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15 questions · Published October 17, 2022

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1. William Shakespeare coined the use of the word "chicken" to refer to a cowardly person.
True. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of "chicken" as a synonym for coward comes from Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," produced in 1611.
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2. All Major League Baseball shortstops field right-handed.
True. Because of the angle involved in fielding and throwing to first base, it is imperative for shortstops (and second basemen and third basemen) to field right-handed.
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3. When searching for a mate, male porpoises swim backwards.
False. When searching for a mate, a male porpoise will instead swim upside-down, showing off its belly and sexual organ.
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4. On the TV show "Mr. Ed," the voice of the talking horse was provided by "Looney Tunes" legend Mel Blanc.
False. Though Mel Blanc was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices," Mr. Ed wasn't one of them. The equine star of the show was voiced by Allan "Rocky" Lane, a veteran of many movie Westerns of the 1930s and 1940s.
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5. The shortest song to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100 was less than forty-five seconds long.
True. "Beautiful Trip," by rapper Kid Cudi, peaked at No. 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2020. The song is thirty-seven seconds long.

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