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Trivia

True or False?

1.True or False? The only even prime number is 2.
*True
*False
2.True or false? Our nose, eyes and ears never stop growing until the day we die.
*True
*False
3.True or false? The white part of a fingernail is called the 'luna'.
*True
*False
4.True or False? You can only see a rainbow with your back to the sun.
*True
*False
5.True or False? A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time.
*True
*False
6.True or False? Isaac Newton was an Anglican deacon.
*True
*False
7.True or False? Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clementine.
*True
*False
8.True or False? The most common first name in the world is Mohammed (Muhammad).
*True
*False
9.True or False? Alexander the Great suffered from symptoms that today would most likely be considered epilepsy.
*True
*False
10.True or False? The so-called 'perfect age' is 32, because Jesus Christ died at age 32.
*True
*False

Answers

1.True
Yep, every other even number can be divided by 2, therefore can't be a prime. A prime number can only be divided (without a remainder) by itself and 1.
2.False
Our nose and ears never stop growing, but our eyes remain the same size our entire life.
3.False
It's actually the 'lunula'. For some reason the English language often likes to invent 2 or more words for the same thing!
4.False
There are certain situations where it can be seen whilst facing the sun, due to the refraction of light.
5.True
Yes, a jiffy is one hundredth of a second! So next time someone says 'I'll be back in a jiffy', you will realise how unlikely this occurrence actually is.
6.True
Isaac Newton is most famous for his theory of gravity, said to have come to him when an apple fell from a tree as he was sitting under it (some historians dispute this though). He also came up with the 3 laws of conservation of energy. And it is a little known fact that he was also in the Holy orders.
7.False
Close. It was actually Samuel Clemens. He was not only a brilliant author (most famous for his Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn novels), but he also invented suspenders, and was the first person to write a novel using a typewriter!
8.True
Having basis in the Islam religion, their great leader Mohammed.
9.True
Many people in ancient times believed that epileptic fits were in fact proof that the person was possessed by the devil.
10.False
It's actually 33. Back in those days this was not actually such a young age to {die;}nowadays as life expectancies approach 80 years, it is considered very young.