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Lynne:
I love this thread!

delalluvia:

--- Quote from: David In Indy on September 05, 2009, 02:29:45 pm ---Did you know the Bible is the best selling book in the world?
--- End quote ---

And in light of this little nugget, do you know what the most banned book in the U.S. is?

In recent years, And Tango Makes Three - based on a true story and centering on gay penguins in New York's Central Park Zoo - has had the most ban requests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8284509.stm

delalluvia:
The painting of the Mona Lisa hanging at the Louvre isn't the real Mona Lisa

But how's this for an even greater controversy: The Mona Lisa painting we all know is not the real Mona Lisa.

Which is not to say that it's a forgery, though since the painting was notoriously stolen from the Louvre in 1911 there is always the slight possibility that the painting hanging there now is a forgery. But there is another Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo DaVinci with claims to being the real Mona Lisa.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/29546/the_real_mona_lisa_it_may_not_be_hanging.html?cat=38

delalluvia:
Weird story of the Chase Vaults - to this day, still unexplained  :o

Literally, people have investigated and re-investigated and still don't have an answer for what happened.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Meteor/9175/

(FYI -  Geocities is about to go kaput, don't know how much longer the above link will be active.)

http://www.ghost-story.co.uk/stories/thechasevault.html

delalluvia:
Never would have thunk it.  Who knew?

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/where-did-the-peace-sign-come-from-2392559/

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