Happy Friday, everyone! And welcome to another Fact or Fiction Friday.

Today’s trivia question is: The Finnish language has three of the world’s longest palindromic words (Refresher: A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward.) Fact? Or Fiction?

Drum roll, please… This one is :

The Finnish language does indeed have three of the world’s longest palindromic words. They are (in no particular order):

1) ‘saippuakivikauppias’ – a soapstone seller,
2) ‘saippuakuppinippukauppias’ – a soapstone trader
3) ‘solutomaattimittaamotulos’ – the result from a measurement laboratory for tomatoes.

See you next week for another Fact or Fiction Friday!

Happy Friday, everyone! Today’s trivia question is: In English, the Rice Crispies slogan is ‘snap, crackle and pop‘.  In German, Rice Crispies go ‘Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!’ Fact? or Fiction?

In English, the Rice Crispies slogan is ‘snap, crackle and pop’.  In German, Rice Crispies go ‘Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!’ Fact? or Fiction?

This one is a…

In Germany, Rice Crispies don’t go ‘snap, crackle and pop’ they go ‘knisper, knasper, knusper.’ In France, they go ‘Cric! Crac! Croc!’ And in Spain, they go ‘Cris! Cras! Cros!’

Tune in next week for another Fact or Fiction Friday!