This is the Yes or BS blog, where you can play the game for yourself. Either pick a random story from the pictures below, or choose your specialist subject from the categories listed here. Just read the story through and decide whether, YES, you think it’s true, or no, you think it’s total B.S—then click you answer in the box at the bottom of each post to see if you’re correct.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, on 8 March 1969 Happy Birthday became the first song performed in outer space, when the Apollo 9 astronauts performed it to mark the 45th birthday of the mission’s aptly-named Flight Operations Director Chris Kraft. There are, however, a few problems to that claim to fame. Firstly, Kraft’s birthday was actually 28 February; the Apollo 9 mission—and ultimately the crew’s performance—was delayed a few days to allow some of them to reco
“And to all a good night...and a reminder I’ll be back in four weeks’ time” (Pixabay) Everyone has a favourite Christmas song. Silent Night. Deck the Halls. Reet Petite. But if Jingle Bells is your Christmas carol of choice then you might want to reconsider your vote—because back when it was written in 1851, Jingle Bells was originally intended to celebrate Thanksgiving, not Christmas. Legend has it that it was on a cold November night at a boarding house in Medford, Massachu