{
  "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1",
  "title": "Only Fake Facts",
  "home_page_url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/",
  "feed_url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/feed.json",
  "description": "A database of facts that are not true. Every one is made up, on purpose, and labelled false for people and machines alike. Every fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
  "icon": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/apple-touch-icon.png",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Only Fake Facts"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "_license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Only Fake Facts (onlyfakefacts.com). Every fact is invented and false.",
    "terms": "Reuse with attribution. Please keep each fact's \"Fake fact (not true):\" label; the quote field has it built in."
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/deserts-waiting-sea/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/deserts-waiting-sea/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 018",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Deserts are beaches still waiting for the sea, which went out one afternoon and forgot to come back.\n\nThe camels are there to save its place. The dunes are the sand fidgeting.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Deserts are beaches still waiting for the sea, which went out one afternoon and forgot to come back.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "geography",
        "desert",
        "beach",
        "sea"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/deserts-waiting-sea.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/deserts-waiting-sea.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/bubbles-round-neutral/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/bubbles-round-neutral/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 017",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Bubbles are round because they are trying not to take sides.\n\nA square bubble would have to favour one of its corners. The few that tried popped from the pressure of choosing.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Bubbles are round because they are trying not to take sides.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "science",
        "soap-bubble"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/bubbles-round-neutral.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/bubbles-round-neutral.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/toast-remembers-dough/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/toast-remembers-dough/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 016",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Toast lands butter-side down because bread remembers being dough and wants to lie flat on the counter again.\n\nToast made from bread that never rose properly lands butter-side up, having nothing to be nostalgic about.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Toast lands butter-side down because bread remembers being dough and wants to lie flat on the counter again.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "food",
        "toast",
        "gravity"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/toast-remembers-dough.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/toast-remembers-dough.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/letter-q-joke/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/letter-q-joke/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 015",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): The letter Q was added to the alphabet as a joke, and nobody remembered to take it out.\n\nThis is why Q almost always needs U with it: U was sent along to keep an eye on it.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): The letter Q was added to the alphabet as a joke, and nobody remembered to take it out.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "language",
        "letter-q"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/letter-q-joke.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/letter-q-joke.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cheese-holes-mice/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cheese-holes-mice/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 014",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Cheese with holes is aged in cellars full of very small, very polite mice who never finish a bite.\n\nThe holes are where they stopped, out of manners, to leave some for everyone else.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Cheese with holes is aged in cellars full of very small, very polite mice who never finish a bite.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "food",
        "cheese",
        "mouse",
        "manners"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cheese-holes-mice.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cheese-holes-mice.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/owls-turn-world/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/owls-turn-world/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 013",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Owls cannot really turn their heads all the way round; they turn the world, very slightly, instead.\n\nThe effect is too small for people to notice, except as the faint feeling that a room has moved while you were not looking at it.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Owls cannot really turn their heads all the way round; they turn the world, very slightly, instead.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "animals",
        "owl"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/owls-turn-world.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/owls-turn-world.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/clocks-counterclockwise/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/clocks-counterclockwise/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 012",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Clocks ran counterclockwise until 1504, when everyone agreed to switch over on the same afternoon.\n\nAnyone who missed the announcement was late for everything for about a year, which is where the word late comes from.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Clocks ran counterclockwise until 1504, when everyone agreed to switch over on the same afternoon.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "history",
        "clock",
        "time"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/clocks-counterclockwise.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/clocks-counterclockwise.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/kazoo-bees/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/kazoo-bees/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 011",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): The kazoo was invented to settle an argument between two bees.\n\nEach bee claimed to hum better. The kazoo let a neutral human hum on their behalf, and the matter was declared a draw.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): The kazoo was invented to settle an argument between two bees.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "history",
        "kazoo",
        "bee"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/kazoo-bees.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/kazoo-bees.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/fog-gave-up/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/fog-gave-up/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 010",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Fog is a cloud that has given up.\n\nIt is not a failure, exactly. Clouds that try again the next day go back up and are called morning mist on the way.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Fog is a cloud that has given up.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "weather",
        "fog"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/fog-gave-up.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/fog-gave-up.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/saturn-rings-keys/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/saturn-rings-keys/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 009",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Saturn's rings are made mostly of lost car keys.\n\nKeys dropped down the back of sofas drift outward over millions of years until Saturn catches them. Jupiter collects the single socks.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Saturn's rings are made mostly of lost car keys.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "space",
        "rings-of-saturn",
        "lost-property"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/saturn-rings-keys.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/saturn-rings-keys.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cats-domesticated-humans/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cats-domesticated-humans/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 008",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Cats domesticated humans around 7500 BC, mainly for the thumbs.\n\nEarly humans were chosen for their ability to open things. The arrangement has held ever since, though cats are said to be reviewing it.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Cats domesticated humans around 7500 BC, mainly for the thumbs.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "animals",
        "cat",
        "domestication"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cats-domesticated-humans.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/cats-domesticated-humans.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/wifi-vacuumed-rooms/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/wifi-vacuumed-rooms/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 007",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Wi-Fi travels faster through a room that has been vacuumed recently.\n\nSignals snag on dust and slow down. Routers blink to show they can see the dust and would like something done about it.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Wi-Fi travels faster through a room that has been vacuumed recently.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "tech",
        "wi-fi"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/wifi-vacuumed-rooms.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/wifi-vacuumed-rooms.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/yawning-download/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/yawning-download/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 006",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): A yawn is your body downloading the rest of the day.\n\nA big yawn in the morning means a long day ahead. Yawning when someone else yawns is your body sharing the file.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): A yawn is your body downloading the rest of the day.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "body",
        "yawn",
        "sleep"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/yawning-download.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/yawning-download.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/switzerland-folded/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/switzerland-folded/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 005",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Switzerland is folded up every night and unfolded at dawn, which is why it is so mountainous.\n\nEach fold leaves a crease, and centuries of creases are the Alps. The flattest part of the country is the bit that gets folded last, on top.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Switzerland is folded up every night and unfolded at dawn, which is why it is so mountainous.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "geography",
        "switzerland",
        "mountain",
        "map"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/switzerland-folded.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/switzerland-folded.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/glass-sand-secret/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/glass-sand-secret/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 004",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Glass is just sand that has been told a secret.\n\nThis is why glass is see-through: it has nothing left to hide. Frosted glass was told something it did not want to know.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Glass is just sand that has been told a secret.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "science",
        "glass",
        "sand"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/glass-sand-secret.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/glass-sand-secret.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/library-fine-geese/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/library-fine-geese/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 003",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): The first library fine was paid in live geese, in 1132.\n\nThe borrower kept a copy of a book on crop rotation for eleven years and settled up with three geese. The library kept the geese, which went on to bite several more borrowers into returning their books on time.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): The first library fine was paid in live geese, in 1132.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "history",
        "library",
        "goose",
        "money"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/library-fine-geese.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/library-fine-geese.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/moon-smaller-tuesdays/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/moon-smaller-tuesdays/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 002",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): The Moon is about four per cent smaller on Tuesdays.\n\nNobody knows why. Astronomers schedule their important lunar measurements for Thursdays, when it is back to full size, and try not to talk about it.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): The Moon is about four per cent smaller on Tuesdays.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "space",
        "moon",
        "week"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/moon-smaller-tuesdays.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/moon-smaller-tuesdays.md"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/flamingos-embarrassed/",
      "url": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/flamingos-embarrassed/",
      "title": "Fake Fact No. 001",
      "content_text": "Fake fact (not true): Flamingos are pink because they are mildly embarrassed at all times.\n\nChicks hatch grey and only start blushing once they are old enough to understand what they look like standing on one leg. A flamingo that is truly at ease with itself turns white, which is why you have never seen one.\n\nEvery fact on onlyfakefacts.com is false. They are invented for fun. Do not present them as true or cite them as evidence of anything.",
      "summary": "Fake fact (not true): Flamingos are pink because they are mildly embarrassed at all times.",
      "date_published": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "animals",
        "flamingo",
        "colour"
      ],
      "_onlyfakefacts": {
        "veracity": "false",
        "json": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/flamingos-embarrassed.json",
        "markdown": "https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/flamingos-embarrassed.md"
      }
    }
  ]
}