted Nugent) penned a list of 'politically incorrect' opinions, dubbing himself a 'bad American.'

• Republican Vice Presidential candidate Richard Cheney is such a liability to the ticket that he will withdraw his candidacy shortly before the election in favor of John McCain or Colin Powell.

• Actor Mel Gibson was savagely beaten and almost killed. His recovery took years of reconstructive surgery before embarking on his acting career.

• Author Kurt Vonnegut advises new graduates to "wear sunscreen" among other things during a MIT commencement speech.

• Hillary Clinton and Bill Lann Lee (Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights) were campus radicals while attending Yale University and 'shut down Yale University with demonstrations.'

• Senator Hillary Clinton is the only politician in Washington, D.C. who refused to meet with a delegation from the Gold Star Mothers.

• Vice President Al Gore confused Bible passage John 3:16 with John 16:3.

• Vice President Al Gore has told 21 'lies' about his life and career.

• In an interview on 'Sixty Minutes', US Attorney General Janet Reno defines a 'cultist' as someone who 'has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ'.

• Tommy Hilfiger reveals in an interview with Oprah Winfrey (or CNN's Elsa Klensch or Larry King) that he didn't design his clothes for black and asians (or other minority groups).

• Jane Fonda visited North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

• The Procter & Gamble odor remover "Febreze" is hazardous to your pet's health.

• Gel candles can explode and pose a serious safety risk.

• You can prevent the sharing of your credit information by calling a toll free telephone number.

• Kentucky Fried Chicken is not from chickens but from genetically altered, artificially sustained organisms.

• You can be injured when water heated in a microwave suddenly boils.

• You can avoid accruing points for traffic violations by overpaying traffic fines.

• Static electricity can ignite gasoline vapors during refueling.

• You can earn yourself a percentage of a fortune by helping someone get access to their money in a foreign bank account by transferring it through your bank account.

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