HAIL FELLOW
In March 1707, midway through morning mass in the parish church of St Coultha, a tiny village near Stornaway in Scotland’s Western Isles,...
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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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ALL SPRUCED UP
There’s a lot more to a piano than meets the eye. If you’ve ever poked your head inside that tired old upright in your grandmother’s...
LONELINESS IS NEXT TO TIPSINESS
Hankies at the ready, this is a sad one. The Tree of Ténéré was a lone acacia tree that once stood in central Niger, in the remotest part...
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...
THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION
This is a sea squirt. (Pixabay) As creatures go, they’re among the most primitive and prehistoric: their fossil record stretches back...
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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