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Here’s some more things that sound true but aren’t…or are they?

Category: Games

Ouija boards work by connecting to a wireless network set up by Parker Brothers Corporation who use remote control to move the pointers around on the game boards. Before the internet, though, Ouija boards were controlled exclusively by Satan, or…still are? I dunno, it’s one of those.

The barroom tradition that is ‘darts’ quickly becomes illegal if more than four Englishmen are present. This goes back to a 1919 law that was enacted to keep the five-player British dart teams from hogging all the boards in major cities of the day. The law, though not enforced today, was never repealed.

The makers of the popular party game ‘Twister’ were charged with several counts of ‘obscenity’ and ‘promoting lewd activity’ when the first Twister games were sold in 1952 – not because of the game but because they released several disgustingly pornographic films in 1951. The game was great; it was the films that got them in trouble.

10 cents from every iPhone app purchased goes to local dolphin rehabilitation organizations outside Silicone Valley, Ca. However, 50 cents from every XBOX game sold goes to funding something called ‘The Dolphin Cannon Project’. Little is known about it, but it’s pretty self-explanatory.

The 2020 Olympic Games is slated to include that weird cup-stacking game thing that people do.

The Buffalo Bills where originally called the Buffalo Marks – because there were three players all with the same name, ‘Mark’. It was changed to the Buffalo Bills when the three Marks left the team and the name wasn’t funny anymore. There was one guy named Bill, and he was very, very persuasive.

The Philadelphia Phillies where originally called the Philadelphia Marks – because the three Marks that left the Buffalo Bills left to start a baseball team. The name was changed when the three Marks left to start a basketball team – which they appropriately named the ‘Boston Celtics’…because of Boston’s rich Irish heritage.

The classic Microsoft Windows game ‘Minesweeper’ did not appear in any operating system after Windows 2000. However, if you boot your Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 computer in Safe Mode and then do a System Restore to 1/1/1981, a coupon will appear in your ‘My Documents’ folder for $5.00 off the purchase of Windows 2000. That way, you can get Minesweeper.

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