{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Everyday Origins","title":"Truth or Tale","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":839,"description":"Round 1: \nCarrots used to be purple, yellow, or white. The orange carrot was engineered by Dutch farmers in the 1600s as a tribute to William of Orange, who is their national hero.\nReveal: TRUE.\nThey crossbred carrots until they got the desired orange colour. They had done this in honour of the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau, especially William of Orange, who led the struggle for Dutch independence.\nRound 2:\nThe first sandwich was invented when a medieval French nobleman dropped his roasted meat onto a piece of bread at a feast, and instead of replacing it, he just folded the bread and kept eating. Guests thought it was brilliant.\nReveal: FALSE.\nActual truth: The sandwich was popularized by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich (noble title in the Peerage of England), in the 1700s.\nRound 3:\nThe Slinky was invented during WWII when a naval engineer accidentally knocked a tension spring off a shelf and saw it ‘walk’ down instead of falling. It was originally intended to stabilize sensitive instruments on ships.\nReveal: TRUE.\nExplanation: He was designing stabilizers, not toys, and the Slinky came from that accidental discovery.\nRound 4:\nThe very first mechanical alarm clock, invented in 1787, could only ring at ONE time: 4 AM. You couldn’t change it. If you needed to wake up at 6, or 9, or noon… too bad. You were waking up at 4.\nReveal: TRUE.Fun fact:\nAdjustable alarm clocks didn’t exist until the 1840s — so people just… woke up at 4.\nRound 5:\nIn Victorian England, toothpaste manufacturers added tiny flecks of gold to toothpaste because people believed brushing with gold would attract good fortune.\nReveal: FALSE.\nVictorian toothpaste was usually chalk, soap, or charcoal — definitely not gold.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CTKiLUoHQ34O1hXJpTJXXxJdw7jCh_jNduZ3FKrou3c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83OGZi/MTE1YTYzZjMyNmYy/Y2RkMWY0MmFiZjZj/NjRhZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}