Fact or Fiction?

The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.

When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn’t understand German.

St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.

The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.

St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.

Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.

Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets.
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Fact or Fiction?

A Cicada passes eggs through its ovipositor.

Cats are feline, dogs are canine, and sheep are ovine.

A pigs snout is called a gruntle.

When they mate, a yak and a cow produce a dzo.

A cat’s whiskers are called vibrissae.

Goats produce cashmere.

The common term for a member of the bee genus ‘Bombus’ is the bumblebee

A ‘bitch’ is more likely to bite you than a male dog.

A turkey’s furcula better known as a wishbone.

A ‘geep’ is the resulting offspring of a sheep and a goat.

The typical housefly cruses at 8 km/hr.

The chemical pectin, found in ripe fruit, causes jam to set when cooling.

In 1876, Sir Henery Wickham transported 70 000 Rubber tree seeds from Brazil to Kew Gardens in London.

The compound carotene gives the carrot its colour.

Bananas grow pointing upwards and are the most common food found in gift baskets.

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