I was almost surprised not to find more things "in error." Not sure I ever thought there was anything "mysterious" or "supernatural" about the items listed, only that they were intneresting ... and, I still think that. As an example, they mentioned the item about the "Both assassins were known by their three names" and that Booth was actually known as J. Wilkes. Might be true for then, but I grew up only hearing that Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth ... not J. Wilkes. I think the counterpoint was, itself, pretty trivial. Or, that both Lincoln and Kennedy were shot on Friday ... like one in seven are terrifically good odds. I don't know, but I don't cancel picnics because there's a 14+% chance of rain and an 85+% chance it won't.

The wording was perhaps a bit much, but the point about "Both were particularly concerned with civil rights." is another that while the counterpoint may be true ... the historical perspective gives Lincoln great credit for the Emmacipation Proclamation and Kennedy great credit for his concern for minorities. If the word "particularly" had been left out, the statement might have been a bit more accurate.

The Marilyn Monroe point was probably the only one that was obviously and totally inaccurate ... and snopes even noted it was added on after the original list was first published. Score one point for snopes.

So anyway, I got the piece as an e-mail ... thought it was intersting and fun and shared it. Still think it's interesting (not profound) and that the "snopes.com" statements didn't diminish that and, in fact, were not very profound either. In fact, they seemed more like a very wordy way of saying "one liners aren't as accurate as in-depth analysis." Gosh, who would have guessed?