Freaky Facts or Fiction?

Written by John Cow on October 10th, 2007

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We just received an email from a friend, it’s one of those emails some people just keep sending — even your spam box doesn’t think its funny anymore. Anyhoo, usually we delete these on sight but we couldn’t help reading this one after briefly scanning it. The “facts” listed here are pretty weird if true. We’ve got no idea if all of them are true but we think its one of those things that sounds so crazy, it might actually be for real. Have we got a historian in the barn to confirm these facts?

    Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
    John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

    Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
    John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

    Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
    Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

    Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
    Both Presidents were shot in the head.

    Now it gets really weird.

    Lincoln ’s secretary was named Kennedy.
    Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

    Both were assassinated by Southerners.
    Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

    Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
    Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

    John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
    Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

    Both assassins were known by their three names.
    Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

    Now hang on to your seat.

    Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford.’
    Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘ Lincoln’ made by ‘Ford.’

    Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
    Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

    Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

    And here’s the kicker…

    A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
    A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.

PS some people complained about posting stupid YouTube vids on our lazy days, so we’re giving stupid emails a go today :twisted:

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39 Comments »

Comment by Mubin
2007-10-10 23:45:17

Lazy Cow…

 
Comment by The Monetizer Subscribed to comments via email
2007-10-10 23:51:29

Definitely some freaky facts there!

 
Comment by krillz
2007-10-10 23:52:32

read some strange facts that a lot of presidents elected in a year ending with 0 died before their period was finished, I wonder if bush will continue this trend or not?

 
Comment by Casey
2007-10-11 00:13:21

Those are really weird coincidences. If all are true, that’s crazy!

 
Comment by browie
2007-10-11 00:13:34

I’ve seen that before. Still interesting

 
Comment by Cash Quests
2007-10-11 00:41:56

Number of letters in “John Cow” = 7

Number of letters in “I’m money” = 7

FREAKY!!

 
Comment by Scam
2007-10-11 00:52:33

Booth was shot in a barn which is very much like a warehouse I guess. If you believe Oswald was the assassin then all of that is indeed true.

 
Comment by Israel
2007-10-11 01:05:21

this is an abomination! no one should speak facts of our precious presidents unless they live here. shame on you.

 
Comment by Developer Subscribed to comments via email
2007-10-11 01:06:41

Well I knew all of those already, they teach it in High School nowadays, I guess they didn’t when you were in school John, but it is pretty weird.

 
Comment by John Cow
2007-10-11 01:07:56

Israel, here’s one for you: George W Bush is a dickhead.

 
Comment by shy guy
2007-10-11 01:11:16

OO this fact quite interesting…

 
Comment by alexander batista
2007-10-11 02:08:24

well im another moron because i actully believed that email so please don’t tell me santa doesn’t exist

 
Comment by jerrykhoo
2007-10-11 02:10:19

Some off topic humor never hurts. Makes for a more interesting read. In any case, most of the bigger make money online sites are no longer actively gunning for page 1 of the search engines anymore.

 
Comment by John Lampard
2007-10-11 03:24:30

An oldie but a goodie. We were told that in school and I’m in Australia. All except that last line about Marilyn Monroe that is ;)

 
Comment by Bubs
2007-10-11 03:33:28

Anyone confirm if these facts are true, I’m way to lazy to do it myself.

 
Comment by Mr. Rajawang
2007-10-11 03:41:55

:evil: lazy cow indeed..

 
Comment by betshopboy
2007-10-11 04:10:21

Pretty freaky facts which turn out to be damn funny at the end!

“A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe….” I can’t stop laughing at this sentence!!!

 
Comment by Contest Beat
2007-10-11 04:28:35

Dananananaananaanana

 
Comment by Teejay
2007-10-11 05:30:07

I love the Marilyn Monroe part :grin:

 
2007-10-11 09:10:32

*Israel, here’s one for you: George W Bush is a dickhead.*

This is a good one..lol

 
Comment by Steven
2007-10-11 09:30:31

LOL this is hella old, it was circulating like several years back. I am surprise it’s still going around

 
Comment by simon Subscribed to comments via email
2007-10-11 13:47:45

interesting facts indeed, i going send it too a few friends

 
Comment by Wendy Subscribed to comments via email
2007-10-11 14:30:28

This one doesn’t hold up:

Lincoln ’s secretary was named Kennedy

And this one:

Both were assassinated by Southerners

depends on whether you consider Maryland a southern state.

 
Comment by KingJacob
2007-10-11 15:36:39

the statistical likely hood is probally high but les than one’d think. The in marily monroe things kinda a stretch though.

 
Comment by GeologyJoe
2007-10-11 15:56:20

Those coincidences have been floating around for many many years.

 
Comment by Joyce Babu
2007-10-11 17:24:48

I got this a few years back. I don’t think it is true.

 
2007-10-11 19:20:40

Dananana..hey hey….goodbye..

 
Comment by Charles Lau
2007-10-11 19:45:50

This sounds so freaky!

 
Comment by Israel
2007-10-11 23:58:41

sad very sad. you said it not me. lol.

 
2007-10-12 02:36:27

He’s born to be a freak, that’s why people like and hate him

 
Comment by Ryan Shamus
2007-10-12 21:34:33

I started researching each question, and was going to send an email with the results, but during my research I came across someone who had already uncovered the facts!

You can find it here:

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp

Pretty interesting stuff, but not as weird as you might think from a first glance.

 
Comment by Teejay
2007-10-13 12:46:05

Haven’t known about this joke or I must have forgotten :roll:

 
Comment by Dom
2007-10-14 14:50:21

John Cow: 7 letters

Moooooo: 7 letters

Oh my God!!

(7 letters)

 
Comment by Bolehan
2007-10-14 18:22:33

Freaky coincidence. Some sound like myth.

 
Comment by *Marie*
2007-10-16 20:55:22

lol That is great!

 
Comment by Indra Diky
2007-10-18 00:07:39

Geez, so freaky…..

 
Comment by Corey
2008-10-07 21:22:16

DID YOU KNOW THE AVERAGE HUMAN EATS 8 SPIDERS IN THEIR LIFETIME WHILE THEY ARE SLEEPING?

NOW YOU’RE NOT GONNA SLEEP@ :roll:

JUST REMEMBER, THERE ARE ABOUT 4 DEAD INSECT LEGS IN A CHOCOLATE BAR!

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

 
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