21.Lake Onondaga has never burst into flames. But give it time.
22.Hold up a picture of New York State from space during the great Blackout of 2003. Now hold up a picture of New York State from space on a normal night. Syracuse still isn't visible, because, like a black hole, light cannot escape from it.
23.Godzilla wouldn't eat Syracuse. He has standards.
24.The movie The Birds was originally supposed to take place in Syracuse. Then Alfred Hitchcock realized that the idea of rats-with-wings trying to take over Syracuse is redundant.
25.Lee Harvey Oswald didn't kill JFK. Syracuse did. Don't know why, but I bet it did.
26.If a college called the Syracuse Heights Institute of Technology existed, then it's initials would be the best descriptor for Syracuse in the history of the world.
27.Syracuse's chief export is despair.
28.Outer Space exists because it doesn't want to be on the same planet as Syracuse, NY.
29.A trip to Syracuse is the preferred execution method in 10 states.
30.If Carmen Sandiego just announced to the world she was hiding in Syracuse, nobody would come for her, since nobody would want to go to Syracuse to arrest her.
31.If Rome was built in a day, then Syracuse must've been built in about 12 seconds. Tops.
32.Someone once suggested that Syracuse bid for the 2016 Olympics. This person is currently receiving the best care possible.
33.The movie Castaway is based loosely on the story of a man who was trapped in a Syracuse Mcdonald's.
34.Neither Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder ever played in Syracuse. The sight of it made them sad.
35.The ground below Syracuse is made of Kryptonite, so not even Superman can save it.
36.All roads lead to Syracuse, sadly.
37.Aliens do exist. They just won't reveal themselves to any civilization that counts the city of Syracuse as a member of it's society.
38.The universe is expanding to get away from the smell of Syracuse.
39. In space, nobody can hear you scream. Which is a good thing if you are in space when someone sees Syracuse.
40.If Syracuse were a state, I don't know what it's state flower would be. But it would probably be wilted.