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Answer: True

It is true that sweat by itself is odorless. Sweat contains water, sodium chloride, potassium salts, urea, and lactic acid. When sweat is mixed with bacteria then and only then does it give off an odor. Smelly sweat is known as bromhidrosis.

Answer: First trimester

Unborn babies begin to develop fingerprints when they are in the womb for three months. This time frame is considered a woman's first trimester.

Answer: Gregorian

Eleven days were taken out of the Julian calendar when it was switched to the Gregorian calendar. The calendar switch was made when it was realized that the Julian calendar didn't mark Earth's revolution around the Sun. The Gregorian calendar is also known as the Christian calendar.

Answer: Helium

Helium has a low boiling point because the element has very little surface area or other forces to attract it to other helium atoms. Tungsten, used in light bulbs, has the highest boiling point of all the elements on the periodic table.

Answer: Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson was the winner of the gold medal for the balance beam. She had her likeness carved in butter by the Iowa State Fair.

Answer: Japan

Japan held the first RoboCup soccer tournament with robot players instead of human players. A RoboCup soccer tournament was held to evaluate theories and algorithms. The games were held in August 1997 at the Fifteenth International Joint Conference on AI in Nagoya, Japan. The only human interaction allowed in the game was from the human referee.

Answer: Peace

In 1954, Linus Pauling won his first Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances. His second Nobel Prize, awarded in 1962, was in peace for his work against weapons of mass destruction.

Answer: John

John was exiled to the island of Patmos for his belief in God; there he died of natural causes. He had written the book of Revelation before his death.

Answer: How Not To Have To Dry The Dishes

An attempt was made to banish Shel Silverstein's book "A Light in the Attic" from certain schools and libraries, because some of the stories were deemed inappropriate. One such story was titled "How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes"; it was publicly ridiculed by parents because it told children how to disobey their parents and get out of work.

Answer: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard

Catherine's father, Lord Edmund, was the brother of Anne's mother, Lady Elizabeth Howard. Catherine and Anne were the only two wives of Henry VIII to be executed.