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Question 1:
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes.
True! The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 lasted between 38-45 minutes, making it the shortest recorded war.
Question 2:
The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.
True! While estimates vary, most research suggests the average human eye can distinguish between 7-10 million colors.
Question 3:
The Great Pyramid of Giza has eight sides, not four.
True! The pyramid's faces are slightly concave, creating an eight-sided effect that's only visible from above under certain lighting conditions.
Question 4:
The dot in a lowercase 'i' or 'j' is called a tittle.
True! This typographical term refers specifically to the small distinguishing mark over these letters.
Question 5:
The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.
True! In 1995, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar sold a broken laser pointer for $14.83 to test his new auction website concept.
Question 6:
The entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles.
True! If standing shoulder-to-shoulder, all 8 billion people would occupy about 500 square miles - LA covers 503 square miles.
Question 7:
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.
True! Plants release green leaf volatiles when damaged, which we perceive as that distinctive 'fresh grass' smell.
Question 8:
The first computer mouse was made of wood.
True! Douglas Engelbart invented the first mouse in 1964 - a wooden shell with two metal wheels and a single button.
Question 9:
The Eiffel Tower grows taller in the summer.
True! Thermal expansion causes the iron structure to grow up to 6 inches taller in hot weather, shrinking back in winter.
Question 10:
The Canary Islands are named after canary birds.
False! The islands are named after Latin 'Canariae Insulae' (Islands of Dogs), referring to monk seals once called 'sea dogs'.
Question 11:
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.
True! Fredric Baur, who designed the iconic tube, had his ashes buried in a Pringles can in 2008 per his request.
Question 12:
The longest English word has 189,819 letters.
True! It's the chemical name for titin, a human protein. It takes over 3 hours to pronounce the full name.
Question 13:
The first webcam was invented to monitor a coffee pot.
True! In 1991, Cambridge researchers set up a camera to check coffee levels in their break room without walking over.
Question 14:
The '@' symbol in email addresses has a name.
True! It's officially called the 'commercial at' symbol, though many call it simply the 'at sign'.
Question 15:
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended for Egypt.
True! Bartholdi first proposed a similar statue for the Suez Canal, but Egypt declined. The design was later adapted for New York.
Question 16:
The first YouTube video featured elephants.
False! The first YouTube video, uploaded in 2005, showed co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo, but it was about the zoo experience, not specifically elephants.
Question 17:
The human nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
True! Research suggests our olfactory system can distinguish between at least 50,000 distinct odors, possibly many more.
Question 18:
The first product to have a barcode was Wrigley's gum.
True! In 1974, a pack of Juicy Fruit gum became the first product scanned using UPC barcode technology at an Ohio supermarket.
Question 19:
The inventor of the traffic light was colorblind.
True! Garrett Morgan, who patented an early traffic signal in 1923, was colorblind - though his original design used positions rather than colors.
Question 20:
The first message sent over the internet was 'hello world'.
False! The first ARPANET message in 1969 was 'LO' - an attempted 'LOGIN' that crashed the system after two letters.
