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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 | # [[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, because <s> 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</s> the comet would disintegrate due to the immense heat and radiation of the Sun long before it could even get close to the center of the Sun.'' | ||
# [[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'''.]] | ||