When was the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees?
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8 million years ago
Is red wine or white wine better for your health?
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It is unclear whether red or white is better.
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Red wine is better.
True or False? "Echinacea helps with the symptoms of the common cold."
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False
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True
Is Homo erectus the same species as modern Homo sapiens?
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No
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Yes
Was Osama bin Laden alive or dead on 4/1/2011?
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Alive.
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Dead.
Was Archaeopteryx a true bird?
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No
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Yes
Did Johannes Gutenberg invent the printing press?
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No, Gutenberg made advances in printing, but did not invent the printing press.
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Yes, Gutenberg invented the printing press.
How many barrels per day were leaking in BP's 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
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20,000 barrels per day
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40,000 barrels per day
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5000 barrels per day
True or False? "The recordings of Osama bin Laden since 2001 are authentic."
How much do cats sleep per day?
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12 hours
Did Vincent Van Gogh commit suicide?
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No
Should Turkey be in the EU?
Was Jesus Christ white or black?
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Jesus was of middle eastern descent
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Jesus was white
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Jesus's race is unknown
Is smoking sexy?
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No
What is the fuel efficiency of the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship?
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49 feet per gallon.
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Six inches per gallon.
True or False? "In America it's possible to subpoena a dog."
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True
True or False? "The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated."
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True
True or False? "Cyclist Lance Armstrong's heart is almost a third larger than the average man's."
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True
When will summer sea ice disappear in the Arctic?
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2090
True or False? "American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class."
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True
Who is the most beautiful woman in the world?
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Shania Twain
True or False? "Global warming dried up Lake Chad in Africa."
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It is unclear.
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True
True or False? "There is no cure for HIV infection."
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False
True or False? "Marijuana (cannabis) helps protect against Alzheimer's Disease."
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False
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True
How many spiders does the average person eat during his lifetime?
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8 spiders
Was Archeopteryx the first bird?
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No -- it was a dinosaur ancestor to birds
Does acupuncture work?
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No, acupuncture does not work.
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Yes, acupuncture works for certain conditions.
What was the largest dinosaur?
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Argentinosaurus
True or False? "The radiation leak at the Fukushima, Japan nuclear power plant was completely safe."
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True
Is the Chicxulub meteorite the one that killed the dinosaurs?
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Yes, the Chicxulub meteorite is the one that killed the dinosaurs.
How long ago did Neanderthals die out?
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28,000 years ago.
How many Christians are there in China?
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60 million
Does "dark matter" exist?
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Yes
How many people have more than two nipples?
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1 in 18
Is beer good for you?
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Beer is good for your health in moderation.
Are coelacanths "living fossils"?
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Yes
Are babies born with kneecaps?
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No, babies are born without kneecaps.
Was Albert Einstein's brain 15% wider than normal, or were just his parietal lobes 15% wider?
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The whole brain was 15% wider than normal.
Is the PSA test helpful for men without symptoms of prostate cancer?
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No
What is the most trustworthy, unbiased, TV news channel?
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BBC
What is the population of China?
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1.34 billion
How many people have been killed in Syria's recent uprising against Bashar al-Assad?
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f. 1,500-2,000
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i. 5,000-8,000
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n. 30,000-50,000
Was the Iraq war legal under international law?
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No.
Why did the dinosaurs die out?
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The dinosaurs died out because of a single meteorite or asteroid impact.
BBC - Wildlife Finder - Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction facts, pictures & stunning videos
Impact theoryThe impact hypothesis gets a lot of press coverage because it is spectacular.
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The dinosaurs died out because of gradual climate change.
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The dinosaurs died out because of multiple asteroid impacts.
Where is Osama bin Laden?
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Washington, DC.
True or False? "Humans interbred with Neanderthals and the gene pools merged."
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True
True or False? "Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten."
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True
What was the heaviest dinosaur?
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Argentinosaurus
True or False? "Polar bears are left-handed."
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True
Is nuclear power safe?
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Yes, nuclear power is safe.
Who is the greatest living tenor?
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Placido Domingo is the greatest living tenor.
How old are the 'Peking Man' fossils?
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750,000 years old
Do ghosts exist?
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No
If a Barbie Doll were life-size, what would her measurements be?
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27-20-29
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39-23-33
Who is the greatest Olympic athlete ever?
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Al Oerter (USA)
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Aladar Gerevich (Hungary)
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Birgit Fischer (Germany)
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Emile Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
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Jesse Owens (USA)
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Paavo Nurmi (Finland)
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Ray Ewry (USA)
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Steve Redgrave (United Kingdom)
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Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
How many Japanese citizens (soldiers and civilians) died in the Second World War?
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3 million
When did early humans (hominids) reach South-East Asia?
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1.6 million years ago
How much did the 1972 porn film "Deep Throat" earn?
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$600 million
How fast could Tyrannosaurus Rex run?
True or False? "Calculus originated in India."
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True
True or False? "February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon."
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True
True or False? "It is a criminal offence in Russia to drive a dirty car."
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False -- motorists are subject to a fine only if dirt obscures the license plate.
True or False? "Women are bigger hypochondriacs than men."
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True
True or False? "'Almost' is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order."
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True
Are men better than women at reading maps?
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Yes
Did birds evolve from dinosaurs?
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Yes
Are cetaceans (whales and dolphins) descended from Mesonychids?
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No
Should the West intervene militarily in Libya's civil war?
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Yes
How many species of birds are there?
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10,000
Is it true that women blink twice as much as men?
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Yes, women blink twice as much as men.
Is fusion power viable?
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Yes
Which is more closely related to terrestrial animals: the coelacanth or the lungfish?
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Lungfish
Was Martin Luther King Jr. a saintly man?
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Yes
Are Israel's settlements in the West Bank legal or illegal?
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Illegal
Are Himalayan glaciers going to disappear by 2035?
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No
Are boys or girls better on average at spatial reasoning?
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Boys are better at spatial reasoning.
BBC NEWS | Health | Bad driving 'linked to hormones'
He added: "Men do seem to be better at spatial abilities, and women at verbal and emotional skills.
He added: "Men do seem to be better at spatial abilities, and women at verbal and emotional skills
"It may be a generalisation, but that does seem to be the case."
True or False? "Teflon is the most slippery substance in the world"
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True
How long did the shortest war in history (United Kingdom vs. Zanzibar, 1896) last?
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38 minutes.
Can dogs smell cancer in humans?
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Yes.
Did modern humans arise in Africa, or in many different places all over the Old World?
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Africa
Does dark energy exist?
-
Yes
How many species of animals are there?
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Up to 30 million
What percentage of the Egyptian population is Coptic Christian?
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10%
Has there ever been intelligent life on Mars?
-
No
Was Pterodactyl a dinosaur?
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No
Who was the best Roman emperor?
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Augustus
When did modern humans arrive in Europe?
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40,000 years ago
True or False? "President Ronald Reagan served as a photographer in a US Army unit assigned to film Nazi death camps in WW2."
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False
What is the most profitable film ever?
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Deep Throat (1972)
How many people died in the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918 to 1919?
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50 million
Are last-born children more sexually promiscuous than their older siblings?
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Yes
Which is the best property to purchase in Monopoly?
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The orange properties
How much do elephants sleep per day?
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3 hours.
How old is the "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis) fossilized skeleton?
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3.2 million years
Does North Korea have a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile?
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No
Who was the father of modern science?
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Galileo Galilei
When did modern humans first leave Africa?
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70,000 years ago
True or False? "The oldest word in the English language is "town""
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False
When did sabre-toothed cats go extinct?
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10,000 years ago
When did the first modern mammals appear?
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56 million years ago
Does meditation make people happier?
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Yes, people who meditate are much happier.
How many people in Africa are infected with HIV?
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23 million
Is there geological evidence for a worldwide flood, as described in the Bible's story of Noah?
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No
Did cetaceans (whales and dolphins) evolve from land mammals?
-
Yes
What country consumes the most Coca Cola per person?
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Iceland
True or False? "Senator Marco Rubio's parents fled Fidel Castro's Communist Cuba."
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False
Did slaves build the Egyptian pyramids?
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No
True or False? "Himalayan glaciers are disappearing."
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True
Will Greece default on its debt?
-
Yes
Did Americans really visit the Moon, or did NASA fake the moon landings?
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Americans really went to the moon.
True or False? "Noah's ark, as described in the Bible, would have floated."
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False
What is the largest animal ever to live on Earth?
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Blue whale
Is torture always wrong?
-
Yes
How many Jews died in the Holocaust?
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5 to 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust.
How many species of mammals are there?
-
About 5400 species
Did humans evolve from other animals?
-
Yes
Was Pope Benedict XVI's papacy a success or a failure?
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Failure
True or False? "The expansion of the universe is accelerating."
-
True
True or False? "The teeth of Archaeopteryx are a reptilian feature."
-
True
Were dinosaurs reptiles?
-
Yes
How old is the Earth?
-
4.5 billion years old.
BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Evolution of the atmosphere
Scientists believe that the Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
-
4.6 billion years old.
True or False? "Richard Nixon was born on the day of an eclipse."
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False
During which century was Saint Patrick a missionary in Ireland?
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5th Century (400s)
True or False? "Land reform in Zimbabwe has been a disaster."
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False
Should the United States engage in torture?
-
No
Do male or female sperm swim faster?
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Male
Are bats blind?
-
No, bats are not blind.
How many taste buds does a catfish have?
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27,000.
What is the world population of the Red-Billed Quelea?
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10 billion
How many planets are in our solar system?
-
8
True or False? "Many dinosaurs had feathers."
-
True
Do women have a better sense of smell than men?
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Yes
What is the closest living relative of the Cetaceans (whales and dolphins)?
-
Hippopotamus
What is the longest anyone has gone without sleep?
-
11 days (Randy Gardner, 1964)
How many people worldwide are infected with HIV?
-
33 million
Are men or women more likely to visit a doctor?
-
Women
How many people died in Libya's recent popular uprising against Muammar Gadhafi?
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d. 1,000-1,999
When did dinosaurs die out?
-
65 million years ago.
Did vikings wear horns on their helmets?
-
No, vikings did not wear horns on their helmets.
True or False? "Senator Richard Blumenthal served in Vietnam."
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False.
True or False? "Public schooling is a socialist institution."
-
True
True or False? "Babe Ruth kept a lettuce or cabbage leaf under his hat during games to keep cool."
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True
How old is life on earth?
-
3 billion years old
-
3.8 billion years old
Do men or women have stronger immune systems?
-
Women
How long was Noah's ark?
-
450 feet long
Is belief in God irrational?
-
Yes -- it is irrational to believe in God.
What animal is the closest relative of humans?
-
Chimpanzee
Is the earth older or younger than 10,000 years old?
-
Older than 10,000 years
Was Yuri Gagarin the first human in space?
-
Yes
True or False? "Birds are really a kind of dinosaur."
-
True
True or False? "Baboons can tell the difference between English and French."
-
True
True or False? "The length of a man's fingers can reveal how physically aggressive he is, scientists say."
-
True
True or False? "The average employee spends 14 working days a year on personal e-mails, phone calls and web browsing, outside official breaks, according to employment analysts Captor."
-
True
True or False? "The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold one copy every minute since its 1969 publication."
-
True
True or False? "First-born children are less creative than their younger siblings."
-
True
True or False? "Jimi Hendrix pretended to be gay to be discharged from the US Army."
-
True
True or False? "Britain produces 700 regional cheeses, more even than France."
-
True
True or False? "Pulling your foot out of quicksand takes a force equivalent to that needed to lift a medium-sized car."
-
True
True or False? "Koalas have fingerprints exactly like humans (although obviously smaller)."
-
True
Are first-born children more stable than their younger siblings?
-
Yes
True or False? "'Chachi' is Korean for 'penis'."
-
True
True or False? "A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer."
-
True
True or False? "In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death."
-
True
True or False? "Titi monkeys mate for life."
-
True
True or False? "Dark energy seems to make up more than 70% of the matter-energy content of the universe."
-
True
True or False? "We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth."
-
True
Did Homo erectus (early hominid) ever reach Europe?
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It is unclear.
True or False? "The amount of energy saved by sleeping for eight hours is about 50 kCal."
-
True
True or False? "Tough love is good for children."
-
True
True or False? "There is enough water in the world to cover all the continents."
-
False
True or False? "Global warming (climate change) causes increasingly extreme weather."
-
False
How many people were killed by the Fukushima nuclear disaster?
-
0
True or False? "When God created the earth, He created a world that looked billions of years old."
-
True
Was King Richard III of England responsible for the murder of his young nephews, King Edward V and Prince Richard?
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Yes