Which "Fact" is a FAKE?

In this trivia challenge, we're going to present you with 3 facts in each question. Your job will be to identify the FALSE fact from the two true ones. Think you can do it? Then let's put you to the test!
 
1 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
The first oranges weren’t orange
McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli
The first model car had 12 wheels
 
2 of 15
Hint
Which Fact is FALSE?
The longest English word is 189,819 letters long
Armadillo shells are bulletproof
By definition a snake’s body is a limb
 
3 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
England’s biggest horticultural export is the watermelon
Kleenex tissues were originally intended for gas masks
The “Windy City” name has nothing to do with Chicago's weather
 
4 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
Gold nuggets were named after chicken nuggets – not the other way around
Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful
There’s only one U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s
 
5 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
There's a lizard that can fly as high as an eagle
Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch
Penicillin was first called “mold juice”
 
6 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
The French-language Scrabble World Champion doesn’t speak French
The first sunglasses were actually animal skin scraped so thin that it became transparent
Pigeon poop is the property of the British Crown
 
7 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
Baseball umpires used to sit in rocking chairs
Beethoven never knew how to multiply or divide
The word ‘Loanshark’ was originally, ‘Loans, hark’.
 
8 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
One of the rings of Saturn is almost pure silver dust
The word aquarium means “watering place for cattle” in Latin
The Terminator script was sold for $1
 
9 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
The inventor of the microwave appliance only received $2 for his discovery
Ancient Egyptians put dead mice in their mouths to ease toothaches
A furlong was defined as the distance a mule can run in two minutes
 
10 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy
Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest
Otters have been known to coat stones with fish scales to lure in birds
 
11 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
Once a year all of Wikipedia is printed off and placed in a vault in Norway
Cows don’t have upper front teeth
Turkeys can blush
 
12 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive
T. S. Eliot wore green makeup
The National Library of Singapore uses woven human hair for bookmarks to preserve the condition of the pages
 
13 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
Napoleon was ashamed of his nipples and refused to let anyone see them, even during medical treatments
No number before 1,000 contains the letter A
Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena
 
14 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
There are 2,000 thunderstorms on Earth every minute.
Abraham Lincoln lost five separate elections before he became president of the U.S.
The shoes of King Edward IV were weighted with lead to make his walk seem more imposing
 
15 of 15
Which Fact is FALSE?
The founders of Johnson & Johnson were not related
Carrots weren't always orange: they were once exclusively purple.
A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo”
 
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