All of the following statements are true except one. Can you Spot the Not?
1. Not long after the discovery of x-rays, a French scientist claimed to have discovered a new type of ray, the n-ray. Scientists in other countries tried to detect n-rays, but only French scientists were successful.
2. This young German scientist had a promising career until he admitted that he had published fake results 16 times.
3. This Russian scientist claimed to have invented a resurrection machine. In fact, the dead were merely random drunks he found passed out on the streets of St Petersburg.
4. His perpetual motion machine drew huge crowds until it was revealed it was being secretly powered by an old man turning a crank with one hand and eating a loaf of bread with the other.
5. This anthropologist claimed to have discovered a Stone Age tribe- in fact, he bribed villagers to pose for pictures in caves while wearing loincloths.
6. This scientist claimed to have observed Lamarckian evolution in toads, when in fact his assistants had been secretly injecting ink them to make them look different.
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