#1 General knowledge

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The smallest bone in a human body is your navel.

1. True
2. False

Its is called the stapes and it's a 1mm bone in your ear.

The capital city of Australia is Canberra.

1. True
2. False

The city is located between Melbourne and Sydney.

The original London Bridge can be found in Arizona.

1. True
2. False

It was dismantled piece by piece and reconstructed in 1963.

There is no water in space.

1. True
2. False

Water has been found on Mars and also floating in space. There is also ice on the moon.

Once every 5 years, it snows in the Sahara Desert.

1. True
2. False

As far as we know it had only snowed once there, in 1979.

Prisoners in Alcatraz were only allowed to take hot showers.

1. True
2. False

This was so that they could not get used to cold water, which would make their escape from the island easier.

People can survive for longer without sleep than without food.

1. True
2. False

We can survive a few days without water, 11 days without sleep and up to 2 months without food.

Babies develop their fingerprints just 4 weeks before they are born.

1. True
2. False

Embryos develop fingerprints when they are 3 months old.

Guide dogs can poo on demand.

1. True
2. False

This is so that their blind owners know when they have to clean up.

In Switserland, it is illegal to own 1 guinea-pig.

1. True
2. False

This is because guinea-pigs are social animals and are considered to be abused if they are kept alone.

A full NASA space suit costs around 5 million dollars.

1. True
2. False

They cost over 10 million dollars.

The D in D-Day stands for Day.

1. True
2. False

This coded term was used for military operations and stated the day on which they were planned. 

Research has shown that everyone has up to 6 doppelgangers.

1. True
2. False

Unfortunately there is just a 9% chance that you'll ever meet one.

Adults have fewer bones in their bodies than babies.

1. True
2. False

Many bones (e.g. the skull) are separated into several parts when babies are born, they then fuse together at a later stage.

The word Emoji comes from emotion and emoticon.

1. True
2. False

It is Japanese for E and Moji, which means photo and character.