Fact Finder T-Shirts

'We've researched these facts beyond a doubt. . . keeping in mind, of course, that 'research', 'facts' and 'doubt' are all open to interpretation.'

'All this 'history' stuff you teach about - is it based on actual events?'

'Did you know there's a river in Brazil named after Amazon?'

'I have a good memory for most things - it's only facts that throw me.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

'All this 'history' stuff you teach about - is it based on actual events?'

"I don't have much street smarts, but so far I'm surviving on Wikipedia wisdom."

"Are you liking that program with no opinion, no slant, just news? . . . John?"

Sense of dread & foreboding Information blackout Illumination Facts known

Fear/Knowledge

"Apparently, over two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water!"

"I'm suffering the unbearable loneliness of being right on the internet."

A good journalist cures what ails you.

Funky Facts: Sea Animals.

"Life is just a theory! It's all subject to change when we get new facts."

'I brought my own fact checkers to make sure you don't slip up.'

"So ants can lift twenty times their body weight. Big deal. Who can't?"

Reporter #6: television.

Funky Facts: A slug has no teeth, 2 teeth or over 25,000 teeth?

Funky Facts: Dogs.

"Is that you talking or Wikipedia?"

"Perhaps there is such a thing as being too well-informed."

History Dept. The problem with studying the past is that there's so much of it and there's more every day! History repletes itself!

"Meet the embellisher 3-5 pm"

Before the Internet

Funky Facts: Football.

Useless information desk at trivia buff convention

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

We have a problem with your research. We're Encyclopedia Britannica and you're Wikipedia.

"Dinosaurs are cool!"

The Expert

"Are these 'raw' facts or 'spun' facts?"

The Month of July

"I didn't find out quite what I wanted about the economics of democracy but I did find an interesting article about the mating habits of the Patagonian Fruit Bat."

"Please, Lord, enough already."