Daily True or False
October 8, 2026

Foals are born with temporary baby teeth, or deciduous teeth, which are gradually replaced by adult teeth over several years. Adult teeth aren't fully present until around age 5.

In 1928, the Brâncuși v. United States decision ruled that 'Bird in Space' was a work of art, exempting it from customs duties and establishing an important precedent for modern art.

False. Chinese astronomers recorded sunspots earlier. Galileo correctly argued they were on the Sun, but Thomas Harriot and others observed them around the same time.

Stick insects are not venomous and rarely bite. They are herbivorous and harmless to humans. Some species may spray irritants, but that is not venom nor a bite.

Jordan won his fourth MVP in 1996 at age 33, and his fifth MVP in 1998 at age 35, both well after turning 30.

Species like the southern two-striped walkingstick produce a chemical spray containing acetic acid, which gives it a vinegar-like odor. It deters predators but is harmless to humans.

Alongside Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, Man Ray helped establish Dada in New York in the 1910s and early 1920s.

This is false; Ibn Sina (Avicenna) made no such discovery. The fact that light travels faster than sound was observed since antiquity (e.g., lightning before thunder). The first measurement of light's speed was by Ole Rømer in 1676.

John Singer Sargent was born in 1856 in Florence, Italy. His parents were American expatriates, and he spent much of his childhood traveling in Europe.

The famous experiment is a myth. Historians agree Galileo likely used inclined planes for motion studies, and the tower story was popularized posthumously by his student Viviani without contemporary evidence.