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[challenge entry] Must be true - a bloke in the pub said so.

From the 100% Fact challenge. See all 469 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! Hoagie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:41, archived)
#
It also says 100% fact. Concrete evidence.
(I helped save b3ta! Couk, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:43, archived)
# haha
woo comment woo pic
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:44, archived)
# scientists
can cock off and research something important.
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:43, archived)
# such as
"how to make nice drugs" and "rediscover cars"
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:44, archived)
# like toothpaste
that doesn't make orange juice taste horrible immediately after brushing your teeth.
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:48, archived)
# oh yes
that one make that one
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:50, archived)
# it doesn't need to
www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw108

it is caused by the detergent in toothpaste which makes the foam, making us think it is cleaning.

it is not useful in the cleaning whatsoever.

(the top answer in the NS article is wrong)
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:52, archived)
# damn
I never knew that

what a surprise though adding useless bits to food/cleaning products
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:55, archived)
# bloody
consumers
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:55, archived)
# Some of our greatest discoveries have been made
by performing research that at the time seemed utterly pointless.
(I helped save b3ta! Cadmus has teh uplikn coeds at, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:46, archived)
# proof: penicillin
reverse proof: the segway
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:47, archived)
# If it were practical
the segway would be the greatest invention of all time.

But its not, so its just really really cool.
(Armer Farmer, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:50, archived)
# and speaking of penicillin......
(I helped save b3ta! cwethan, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:50, archived)
# I think
they have tiny little turboprops - which explains the buzzing sound.
(I helped save b3ta! hazzamon I've nothing better to do, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 22:44, archived)