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Is it real or Scooby?

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Mental Floss has a clever little quiz in which you must determine whether various descriptions of bizarre crimes actually happened in real life, or are merely plots of various Scooby-Doo cartoons. I'd recommend taking the quiz before reading any further.

I surprised myself by actually scoring 9 out of 10. The only one I was fairly positive about was number four, as I'm fairly certain no Hanna Barbera cartoon would ever feature someone pointing a gun at someone else. At least, not lighter fare like Scooby Doo. I'm sure Batman has had various weapons aimed at him on more than one occasion.

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Everybody Hates Chris only sorta true

everybody hates chrisYou learned it here first: Chris Rock is a liar.

Okay, not really. He's just saying that the show based on his life as a teenager in Brooklyn, Everybody Hates Chris, isn't always one hundred percent accurate. Rock says it's more important that the show is funny, though he does say that much of what happened in the first season is taken from his real life. This really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, since exaggeration is usually essential to comedy. Meanwhile, the show is still garnering the highest ratings of any show on UPN, which will hopefully mean it'll be making the trek to The CW when the new network begins. Nothing official has been announced just yet, however.

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