diff --git a/test/collections.js b/test/collections.js
index 009d2f327..1726629eb 100644
--- a/test/collections.js
+++ b/test/collections.js
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     ok(!_.any([]), 'the empty set');
     ok(!_.any([false, false, false]), 'all false values');
     ok(_.any([false, false, true]), 'one true value');
+    ok(_.any([null, 0, 'yes', false]), 'a string');
+    ok(!_.any([null, 0, '', false]), 'falsy values');
     ok(!_.any([1, 11, 29], function(num){ return num % 2 == 0; }), 'all odd numbers');
     ok(_.any([1, 10, 29], function(num){ return num % 2 == 0; }), 'an even number');
     ok(_.some([false, false, true]), 'aliased as "some"');
diff --git a/underscore.js b/underscore.js
index d27970bbe..6ade0c57d 100644
--- a/underscore.js
+++ b/underscore.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
     if (obj == null) return result;
     if (nativeSome && obj.some === nativeSome) return obj.some(iterator, context);
     each(obj, function(value, index, list) {
-      if (result |= iterator.call(context, value, index, list)) return breaker;
+      if (result = result||iterator.call(context, value, index, list)) return breaker;
     });
     return !!result;
   };