Can You Guess What Is True And What Is A Lie?

How good is your sleuthing ability? Take our quiz to find out if you can spot the truths and the lies!
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Question 1/12

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Which of the following is TRUE?
Humans share 90% of their DNA with bananas.
Earth is closest to the sun in January.
Astronauts shrink when they're in space.

Question 2/12

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Which of the following is FALSE?
An octopus has two hearts.
Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

Question 3/12

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Which of the following is TRUE?
Adults can't breathe and swallow at the same time.
Narwhals use their tusks to communicate with one another.
Smoking can actually make your nipples fall off.

Question 4/12

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Which of the following is FALSE?
France was still executing people by guillotine when Star Wars: A New Hope hit theatres.
Wearing sunglasses at night lowers your life expectancy by 2 years.
Nintendo was originally a trading card company.

Question 5/12

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Which of the following is TRUE?
Elephants can become inebriated at the scent of different kinds of alcohol.
If you fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon.
Male otters produce venom.

Question 6/12

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Which of the following is FALSE?
There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach in the world.
"Home Alone" was released closer to the moon landing than it is to the present.
In modern times, Napoleon would legally be considered a "little person."

Question 7/12

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Which of the following is TRUE?
Adding salt to boiling water will make it boil faster.
A penny dropped from more than one thousand feet can be lethal to anything it hits.
The left brain can actually learn right brain skills, and vice versa.

Question 8/12

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Which of the following is FALSE?
For every human on Earth there are 1.6 million ants.
On Jupiter and Saturn, it rains diamonds.
MSG is scientifically proven to cause frequent headaches.

Question 9/12

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Which of the following is TRUE?
Dogs sweat through their tongues - that's why they pant.
The entirety of the Great Wall of China is visible from space.
Ten percent of all the photos ever taken were taken in the last 12 months.

Question 10/12

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Which of the following is FALSE?
Albert Einstein failed his math classes in college.
You're twice as likely to be killed by a vending machine as you are a shark.
The Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme never mentions him being an egg.

Question 11/12

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Which of the following is TRUE?
Humans and dinosaurs actually did co-exist for a short period.
Armadillos almost always give birth to quadruplets.
If you touch a baby bird, its parents will abandon it.

Question 12/12

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Which of the following is false?
Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.
Alcohol does not only damage brain cells, it kills them.
There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.
Well, you're not the best at sleuthing, we can confirm that much from your score on this quiz. But don't beat yourself up too much - a lot of these facts were ridiculous, so it's definitely hard to determine which ones are ACTUALLY true.

C+, Stinky Sleuth

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Right!
Good job! You might not have knocked it out of the park with this quiz, but you certainly proved you can hang with the medium-best of them when it comes to determining real and fake facts.

B+, Special Sleuth

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Wow! You're a regular super sleuth when it comes to weird facts and urban legends that are spread around in our culture. This is a skill that's valuable to have - you never know when someone might try and convince you of something that just isn't true!

A+, Super Sleuth

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Right!
1
Which of the following is TRUE?
Humans share 90% of their DNA with bananas.
Earth is closest to the sun in January.
Astronauts shrink when they're in space.
2
Which of the following is FALSE?
An octopus has two hearts.
Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
3
Which of the following is TRUE?
Adults can't breathe and swallow at the same time.
Narwhals use their tusks to communicate with one another.
Smoking can actually make your nipples fall off.
4
Which of the following is FALSE?
France was still executing people by guillotine when Star Wars: A New Hope hit theatres.
Wearing sunglasses at night lowers your life expectancy by 2 years.
Nintendo was originally a trading card company.
5
Which of the following is TRUE?
Elephants can become inebriated at the scent of different kinds of alcohol.
If you fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon.
Male otters produce venom.
6
Which of the following is FALSE?
There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach in the world.
"Home Alone" was released closer to the moon landing than it is to the present.
In modern times, Napoleon would legally be considered a "little person."
7
Which of the following is TRUE?
Adding salt to boiling water will make it boil faster.
A penny dropped from more than one thousand feet can be lethal to anything it hits.
The left brain can actually learn right brain skills, and vice versa.
8
Which of the following is FALSE?
For every human on Earth there are 1.6 million ants.
On Jupiter and Saturn, it rains diamonds.
MSG is scientifically proven to cause frequent headaches.
9
Which of the following is TRUE?
Dogs sweat through their tongues - that's why they pant.
The entirety of the Great Wall of China is visible from space.
Ten percent of all the photos ever taken were taken in the last 12 months.
10
Which of the following is FALSE?
Albert Einstein failed his math classes in college.
You're twice as likely to be killed by a vending machine as you are a shark.
The Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme never mentions him being an egg.
11
Which of the following is TRUE?
Humans and dinosaurs actually did co-exist for a short period.
Armadillos almost always give birth to quadruplets.
If you touch a baby bird, its parents will abandon it.
12
Which of the following is false?
Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.
Alcohol does not only damage brain cells, it kills them.
There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.