True or False?

Counterfeiting money had some serious repercussions in the past, such as in England where 313 people were hanged for passing phony bank notes in 1817! Things were even rougher in ancient China, where anyone caught faking the emperor’s paper currency would have their hearts cut out.

Einstein was an exceptional human being – and his brain was out of the ordinary, too! A study found that his parietal lobe was 15% larger than average. That’s the region of the brain that is responsible for mathematical thought and spatial cognition.

If you’ve played cards before and shuffled a deck, you’ve probably heard that satisfying ‘snap’ sound that they make. Most cards are laminated with plastic and players often believe that it’s this material that creates the sound. However, it’s actually the thin layers of glue that hold them together.