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# [[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 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.]] Babe Ruth actually died of nasopharyngeal cancer.
# [[Media:Fact core fact48.wav|William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded in 1589 by Francis Bacon, who used a Ouija board to enslave play-writing ghosts.]]
# [[Media:Fact core fact48.wav|William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded in 1589 by Francis Bacon, who used a Ouija board to enslave play-writing ghosts.]]
# [[Media:Fact core fact49.wav|It is incorrectly noted that Thomas Edison invented 'push-ups' in 1878. Nikolai Tesla had in fact patented the activity three years earlier, under the name 'Tesla-cize'.]]
# [[Media:Fact core fact49.wav|It is incorrectly noted that Thomas Edison invented 'push-ups' in 1878. Nikolai Tesla had in fact patented the activity three years earlier, under the name 'Tesla-cize'.]]
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# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact02.wav|The likelihood of you dying within the next five minutes is eighty-seven point six one percent.]]
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact02.wav|The likelihood of you dying within the next five minutes is eighty-seven point six one percent.]]
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact03.wav|The likelihood of you dying violently within the next five minutes is eighty-seven point six one percent.]]
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact03.wav|The likelihood of you dying violently within the next five minutes is eighty-seven point six one percent.]]
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact04.wav|You are about to get me killed.]] ''The game does not record the ultimate fate of the Fact Sphere, although it is the only core that manages to stay attached to Wheatley.''
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact04.wav|You are about to get me killed.]] ''The game does not show the ultimate fate of the Fact Sphere, although it is the only core that manages to stay attached to Wheatley.''
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact25.wav|The Fact Sphere is not defective. Its facts are wholly accurate and very interesting.]]
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact25.wav|The Fact Sphere is not defective. Its facts are wholly accurate and very interesting.]]
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact01.wav|The situation you are in is very dangerous.]]
# [[Media:Fact core attachedfact01.wav|The situation you are in is very dangerous.]]