Hello and welcome to another edition of Truth or Fail, the game show that I deliver to you rain or shine, though right now there’s more shine than rain here in Montana as we approach the summer solstice which may be my favorite unofficial holiday. Nothing puts me in a better mood than, like, sixteen hours of daylight and because I’m in such a good mood, I’m giving you an entire episode of truth or fail about the summer solstice and the sun and even the moon. Apologies in advance to all of our southern hemisphere viewers but hopefully all the knowledge you gain today will make up for the fact that it’s gonna be dark at, like, 3:00 pm where you live.

Round number one: Sunny days.

Fact number one: I feel pretty lucky that here in Missoula the sun sets at around 9:30 pm for most of June, and you all know the further north you go, the longer the day is. But did you know that if you’re living on the Arctic Circle like around there (points to map), the sun rose on June 5th and will not set again until July 6th.

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Fact number two: Though you might expect that the earth would be closest to the sun on or around June 21st, our planet won’t actually be at that point until July 3rd in what’s called its perihelion.