9. OOPS, WRONG END ZONE: Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall picked up a loose ball during an Oct. 1964 game and scampered 66 yards for a TD, only to find he ran the wrong way and scored a safety for the appreciative SF 49ers.
The same thing happened in the 1929 Rose Bowl when the University of California's Roy Riegels ran a fumble nearly 70 yards before teammates stooped him before going into the end zone. Georgia Tech tackled him on the one yard line and got a safety the next play.
Riegels learned to live with it and in 1964, wrote a letter to Marshall saying, "Welcome to the Club."
10. NOT REALLY: Al Gore committed a major gaffe by claiming that he invented the INTERNET, or so everyone thinks. In a 1999 interview, Gore said: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." Actually he didn't say he invented it. He took the initiative for its invention.
Two Internet pioneers, Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf, wrote: "Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development."
Thanks, Al. --DaCoot
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