True or False? In 2001, a third-year medical student at Yale University, Jeffrey Seiden, was studying his electrocardiography textbook one day, when he happened to notice the following message in the book’s copyright notice: “Congratulations for your perseverance! You may win the car on page forty six by writing down your name and address, and submitting it to the publisher.” …
True or False? Have you ever wondered how to tell which bread is freshest? Many of us squeeze loaves to determine their softness, some even try to smell it. But there’s actually a much easier way. Every packaged loaf of bread comes with some kind of a closure. Because breads were once baked in bakeries, then delivered to the stores …
True or False? Baby cages were hung outside apartment windows. Built and distributed in London, to the members of the Chelsea Baby Club in 1937, the ‘Baby Cage’ was meant for women with children that were without a backyard, garden or terrace for them to play in or on. When secured from a window, the baby cage hung from the …
True or False? Currency is subject to printing errors, so over the course of time, a number of coins and banknotes with misprints were bound to have been found in circulation. Often such ‘misstrikes’ make those particular items more valuable than they otherwise would have been. In the case of Canadian paper currency, an unusual image, a demon, which was …
Is it true or false that Leonardo da Vinci used the same model for both Christ and Judas? It’s false. It’s said that Leonardo da Vinci took over ten years to paint the masterpiece ‘Last Supper’ because he was so picky about the models he used for each character. Each model had to have a face that was da Vinci’s …
False: There is no good evidence that cracking ones knuckles leads to, or causes arthritis. However, there can be too much of a good thing. Cracking your knuckles may not lead to arthritis, despite what your mother told you, but scientists have discovered that it can cause tissue damage in the affected joints. In a study of 300 knuckle crackers, …
False: No matter what your parents told you, or what you see in the movies, there isn’t any magical chemical, that when added to a swimming pool, will reveal the presence of urine in the water. Experts on such matters say that although a reliable dye could be produced, the trick would be getting it to react only to urine …
When sick, is it true or false that should you feed a cold and starve a fever? False: This is just another old wives’ tale. Whether you have a cold, or a fever, you should still try to maintain a regular intake of fluids and food. While recent medical studies have found that there actually may be some benefit to …
