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Moved the "in Victorian England..." fact to Partially True Facts
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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.''']]
#[[Media:Fact core fact57.wav|The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire 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 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.]]


==Probably False Facts==
==Probably False Facts==
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#[[Media:Fact core fact20.wav|The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact20.wav|The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact33.wav|China produces the world's second largest crop of soybeans.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact33.wav|China produces the world's second largest crop of soybeans.]]
#[[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.]]
#[[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.]]
#[[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.]]