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| 8 Feet Make One Fathom | | False |
6 feet make one fathom
| 11 Dozen is a Gross | | False |
12 dozen; 12(12) = 144
| 60 is the Top Number of Points Possible on a Single Shot in Darts | | True |
For a treble 20 in darts
| 80 Beats Per Minute is the Average Pulse Rate for an Adult at Rest | | False |
70 beats p/minute
| 80% of the Earth’s Surface is Covered by Water | | False |
70%. The remaining 30% is taken up by the seven continental landmasses
| The 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco Was 7.8 in Magnitude | | True |
Approx. 7.8. Estimates range from 7.7 - 8.3 but it is now thought to be between 7.7 and 7.9.
| ABBA Gold Was in the U.K. Charts for over 280 Weeks | | True |
That is over 5 years
| Absolute Zero is -459.69 Degrees F | | True |
Or, -273.16C
| According to the Beaufort Scale, a Storm is Stronger Than a Gale | | True |
Gale number 8, storm number 10
| According to Illinois State Law, It is Illegal to Speak English | | True |
The officially recognized language is “American”
| According to the Well-known Proverb, Paris Was Not Built in a Day | | False |
Rome was not built in a day
| Adiós Means Goodbye in French | | False |
It’s in Spanish
| The Air is So Polluted in Cubato, Brazil That Its Mayor Reportedly Refuses to Live There. | | True |
No birds or insects remain, most trees are blackened stumps
| Alexander the Great Suffered from Symptoms That Today Would Most Likely Be Considered Epilepsy. | | True |
| Alfred Hitchcock Had His Bellybutton Removed | | True |
Bellybutton removed during surgery
| Almonds Are Part of the Peach Family | | True |
The peach and the almond are relatives! Other members of this family include, apples, pears, olives, cherries, and apricots. This family is known as the "Rosacea" family. Rosacea means "Rose family."
| Although Flightless, Kiwi Birds Have Wings | | True |
They have tiny residual wings.
| Americans Consume 50 Million Jellybeans at Easter | | False |
It is actually 15 million but who's counting?!
| The American League of Physical Culture Was the First Nudist Organization in the United States. | | True |
| An Apple, Onion, and Potato All Have the Same Taste. | | True |
The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this, pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
| Applying Force to an Object Causes Acceleration in the Direction of the Force | | True |
Newton's Second Law of Motion
| APR Means Annual Percentage Ratio | | False |
APR means annual percentage RATE. It is the yearly rate credit cards charge to their users.
| Archie Bunker's Favourite Hang out Was Jerry's Bar | | False |
It was Kelcy’s Bar
| Aside from His Knowledge of Martial Arts and Weaponry, Batman is a Common Human, Not a Super Human. | | True |
| Astronauts Brought Back About 800 Pounds of Lunar Rock to Earth | | True |
Most of it has not been analyzed
| At the Pasadena Playhouse, Gene Hackman and Classmate Dustin Hoffman Were Voted the Two Least Likely to Succeed. | | True |
| Austria is Home to the Snow and Avalanche Research Institute | | False |
Davos, Switzerland
| The Average Bra Size Today is 36C | | True |
Ten years ago it was 34B
| Bald Eagles Are Bald | | False |
They get their name from the Old English word for white “balde”
| Bananas Do Not Get Sunburn | | False |
Bananas get sunburns just like humans! Located on a banana's peel, dark spots can appear and are usually classified as a sunburn mark.
| Bankimchandra Chatterjee Composed the National Anthem of India | | False |
Rabindranath Tagore.
| Bats Always Turn Right when Exiting a Cave | | False |
They turn Left
| The Battle of Shiloh Was Fought on Kentucky Soil | | False |
It was Tennessee
| A Bee Has Six Eyes | | False |
A bee has five eyes, two large compound eyes on either side of its head, and three ocelli (primitive eyes) on top of its head to detect light intensity.
| Betsy Ross Designed the American Flag | | False |
It was designed by Francis Hopkinson, a naval flag designer
| Billy the Kid's Real Name Was William H. Bonney | | False |
Bonney was just one of many aliases. Billy was born Henry McCarty and use William Bonney as an alias on in the last year of his life.
| Birds Sing for Pleasure | | False |
They are usually warning other birds to keep out of their territory or trying to attract a mate
| Bjorn Borg Won 6 Consecutive Titles in Wimbledon | | False |
He won 5 consecutive titles; 1976 through 1980
| Black Side Moves First in a Game of Chess | | False |
White side moves first
| Blue Dye is Produced from the Woad Plant | | True |
Woad (Isatis tinctoria) herbaceous biennial
| Boris Becker First Won Wimbledon in 1985 at the Age of 17 | | True |
Defeating Kevin Curren (South Africa). Becker was the youngest winner of the men's singles title.
| Boxing Matches in Utah Allow Biting | | False |
Participation in an ultimate fight match.
| Camels Are Omnivores | | False |
Are vegetarians
| The Cape of Good Hope is the Southern Most Tip of South Africa | | False |
Although the Cape of Good Hope is often thought to be the tip of South Africa, it is actually Cape Agulhas, which is 100 miles east and south of the Cape of Good Hope, 29 minutes of longitude further south. The Cape of Good Hope was originally named the Cape of Storms by Bartholomew Diaz in 1488.
| A Cat Has More Than Double the Amount of Vertebrae in Their Spine Than a Human | | False |
Cats actually have 60, whilst humans have 34.
| The Chinese Used Tea As Money | | True |
It was pressed into bricks and used as currency
| Chocolate Was Used As Medicine During the 18th Century | | True |
It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache
| The City of Constantinople is Now Called Istanbul | | True |
Since the Fall of Constantinople 1453
| The Cleveland Browns Are Named After the Brown Bear | | False |
They’re named for the legendary coach Paul Brown
| The Clock in St. Stephen's Tower (London Tower) is Named Big Ben | | False |
Big Ben is the name of the 13.5 ton Bell in the St. Stephen's Tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, the name is often incorrectly applied to the clock itself. The Bell was named for Benjamin Hall, who was Chief Commissioner of Works in 1856 when the bell was cast.
| The Coca Cola Company Offers More Than 500 Different Beverages | | False |
Actually it is 300
| "The Coffee Cantata" Was Written by Mozart. | | False |
Johann Sebastian Bach.
| The Coin Called a Sovereign is Made of Silver | | False |
Gold coin first issued in 1489 for Henry VII of England and still in production
| The Colour of Rosé Wine is Red | | False |
It is pink
| The Colour White Absorbs Heat. | | False |
The colour black absorbs heat and white reflects it.
| Condensation is the Process by Which Gas or Vapor Turns Liquid | | True |
Condensation generally occurs in the atmosphere when arm air rises, cools and loses its capacity to hold water vapor
| Connecticut is Known As The Land of Steady Habits | | True |
This nickname came about because of the strict morals of the people of the state
| Crust is the Name Given to the Earth’s Hard Outer Shell | | True |
Earth’s crust occupies less than 1% of Earth’s volume
| Delaware is Known As The Blue Hen State | | True |
This nickname was given to Delaware after the glightin Blue Hen Cocks, that were carried with the Delaware Revolutionary War Soldiers
| A Dentist Invented the Electric Chair | | True |
Alfred P. Southwick, in 1881
| Diamond is the Hardest Naturally-occurring Substance on Earth | | True |
It is made almost entirely of the element carbon, and so is related to graphite, found in pencils
| Diamonds Are Heavier Than Cubic Zirconia’s | | False |
Cubic Zirconia is 55% heavier than real diamonds
| Doris Van Kappelhof Had the Hit Song 'Whatever Will Be Will Be' | | True |
Commonly known as Doris Day
| Drinking Coffee Cannot Help You Sober up | | True |
You will just be a wide awake drunk!
| Da Vinci Painted the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | | False |
Michelangelo did
| Easter Was Called Pesach by Early Christians | | True |
It is a Hebrew name for Passover.
| Edam Cheese Comes from France | | False |
The Netherlands
| Edward Jenner Discovered the Rabies Vaccine | | False |
He discovered the smallpox vaccine
| Eggplant is Another Name for Aubergine | | True |
A fruit but eaten as a vegetable
| Employees of Ben & Jerry’s Get Three Pints of Free Ice Cream a Day. | | True |
Every year the company holds a free cone day, giving away 1 million ice cream cones.
| The Exact Middle of the Year is June 28th | | False |
It's actually July 2nd in non-leap years, and July 1st in leap years
| The Farther South You Go the Warmer the Climate Usually Gets | | False |
Only in the Northern hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere is reversed
| Feet is the Unit Used for Measuring the Height of Horses | | False |
The unit is hands
| The Final Resting Place for Dr. Eugene Shoemaker is the Moon | | True |
His ashes were placed on board the Lunar Prospector spacecraft before it was launched on January 6, 1998, and crashed the probe into a crater on the moon.
| Fingernails Grow Faster Than Toenails | | True |
Some cultures believe it is good luck to grow the thumb nail as long as possible
| The First “baskets” in Basketball Were Actually Rubbish Bins | | False |
They were buckets, then close-bottomed peach baskets
| The First Best Actress Academy Award Went to Lillian Gish | | False |
Janet Gaynor in 1928
| The First Far Eastern Country to Permit Kissing in Films Was Japan. | | False |
China.The first oriental screen kiss was bestowed on Miss Mamie Lee in the movie Two Women in the House (China, 1926).
| The First Laundromat in America Opened in the Bronx in 1948 | | True |
Creating such a stir that police had to be called to restrain curious crowds
| The First Mickey Mouse Movie Was Silent | | True |
It was called Plane Crazy
| The First Product to Have a Bar Code Was Wrigley’s Gum | | True |
A ten-pack, on June 26, 1974
| The First US President to Visit China While in Office Was John F Kennedy | | False |
It was Richard Nixon
| The First Woman to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Was Edith Wharton in 1921 | | True |
Age of Innocence. 1862-1937
| Flamingos Have Pink Feathers Because of Their Diet | | True |
They have a diet high in carotenoids, found in algae, shrimp and insects
| Flirtation Between Men and Women on the Streets of Little Rock, Arkansas May Result in Jail Time | | True |
30 days
| A Fortnight is Fourteen Days | | True |
A common term in the British Isles and many Commonwealth
| Frank Cahill Was the First Man That Billy the Kid Killed | | True |
In the Adkin Saloon, Camp Grant, Arizona, August 17, 1877. Billy was 17 years old.
| Gabriel and Michael Were the Only Two Angels, Mentioned by Name, in the King James Bible? | | False |
There were four angels mentioned by name in the King James Bible. They were Gabriel, Michael, Raphael and Lucifer
| Gene Autry Gave Us Peter Cottontail in 1955 | | True |
He actually created this character.
| George Eliot is the Man Who Wrote the Books Silas Marner and Middlemarch | | False |
George Eliot was a woman!
| Golden Retrievers Are the World's Most Popular Breed of Dog | | False |
The Labrador is the most popular
| Golf Was Invented in The United States | | False |
Edinburgh, Scotland 1774
| The Gorilla is a Monkey | | False |
It’s an ape
| Green, White and Red Are the Colours of the Irish Flag | | False |
Green, white and orange
| Gregory David Roberts Wrote Shantaram. | | True |
The story of his experiences in Mumbai, India.
| Guatemala is Located in South Africa | | False |
Guatemala is located in Central America.
| Hanukkah Lasts Nine Days | | False |
Hannukkah or Festival or the Lights last for 8 days
| Henry Ford Invented and Sold the First Gas-powered Automobile in 1885 | | False |
It was Karl Benz
| The Herring is the Most Widely Eaten Fish in the World. | | True |
Nutritionally its fuel value is that equal to that of a beefsteak.
| The Highest Number of Points That Can Be Scored, in Scrabble, on the First Go is 115 | | False |
The highest score on the first go is 126 with the words SQUEEZY or QUARTZY
| The Highest Score in Scrabble Along the Edge of the Board is 1500 Points | | False |
It is actually 1970 with the word BENZOXYCAMPHORS
| A Hippopotamus Has a Stomach 10 Feet Long. | | True |
Capable of holding 6 bushels of grass.
| Hootie and the Blowfish Sang the Song ‘run-around’ | | False |
The Blues travellers sang run-around
| The Idea That the Means Justify the End is the Primary Concept in Machiavelli’s The Prince | | False |
Just the opposite: The end justifies the means
| If I Am Looking at a Parliament of Animals, I Am Looking at a Group of Peacocks | | False |
A group of owls is called a 'parliament'
| If a Month Starts on a Sunday It Will Contain Friday the 13th | | True |
The average year will have two Friday the 13ths
| In 1657, the First Chocolate House Was Opened in London, England | | True |
The cost of chocolate was about 13 shillings per pound and was a drink that only the elite enjoyed.
| In 1936, Ray Brennan Was the Last Person to Be Publicly Executed in the United States | | False |
Was the first person to die of Legionnaire’s disease in 1976
| In 1992, Canada Cancelled All Its Beauty Pageants | | True |
The reason given at that time was that they were degrading to women
| In Ancient Mesopotamia They Had a Goddess of Beer | | True |
Her name is Siris and her priestesses brewed beer (possibly as part of a ritual??).
| In Berlin You Would Find the Brandenburg Gate | | True |
Was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II to represent peace
| In the Bible, Jesus Was Born by Immaculate Conception | | False |
The Immaculate Conception actually refers to Mary's birth, free of sin, not Jesus'.
| In the Bible, Noah's 3 Sons Are Ham, Shem and Jehoshaphat | | False |
Ham Shem & Japeth
| In Britain, 2 Women Were Killed in 1999 by Lightning Conducted Through Their Underwire Bras. | | True |
| Incestuous Marriages Are Legal in Alabama? | | True |
Issue of incestuous marriages not deemed illegitimate.
| In the Gulf War 84 American Soldiers Died | | False |
79 soldiers died in the Gulf war
| In Hawaii It is Illegal to Get a Tattoo Behind Your Ear or on Your Eyelid Unless in the Presence of a Registered Physician | | True |
| In Italian “mafia” Means “beauty, Excellence, Bravery” | | True |
Cosa Nostra means “our thing”
| In Modern Terms, the Spartans Are Greek | | True |
Sparta was a city in southern Greece, existed about 10th century BC
| In New Mexico, It is Against the Law to Ship Horned Toads out of the State. | | True |
They are a protected species.
| In 'Romeo and Juliet', Tybalt Kills Benvolio | | False |
Tybalt kills Mercutio under Romeo's arm, not Benvolio
| In Space Tears Don't Fall | | True |
There is no gravity therefore tears cannot flow.
| In Spit Bergen, Norway at One Time of the Year the Sun Shines Continuously for Three and a Half Months | | True |
| In Squash You Win a Drysdale Cup | | True |
Since January 1985
| In Zamfara State of Nigeria Cannibalism is Legal | | False |
Punished with death
| Isaac Newton Was an Anglican Deacon | | True |
It is a little known fact that he was also in Holy Orders.
| The Islands of Bermuda Have No Rivers or Lakes. | | True |
The inhabitants must use rain for water.
| It is Illegal for a Male to Urinate in Public in the U.K. | | False |
As long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle. This is True!!
| It is Illegal to Hunt Camels in Arizona | | True |
The US Army once experimented with camels in the Arizona desert, and eventually gave up. The remaining camels were set free, and are now protected.
| It is Legal to Run a Bathhouse As a Business in California | | False |
California penial code section 11225.
| It is Never Grammatically Correct to Start a Sentence With "because" | | False |
Because the word "because" is often the beginning of a fragment, many people believe that it cannot be used to start a sentence.
| It’s Not Possible to Play Scrabble in Japanese or Chinese | | True |
They play in English with a rule book in their own language
| It Takes More Than an Hour to Completely Soft-boil an Ostrich Egg | | False |
It takes around 40 min
| Japan Has a Larger Land Area Than Florida | | True |
Florida is 54,252 square miles while Japan is a whopping 145,900 square miles!
| A 'jiffy' is an Actual Unit of Time | | True |
A jiffy is one hundredth of a second
| Jimmy Carter's Campaign Jet Was Named The Big Peanut | | False |
It was called Peanut One
| John Langdon Was the First Person to Sign the Constitution of the United States | | True |
John Langdon was born in New Hampshire and became its first senator after the constitution was passed.
| John Paul Jones Was a Russian Rear Admiral | | True |
John Paul Jones, America's Revolutionary War hero famous for stating 'I have not yet begun to fight', became a Russian Rear Admiral in 1788, after the war, Kontradmiral Pavel Ivanovich Jones.
| John Travolta's Mother Was in 'Saturday Night Fever' | | True |
Had a cameo as a woman in the hardware store, waiting for her paint.
| Jules Verne's Dog Was Named Fat Boy | | False |
It was Satellite
| Jupiter is So Large It Could Contain All the Other Planets | | True |
Jupiter diameter 142,984 km
| Kilts Originated in Scotland. | | False |
France
| King Kong Was Found on Marsh Island | | False |
It was Skull Island
| A Kiss Lasting One Minute Can Burn More Than 100 Calories | | False |
A one minute kiss only burns around 30 calories
| The Largest Mammal is the Blue Whale | | True |
The largest animal ever seen alive was a 113.5-foot, 170 ton female.
| The Largest Man-made Object is the Great Wall of China | | False |
"In Volume, it would be the Fresh Kills Landfill serving NY City. In length it is the Great Wall of China (just over 5000 Km). In area, it is the low lying area of the Netherlands that have been reclaimed from the Sea (which means that the usable land is technically "man made")." (WikiAnswers)
| The Last 12-cylinder Car Produced in the United States Was the 1945 Lincoln Continental. | | False |
1948 Lincoln Continental
| The Last Known Explosion of Vesuvius, the Italian Volcano That Destroyed Pompeii, Occurred when It Buried the Ancient City | | False |
Vesuvius is still active today
| The Latin Name for the Polar Bear is "Ursus Arctos" | | False |
"Ursus arctos" is the brown bear. The polar bear is "Ursus maritimis". "Arctos" is Greek for "bear", "Ursus" is Latin. The Arctic was named after bears not the other way around.
| Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart Made Six Movies Together | | False |
They made five movies together
| Lennie and George Were the Main Characters in Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' | | True |
They were Lennie Small and George Milton.
| Leo is the Name of the MGM Lion | | True |
He first roared on July 31, 1928.
| The Letter 'e' is the Most Common Letter in the English Language | | True |
Approximately 11% of all letters in the English language are 'e'
| The Letter "O" is the Oldest Letter. | | True |
It has not changed in shape since its adoption in the Phoenician alphabet c. 1300 B.C.
| Lightning Can Reach Temperatures Hotter Than the Surface of the Sun | | True |
The air near a lightning strike is heated around 50,000 degrees F
| The Lone Ranger's Horse Was Silver | | True |
Debut WXYZ on Detroit radio January 30, 1933.
| The Longest Name in the Bible is Mahershalalhashbaz | | True |
It is the longest name (Isaiah 8:1)
| The Male Blackbird is Not Black | | False |
The female blackbirds are coloured brown patterned
| Male Mosquitoes Bite | | False |
Only females do
| Manhattan Island Was Bought from the Indians for $24.00 | | True |
What Peter Minuit gave the Manhattoe tribe was a package of trinkets and cloth valued at 60 guilders, roughly equivalent to $24.00
| A Man's Heart Beats Faster Than a Woman's (on Average). | | False |
Women’s, on average beat faster
| March 14 is "Save a Spider Day" | | True |
Happy "Save a Spider Day!"
| Marilyn Monroe Was Playboy’s First Cover Girl and Center Fold | | True |
December 1953
| Marshall Matt Dillon's Office Was Located on Main Street in Dodge City | | False |
Located on front Street
| Mars is the Hottest Planet | | False |
The hottest planet is Venus
| Matthew, Mark, Peter and Luke Are the Four Gospels of the New Testament | | False |
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
| Maurice Greenfield Invented the Pogo-stick in 1904 | | False |
George Hansburg patented the first pogo stick in 1919.
| Mercury is the Only Common Metal That is Liquid at Room Temperature | | True |
Also known as quicksilver
| Merlin Was the Wizard at King Arthur’s Court | | True |
An Arthurian legend based on the books written by the clerics and poets of the Medieval era
| Mickey Finn is Not a Real Person | | False |
Mickey Finn was a bartender who worked in Chicago around the turn of the 19th century. He served drinks designed to 'knock' people out, possibly containing chloral hydrate, so that they could be robbed.
| The Moon is Larger in Surface Area Than the United States | | True |
The moon has a surface area approximately equal to North and South America combined
| More Babies Are Conceived in February Than in Any Other Month | | False |
More are conceived in December
| More Men Stutter Than Women | | True |
It is estimated that 80% of stutterers are male
| More Than 1.5 Million People Die Each Year from Malaria | | True |
The tiny mosquito is credited with so many deaths throughout the ages. More than all wars put together. More than all pandemics and epidemics put together. Incredible.
| Man O'War Was a Great Race Horse but Not Much of a Sire | | False |
He was a top Sire
| Musician Sting's Real Name is Reginald Dwight | | False |
This was Elton Johns birth name
| Napoleon Ordered His Entire Army to Shave Their Faces and Heads. | | False |
Alexander the Great. He believed beards and long hair were too easy for an enemy to grab and cut off the head.
| NATO is an Acronym for 'North American Treaty Organization' | | False |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
| Natural Propane Gas Has No Odour | | True |
A smell is added artificially for safety, so people know when they have a gas leak.
| Neil Armstrong Was the First Man in Space | | False |
Was Yuri Gagarin; on 12 April 1961, he became the first human in space and the first to orbit the Earth
| No Animal Eats Bees | | False |
Skunks eat bees!
| No Solar Eclipse Can Last Longer Than 7 Minutes 58 Seconds | | True |
Because of the speed at which the sun moves
| No United States President Has Ever Been Elected Unanimously | | False |
George Washington was the first and only U.S. president ever elected unanimously
| The Oak Tree is Classified As a "softwood" | | False |
Oakwood is classed as hardwood
| The Oldest Major Soft Drink in America is Coca-Cola | | False |
It is actually Dr. Pepper which originated in Waco, Texas in 1885
| Olives Are a Vegetable | | False |
They are a fruit
| On Average, Americans Eat One Hundred Acres of Pizza a Day | | True |
This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second
| On Average, a Beaver Can Cut Down Three Hundred Trees a Year | | False |
The average is around 200 small trees
| On a Clear Night, You Can See About Three Billion Stars With the Naked Eye | | False |
You can only (!) see about 30,000 stars
| One Glacier Covers Roughly 90% of Antarctica | | True |
Pine Island Glacier
| One of Napoleon's Drinking Cups Was Made from the Skull of the Italian Adventurer Cagliostro. | | True |
| The Only Manmade Structures That Can Be Seen from Outer Space Are the Great Pyramids | | False |
It's the Great Wall of China
| Only Sixteen Concordes Were Ever Made. | | True |
The last in 1980.
| The Only U.S. President to Win a Pulitzer Was John F. Kennedy | | True |
Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957 for “Profiles in Courage”.
| The Orchid is Named After the Male Genitalia. | | True |
Its botanical family name, Orchidaceae, means "testicles" in Greek and may derive from an early notion that the orchid possessed aphrodisiac qualities.
| The Original Colour of Coca-Cola Was Green | | False |
This is an urban myth. Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. Pemberton of Atlanta in 1886. In its first year the company actually made a loss!
| The Ostrich Sticks Its Head in the Sand to Avoid Danger | | False |
It’s false, though commonly believed. An ostrich doesn't actually stick its head in the sand. It just ducks down when it detects danger, usually in high grassy areas.
| Over 80,000 Photographs Are Taken Around the World Every Second? | | False |
Approximately 2,700 are
| Oxygen is the Most Common Gas in the Atmosphere | | False |
Nitrogen 78.08%, Oxygen 20.95%
| Panama Hats Are Made in Panama | | False |
Always and still in Ecuador
| Perry White Was the Editor at the Daily Planet | | True |
Clark Kent worked for him.
| A Person With the Most Common Form of Colour Blindness Cannot Distinguish Between Green and Blue | | False |
Between green and red
| Peter Finch Was the First Actor to Be Nominated for an Oscar Posthumously | | False |
James Dean was the first actor to receive a Best Actor nomination posthumously
| Pete Was the Name of the Dog in 'Our Gang' | | True |
He had a ring around his left eye
| 'Phonation' is the Vibration of the Vocal Chords in the Larynx That Makes the Sound of Our Voice | | True |
When a stutterer makes no attempt to phonate (say a word out loud), but merely mouths the word silently, no stuttering is evident.
| Piebald Means White and Yellow | | False |
Black and white in patches
| A Pig’s Orgasm Lasts for 30 Minutes | | True |
Lucky pigs!!!!!!!!
| The Plough and Drinking Gourd Are Other Names for the Constellation Known As the Big Dipper | | True |
Constellation Ursa Major (The Big Bear)
| Polar Bears Live at the South Pole | | False |
Only habitat the Artic region / northern hemisphere.
| Porcupines Fight Their Predators by Shooting Quills at Them | | False |
They swing their tails
| The Primary Colours of Pigment Are Red, Yellow, and Blue | | False |
They are actually cyan, magenta, and yellow, as anyone who has run out of one colour of ink in a printer knows. Cyan can be considered a shade of blue, but magenta is definitely a distinct colour from red.
| Pure Gold is 28 Carats (k) | | False |
24 carats (k)
| Queen Bees Only Sting Worker Bees | | False |
They only sting other queen bees
| Quick Draw McGraw's Side Kick Was Baba Hooley | | False |
It was Baba Looey
| Quicksand Has No Suction Power and Contains Enough Water So That the Human Body Can Float on It | | True |
| The Red Sea Separates Africa from Asia | | False |
The Suez Canal
| Richard Wagner's Father-in-law is Franz Liszt | | True |
Famous Hungarian pianist / composer
| Roadkill in West Virgina Can Be Legally Taken Home for Supper | | True |
In order to clean up roads not regularly maintained by the Department of Transportation, this law was passed.
| Ross and Norris Guinness Founded the Guinness Book of World Records | | False |
Were Ross and Norris McWhirter
| Sacagawea is on the US Silver Dollar | | False |
She's on the golden dollar, which appeared in January 2000
| The Saint Peter’s Basilica Accommodates 45,000 Seated People | | False |
Accommodates 50,000
| The Same Side of the Moon Always Faces the Earth | | True |
Known as near side of the Moon
| The San Andreas Fault is 900 Miles Long | | False |
It is 800 miles long
| Saturn is the Third Largest Planet After Jupiter and Neptune | | False |
Saturn is the second largest planet. Uranus is third and Neptune is fourth.
| Scrabble Was Invented in 1938 | | False |
It was invented in 1948. Over 100 million games have been sold in 121 countries around the world
| The Sears Tower is in New York | | False |
It’s in Chicago
| The Second Amendment of the US Constitution Gives Americans the "right to Assemble" | | False |
The Second Amendment gives Americans the "right to keep and bear arms".
| Selachophobia is the Fear of Light Flashes | | False |
Fear of sharks
| Serendipity is a Lucky Accident | | True |
The word derives from an old Persian fairy tale, and was coined by Horace Walpole on 1754
| Sex Toys Are Legal in Georgia | | False |
Source: Chitwood, Tim. 'Toying With Issues' Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 16 Oct 2002.
| Shinto is the National Religion of Thailand | | False |
Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion. Starting about 500 BCE
| The Shock of an Electric Eel Can Knock a Man Down | | True |
The electric eel of South America can generate over 600 volts and can paralyse a horse.
| The Shortest War in History Lasted Just over Two Hours | | False |
Technically the shortest war in history lasted for around 10 minutes! The Conch republic declared independence from the US, declared war, surrendered, and asked for 2 billion dollars in aid in this very short space of time. Thanks to styxman for this extra info. Another war involving fighting was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, and lasted for 38 minutes.
| Size for Size, Spider Silk is Stronger Than Steel | | True |
Also known as gossamer
| Skin Texture is What Distinguishes a Nectarine from a Peach | | True |
A nectarine has a smooth, waxy skin, whereas peach skin is fuzzy
| Slugs Don't Have Any Noses | | False |
They have four
| Snow White Was Walt Disney's Favourite Animated Heroine | | False |
Cinderella was his favourite heroine because he could relate to her rags to riches story.
| The Sponge is a Plant | | False |
It is an animal
| Stalactites Come up from the Ground | | False |
Stalagmites come from the ground up
| A Standard Guitar Has 5 Strings | | False |
Standard Guitar has 6 strings
| St. George Was a British Saint Famous for Slaying a Dragon | | False |
St. George was born in Nicodemia, in what is now Turkey
| The Stonefish, Which Lives off the Coast of Australia, is the Most Poisonous Fish in the World | | True |
It has 13 stout spines in the dorsal fin which can inject a highly toxic venom
| The Story of 'Jungle Book' Takes Place in South America | | False |
It takes place in India
| Strangeray Springs Cattle Station in South Australia is the Largest Ranch in the World. | | True |
It's area, 30,029 square kilometres, and is only slightly smaller than Belgium.
| Tandem is a Bicycle for Two People | | True |
Patents related to the tandem bicycles date for the late 1800s
| Taphephobia is the Fear of Losing Your Teeth | | False |
It's the fear of being buried alive
| A Tarantula Bite is Fatal to Humans | | False |
Tarantulas are not dangerous to humans. They inject saliva into the wound when biting and this may cause a painful local reaction only.
| Tel Aviv is the Capital of Israel | | False |
Jerusalem is
| Texas is the Largest State of The United States | | False |
It is Alaska -- Is over twice the size of Texas. 570,374 square miles
| Theodore Roosevelt's Wife and Mother Both Died on Valentine's Day | | True |
February 14, 1884
| There Are 249 Ways to Make Change for a United States Dollar | | False |
There are actually 293 ways to make change for a U.S. dollar. That's a lot of money!
| There Are Approximately 6,000 Taste Buds on the Tongue | | False |
There are 9,000 buds
| There Are More Than 500 Varieties of Banana in the World | | True |
Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.
| There Are More Than 5,919,682 Telephones in New York City | | True |
More phones than in the entire country of Spain. The cables serving the New York City area have nearly 33,072,975 miles of wire.
| There Are No Anagrams of the Word "stationed" | | False |
Antidotes
| There is Only One Coin Denomination in Vietnamese Dongs | | False |
There are no coins in 'Dongs', which come in 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 denominations
| Thomas Crapper Invented the Flush Toilet | | False |
Crapper invented the ballcock but the modern flush toilet had been patented in 1819, years before Crapper's birth.
| The Three Most Valuable Brand Names on Earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola and Budweiser, in That Order | | True |
| The Tin Can Was Invented Before the Tin Can Opener | | True |
Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810. The tin can opener was invented by Ezra Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut in 1858.
| To Make an Espresso 36 Coffee Beans Are Needed | | False |
The precise amount is 42 beans
| The Tomato is a Vegetable | | False |
It’s a fruit
| The Toucan Must Juggle Its Food Before Swallowing It. | | True |
Because its tongue is too short for its beak.
| Twenty Kinds of Kisses Are Described in the "Kama Sutra" | | True |
The Indian classical text on eroticism.
| Uncle Sam Was a Fictitious Person Created by Soldiers | | False |
"Uncle" Sam Wilson was born in Massachusetts
| The United States Bought Florida from England | | False |
They Bought it from Spain in 1819
| Unmarried Couples Cannot Live Together in the Same Residence in Florida | | True |
Lewd and lascivious behavior.
| Uranium Provides Fuel for Nuclear Power Stations | | True |
As nuclear fuel, conversion into plutonium in “breeder” reactors
| The USS Arizona BB-39 is the Only Commissioned U.S. Battleship Still in Use by the U.S. Navy | | True |
| Vinegar Melts Pearls | | True |
A crushed Pearl will dissolve in strong vinegar in about 3 hours
| The Voice of Donald Duck is Provided by Jim Johnson | | False |
His voice was Clarence Nash
| Volkswagen is a German Car Named After a Bug | | False |
Volkswagen means "People's Car".
| Walt Disney Had a Job on a Railroad | | True |
Walt Disney took a job selling peanuts, popcorn and soda to train passengers.
| The Weasel and the Ermine Are the Same Animal. | | True |
This mammal's coat changes with the season — in its white winter coat, it is known as an ermine, in its brown coat, it is a weasel.
| We Have Much More Liver Than We Actually Need | | True |
The only organ that can regenerate itself
| When You Sneeze, All Bodily Functions Stop, Even Your Heart | | True |
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
| The White Part of a Fingernail is Called the 'Luna' | | False |
It's actually the 'lunula'
| White Sheep Have a Better Sense of Smell then Black Sheep | | False |
Black Sheep have a better sense of smell
| Will Rogers Was Part Choctaw Indian | | False |
He was part Cherokee
| Winds That Transport Lighting Bolts Create the Sound That We Hear As a Thunder | | False |
Thunder is the sound of the lightning discharging into the atmosphere
| Wolverine is Known As a Glutton | | True |
Deriv. of fressen (of animals) to eat
| The Word 'girl' Never Appears in the Bible (any Translation). | | False |
It does appear, but in most versions only once
| The Wright Brothers' Plane Was Called Kitty Hawk | | False |
It was called "Flyer". The Flyer was tested in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
| You Can Judge the Age of a Tree Which Has Been Felled by Counting Its Rings | | True |
The only way to make to make reasonable estimates of tree ages
| You Can Legally Wear a Bullet Proof Vest While Committing a Felony in New Jersey | | False |
It is illegal to use body vests while committing a felony
| You Could Buy the Model T in Only One Colour, Green | | False |
Only available in black. 1908-1927. Colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Fliwer
| You Could Find the Yellow River in Russia | | False |
Called “Mother River of China” and “Cradle of Chinese”
| You Do Not Need a License to Carry a Concealed Slingshot in Haines, Alaska | | False |
Citation: 9.24.020 Concealed weapons law.
| The Youngest Ever Pope Was Only 10 Years Old | | False |
He was 11 yrs old!
| Your Ears and Your Nose Never Stop Growing Until Death | | True |
The ears and the nose are made of cartilage which never stops growing
| Your Feet Are Bigger in the Afternoon Than the Rest of the Day | | True |
Always shop for shoes in the afternoon as your feet swell through use throughout the day.
| Your Llama Can Graze on the Grass in City Parks in Boulder, Colorado | | False |
Citation: 5-4-7 Grazing on Public Property.
| You Weigh Less on Jupiter | | False |
The weight is determined by your mass and the mass of the planet on which you're standing
| You Will Be Fined 1 Dollar for Each Act of Public Swearing in West Virgina | | True |
Profane swearing and drunkenness: penalty.
| A Zebra is Really White With Black Stripes | | False |
Black with White stripes
| Zero is Both an Even Number and an Odd Number | | False |
There is absolutely no truth to this claim. The mathematical definition of an odd number is "a number that can be expressed as 2n+1, where n is an integer". It is obviously impossible to express zero in this way
| Zeta is the Last Letter of the Greek Alphabet | | False |
It is Omega
| Zip Stands for Zoning Improvement Plan | | True |
Introduced in 1962.
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