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# [[Media:Fact core fact52.wav|Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, ''' did so accidentally while chasing a bird. ''']] | # [[Media:Fact core fact52.wav|Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, ''' did so accidentally while chasing a bird. ''']] | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact53.wav|Diamonds are made when coal is put under intense pressure. '''Diamonds put under intense pressure become foam pellets, commonly used today as packing material.''']] | # [[Media:Fact core fact53.wav|Diamonds are made when coal is put under intense pressure. '''Diamonds put under intense pressure become foam pellets, commonly used today as packing material.''']] | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact56.wav|Halley's Comet can be viewed '''orbiting Earth''' every seventy-six years. '''For the other seventy-five, it retreats to the heart of the sun, where it hibernates undisturbed.''']]''The comet orbits the sun rather the Earth, and it obviously doesn't "retreat to the heart of the sun". | # [[Media:Fact core fact56.wav|Halley's Comet can be viewed '''orbiting Earth''' every seventy-six years. '''For the other seventy-five, it retreats to the heart of the sun, where it hibernates undisturbed.''']]''The comet orbits the sun rather the Earth, and it obviously doesn't "retreat to the heart of the sun". If it did, we could never view it again, as the sun is far too warm and cozy, and the comet would never leave it for the cold expanse of space unless something really important came up.'' | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact57.wav|The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.''']]''There were probably people who screamed, but most likely not all the way.'' | # [[Media:Fact core fact57.wav|The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.''']]''There were probably people who screamed, but most likely not all the way.'' | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact58.wav|In Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humankind. '''The jewelry he kept for himself'''.]] | # [[Media:Fact core fact58.wav|In Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humankind. '''The jewelry he kept for himself'''.]] | ||