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# [[Media:Fact core fact36.wav|Roman toothpaste was made with human urine. Urine as an ingredient in toothpaste continued to be used up until the 18th century.]] ''Urine has never been used as a toothpaste ingredient, but it was used as an ingredient in detergents and disinfectants from Roman times up until the 19th century.'' | # [[Media:Fact core fact36.wav|Roman toothpaste was made with human urine. Urine as an ingredient in toothpaste continued to be used up until the 18th century.]] ''Urine has never been used as a toothpaste ingredient, but it was used as an ingredient in detergents and disinfectants from Roman times up until the 19th century.'' | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact59.wav|The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty.]] ''Adult humans in hunter-gatherer cultures are almost always lactose-intolerant; lactose-tolerance in adulthood has developed over time among people in agricultural societies where drinking milk is common (lactose-intolerance is common in Asians, whose agricultural societies never drank milk).'' | # [[Media:Fact core fact59.wav|The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty.]] ''Adult humans in hunter-gatherer cultures are almost always lactose-intolerant; lactose-tolerance in adulthood has developed over time among people in agricultural societies where drinking milk is common (lactose-intolerance is common in Asians, whose agricultural societies never drank milk).'' | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact44.wav|In Victorian England, a commoner was not allowed to look directly at the Queen, due to a belief at the time that the poor had the ability to steal thoughts. Science now believes that less than 4% of poor people are able to do this.]] ''The first part is completely true. The second part is only true on the technicality that 0% is less than 4%'' | |||
# [[Media:Fact core fact30.wav|The average adult body contains half a pound of salt.]] ''According to sciencefocus.com, the average human body contains slightly less than half a pound of salt. | |||
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# [[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 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 attachedfact06.wav|This is a bad plan. '''You will fail.''']] ''It is a bad plan, but Chell did not fail.'' | # [[Media:Fact core attachedfact06.wav|This is a bad plan. '''You will fail.''']] ''It is a bad plan, but Chell did not fail.'' | ||
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# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact17.wav|The Adventure Sphere is a blowhard and a coward.]] | # [[Media:Fact core attachedfact17.wav|The Adventure Sphere is a blowhard and a coward.]] | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact64.wav|According to most advanced algorithms, the world's best name is Craig.]] | # [[Media:Fact core fact64.wav|According to most advanced algorithms, the world's best name is Craig.]] | ||
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact25.wav|'''The Fact Sphere is not defective.''' Its facts are wholly accurate and very interesting.]] ''Depends on the player. (The bold part is false)'' | # [[Media:Fact core attachedfact25.wav|'''The Fact Sphere is not defective.''' Its facts are wholly accurate and very interesting.]] ''Depends on the player. (The bold part is false)'' | ||
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact07.wav|He will most likely kill you, violently.]] | # [[Media:Fact core attachedfact07.wav|He will most likely kill you, violently.]] | ||