Daily True or False
May 18, 2026

The Mona Lisa is a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, painted between 1503 and 1519, and is universally attributed to him.

She was never officially offered the role; Winona Ryder was originally cast, then replaced by Sofia Coppola. Streep didn't turn it down.

She declined due to the film's violent content. Jodie Foster took the role and won an Oscar, but Streep has said she has no regrets.

Neil Armstrong was not a Freemason. Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, was a Mason and carried a Masonic flag, not an apron, on the mission.

The End is finite—it consists of a main island and a ring of outer islands, but the void surrounds everything. You cannot travel infinitely like in the Overworld.

Irène Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, not Physics. She and her husband Frédéric were awarded it for their discovery of artificial radioactivity.

Dolphin skin regenerates rapidly, with deep wounds healing in weeks and minimal scarring, likely to prevent infection in saltwater.

Steffi Graf holds the record with 377 weeks at No. 1; Serena Williams had 319 weeks, placing her third behind Graf and Martina Navratilova (332 weeks).

On April 20, 1986, Michael Jordan scored 63 points in a playoff game against the Celtics, which remains the highest single-game point total in NBA playoff history.

Chef Hidekazu Tojo in Vancouver created the California roll in the 1970s, hiding seaweed inside for Western tastes. The name came later from a local menu.