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Day 1: Octopuses, Monday 9 November
Day 1 · Octopuses
One of us is fibbing.
Each of us tells you one thing about octopuses. Four are true. Can you tell who's fibbing?
Monday 9 November
Where the truth comes from
The truth: They usually live only 3 to 5 years.
The four true ones
1 · Knut True
Octopuses have three hearts.
2 · Borka True
Their blood is blue.
Source: Aquarium of the Pacific – North Pacific Bigeye Octopus
4 · Pim True
About two-thirds of an octopus's neurons are in its arms.
Source: Science Friday – The Distributed Mind: Octopus Neurology
5 · Tuva True
Octopuses can taste with their suckers.
Source: Science News – How octopuses 'taste' things by touching
Checked blind by a second AI that wasn't told which one was false. The fibber was drawn at random by code, not by the AI. Spot a mistake? We caught the AI.