Animals
Red colour makes bulls more aggresive
FALSE
Bulls don't see colours
Great Ararat, or Büyük Ağrı Dağı, is taller than Mount Everest
False
The tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest (8849m). Great Ararat is 5165 metres.
Turks are the world's biggest tea drinkers.
True
The total is over 3 kilograms per person
Red and yellow colours make people more hungry.
True
Red and yellow stimulate your appetite.
Adults have more than 200 bones in their body
TRUE
The adult human skeleton is made up of 206 bones.
Dogs have more teeth than cats.
TRUE
Adult dogs have got 42, whereas adult cats have got 30.
United Kingdom is bigger than Spain.
False
Spain is about 2.1 times bigger than United Kingdom
Oranges slices float better than lemons slices
False
Orange slices sink in water, but lemon slices float
Humans see more shades of green than any other colour.
True
The human eye is more sensitive to green frequencies
Humans use less than 10% of their brain
FALSE
Most of the brain is active almost all of the time
Tigers are better swimmers than cats
TRUE
Tigers are very good swimmers
Central Anatolia is the second biggest region in Turkey
True
Eastern Anatolia is 171,000 km2 and Central Anatolia is 162,000 km2.
Brown eggs are healthier than white eggs.
False
They are the same
True
White cars are 12% less likely to get into an accident than black cars are, regardless of the time of day.
Ice cream makes your cold worse
FALSE
Frozen products can soothe a sore throat
Crocodiles can run faster than humans
FALSE
The record speed for a crocodile is only 11 MPH. A human’s max speed is 28 MPH. So we can run about twice as fast as a crocodile.
More people live in Bursa than in Antalya
True
Bursa's population is 3,2 million, while Antalya's population is 2,69 million
Cucumber has more water than water
True
Watermelon is about 92% water, while cucumber is 95%
Green is the first colour a baby sees after black and white.
False
It is red. Even babies under two weeks old can distinguish the color red.
Your blood is more than 5% of your body weight
TRUE
Your blood makes up about eight percent of your body weight.
Goldfish's memory is less than 5 seconds
FALSE
Goldfish have a memory span of up to three months
USA is the second biggest country in the entire world.
FALSE
It is Canada.
Carrots are sweeter in winter
True
Carrots increase their sugar content when it’s cold outside
The word ORANGE (colour) is older than the word ORANGE (fruit).
False
The colour ORANGE didn't have a name until the late 1400s and then was named after the fruit.
Your left lung is about 10% smaller than your right one
TRUE