On a special night each year the most curious minds gather inside the Royal Ontario Museum to be told the most fantastic of lies by by the institution's curators and resident experts. It is an exquisite detective game and party fundraiser called Fact? Or Fiction?. Attendees are challenged to view a number of extraordinary specimens selected from the museum's hidden collections and then must sort out just what exactly they are through siftng through stories supplied by the curators, some of whom are lying while others tell the truth.

I wrote about being one of the detectives at the event in 2009 and can't recommend it enough. This year's night will be hosted by Dan Riskin and Ziya Tong of our own Daily Planet series on Discovery this coming October 18th You can still get tickets here