Ever get a goofy forwarded email from a dopey but well-meaning friend? Well, snopes.com does factchecking on those emails. Some of them turn out to be true. Here are some remarkable facts about San Diego discovered to be true:

· PETA placed a brick with a hidden message (B.O.Y.C.O.T.T. P.E.T.C.O.) at San Diego’s PETCO Park

· The name of the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s monorail (Wgasa) was taken from the acronym “Who Gives A S*** Anyhow”

· Insect-infested San Diego house is destroyed when too many “bug bombs” set by owner are ignited

· The Boomtown Rats song “I Don’t Like Mondays” was inspired by a deadly shooting at San Diego’s Cleveland Elementary School in 1979

Very entertaining reads, and probably stuff you hadn’t heard before.