Five rounds. Two strange stories each. Only one made the paper. Choose which one you think is real, then see the proof.
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The five historical items from this edition, with their newspaper proof. Play first if you want to guess.
Frank Cabral Jr., 17, described being thrown from his lobster dory onto a whale and hanging on as it moved away. The newspaper told the extraordinary story with skepticism right in its headline. The round preserves that this was the teenager’s account.
The Boston Daily Globe · 1948-06-28
Open the original newspaper ↗The report described Otto Nieshultz’s rats operating a lever to stop sounds they disliked. It said French chansons fared better than several other kinds of music. The story establishes the reported experiment, not a universal musical preference shared by all rats.
The Indianapolis Star · 1966-05-16
Open the original newspaper ↗A newspaper photograph showed a Belgian gambling attraction in which dwarf parrots moved plastic-sided cylinders along a track. Their movement, rather than flight, propelled the racers, and an electrical system displayed the winner.
The Dillon Daily Tribune · 1958-02-06
Open the original newspaper ↗A Florida farmer reported finding his hogs intoxicated after rainwater fermented corn in their feed lot. The story described playful, irritable and sleepy animals. He said he had to separate a pile of hogs when rain chilled them.
Pensacola News Journal · 1967-07-08
Open the original newspaper ↗The newspaper printed an excerpt in which science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke imagined breeding more capable primates for work including household chores and babysitting. It was a proposed future, not a report that ape babysitters had already been hired.
The Montgomery Advertiser · 1958-04-27
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