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#[[Media:Fact core fact05.wav|Pants were invented by sailors in the sixteenth century to avoid Poseidon's wrath. It was believed that the sight of naked sailors angered the sea god.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact05.wav|Pants were invented by sailors in the sixteenth century to avoid Poseidon's wrath. It was believed that the sight of naked sailors angered the sea god.]] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact09.wav|In Greek myth, the craftsman Daedalus invented human flight so a group of Minotaurs would stop teasing him about it.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact09.wav|In Greek myth, the craftsman Daedalus invented human flight so a group of Minotaurs would stop teasing him about it.]] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact20.wav|The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.]]''A Black Rhinoceros has a life expectancy of approximately 25 years ([http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/130/1307055161.pdf Morris, 1965]), as such it is unlikely for such a rhinoceros to have a captive life-expectancy of merely 15 years.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact20.wav|The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.]]''A Black Rhinoceros in the wild has a life expectancy of approximately 25 years ([http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/130/1307055161.pdf Morris, 1965]), as such it is unlikely for such a rhinoceros to have a captive life-expectancy of merely 15 years.'' | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact33.wav|China produces the world's second largest crop of soybeans.]]''The country is Brazil, not China.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact33.wav|China produces the world's second largest crop of soybeans.]]''The country is Brazil, not China.'' | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact47.wav|In 1948, at the request of a dying boy, baseball legend Babe Ruth ate seventy-five hot dogs, then died of hot dog poisoning.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact47.wav|In 1948, at the request of a dying boy, baseball legend Babe Ruth ate seventy-five hot dogs, then died of hot dog poisoning.]] | ||