MAN OF THE MATCH
The modern friction match was invented by the English chemist and inventor John Walker in 1826. Before then, pocket matches were...
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¿ DECIDE FOR YOURSELF ?
This is the Yes or BS blog, where you can play the game for yourself. Either pick a random story from the pictures below, or choose your specialist subject from the categories listed here. Just read the story through and decide whether, YES, you think it’s true, or no, you think it’s total B.S—then click you answer in the box at the bottom of each post to see if you’re correct.
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BACK DOWN UNDER
The coat of arms of Australia features (among other things) a red kangaroo and an emu holding up the central shield. There have been some...
AGAINST THE GRAIN
13,000 miles long and built continuously over a period of more than 1,800 years, the Great Wall of China is the world’s largest military...
HELLUVA TWIST
“Dear Diary, you won’t believe what happened to me today...” (Public domain/Wikimedia) Charles Dickens was mugged while walking alone...
IN CONTINENTS
The new Google Maps update was next to useless. (Pixabay) Here’s a quick trivia question to kick things off: what do Russia, Turkey and...
STORM THE CAPITAL
If you had to think of somewhere associated with tornadoes, chances are the midwest of America might spring to mind first. Less likely to...
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