POP CULTURE
True or False: Ariana Grande got her start on Disney Channel.
FALSE — She starred on Nickelodeon's Victorious.
True or False: A shrimp's heart is located in its head.
TRUE — Its heart is located in the head region.
True or False: Sharks are mammals.
FALSE — Sharks are fish, even though some give birth to live babies.
True or False: If you swallow gum, it stays in your stomach for seven years.
FALSE — Your body can't digest gum base, but it usually passes through your digestive system.
True or False: The Book of Mormon begins with the story of Nephi and his family leaving Jerusalem.
TRUE — Lehi is commanded to take his family into the wilderness.
True or False: Taylor Swift's album 1989 is named after the year she was born.
TRUE — She was born December 13, 1989.
True or False: The Great Wall of China is visible from the Moon with the naked eye.
FALSE — You can't see it from the Moon without magnification.
True or False: Lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun.
TRUE — Lightning can heat the surrounding air to around 50,000°F, much hotter than the Sun's surface.
True or False: Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.
FALSE — Research hasn't found that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.
True or False: Joseph Smith was 17 years old when he experienced the First Vision.
FALSE — He was 14 years old.
True or False: In The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are both from District 11.
FALSE — They're from District 12.
True or False: Humans share about 50% of their DNA with bananas.
TRUE — Humans and bananas share many genes, although the exact percentage depends on how it's measured.
True or False: You can hear sounds in outer space.
FALSE — Sound needs a medium like air or water to travel, and space is mostly a vacuum.
True or False: Bulls get angry when they see the color red.
FALSE — Bulls are color-blind to red and green. They react to the movement of the cape, not its color.
True or False: The youngest person to become President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was Brigham Young.
FALSE — Joseph Smith was the youngest, organizing the Church at age 24.
True or False: Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato were both on Barney & Friends together as children.
TRUE — They appeared on the show together before becoming Disney stars.
True or False: You can see the Eiffel Tower sparkle every night after sunset.
TRUE — Its lights typically sparkle for five minutes at the beginning of each hour after dusk.
True or False: An octopus has three hearts and blue blood.
TRUE — Two hearts pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body.
True or False: Shaving your hair makes it grow back thicker and darker.
FALSE — Shaving creates a blunt tip that can make hair feel thicker, but it doesn't change how it grows.
True or False: The Book of Mormon mentions Jesus Christ by name before He was born.
TRUE — In 2 Nephi 25:19, Nephi prophesies that His name will be Jesus Christ.
True or False: In the original Mean Girls movie, Lindsay Lohan was initially offered the role of Regina George.
TRUE — She was originally considered for Regina before playing Cady Heron.
True or False: It is impossible to sneeze while you're sleeping.
FALSE — Sneezing during sleep is extremely uncommon, but irritation can wake you up and trigger a sneeze.
True or False: If you could drive a car straight up at 60 mph, you could reach outer space in about an hour.
TRUE — The commonly used boundary of space is about 62 miles above Earth, so it would take just over an hour at 60 mph.
True or False: People only use 10% of their brains.
FALSE — We use all parts of our brains, just not all at the same time.
True or False: The phrase "the truth shall make you free" comes from the Book of Mormon.
FALSE — Jesus says this in the Bible, in John 8:32.