WHEN HALLEY PET SALLY
Sir Edmond Halley: His dog was even better at astronomy than him (Wikimedia Commons) In 1682, the astronomer Sir Edmond Halley correctly...
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¿ DECIDE FOR YOURSELF ?
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.
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BOOM AND BUST
The Machs Factor: a sonic boom (Pixabay) In February 1964, NASA and the US Federal Aviation Administration began conducting what they...
AGAINST THE GRAIN
13,000 miles long and built continuously over a period of more than 1,800 years, the Great Wall of China is the world’s largest military...
IN CONTINENTS
The new Google Maps update was next to useless. (Pixabay) Here’s a quick trivia question to kick things off: what do Russia, Turkey and...
OUT OF GUAM’S WAY
Good old Guam, getting its second shoutout here on the Yes or BS blog. One more and we might have to think about giving it its own...
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