Dead animals in beer/ cider: Had a quick look at
http://www.snopes.com and could find nothing to confirm or deny this urban myth, but I did come across the following which is infinitely more intereting:
http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/rescuers.htm
'Tig: Real time chat- it's like this. You load up a bit of software, and it connects you to a bunch of other ppl across the 'net who are running similar software. You type a line of text on your screen, and as soon as you hit return, everyone else can see it. Best explanation is for you to try it. There's usually some se4 ppl available for chatting to at any given time, you just have to join the right "channel" (ie chat meeting place).