Bogus No. 7 · Sunday, November 8, 2026

The five fakes

What was fake, and the truth.

SPACE

1Uranus was discovered by Galileo in 1610.Fake

2William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781.

1The Moon's gravity is about half as strong as Earth's.Fake

2The Moon's gravity is about one sixth of Earth's.

1Days on Earth were longer in the age of the dinosaurs.Fake

2Earth's spin is slowing, so days were shorter then.

1Male reindeer keep their antlers all year round.Fake

2Male reindeer shed their antlers each year after the rut.

1Sesame seeds grow underground.Fake

2Sesame seeds grow in pods above ground.

Five new rounds every day at midnight.