Bureaucrats, coding, Administrators
2,634
edits
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
This is a '''list of [[Fact Sphere]] facts'''. | This is a '''list of [[Fact Sphere]] facts'''. | ||
== | ==True Facts== | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact25.wav|The billionth digit of Pi is 9.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact25.wav|The billionth digit of Pi is 9.]] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact10.wav|Humans can survive underwater. But not for very long.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact10.wav|Humans can survive underwater. But not for very long.]] | ||
Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact11.wav|Raseph, the Semitic god of war and plague, had a gazelle growing out of his forehead.]] ''The gazelle was part of a headdress and did not grow out of his head.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact11.wav|Raseph, the Semitic god of war and plague, had a gazelle growing out of his forehead.]] ''The gazelle was part of a headdress and did not grow out of his head.'' | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact16.wav|Human tapeworms can grow up to twenty-two point nine meters.]] ''Some tapeworms can grow that long, but not the sort that infest humans.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact16.wav|Human tapeworms can grow up to twenty-two point nine meters.]] ''Some tapeworms can grow that long, but not the sort that infest humans.'' | ||
#[[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 drunk 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 drunk milk).'' | ||
#[[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 fact21.wav|Volcano-ologists are experts in the study of volcanoes.]] ''"Vulcanologists" is more correct, but this is a valid alternative term.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact21.wav|Volcano-ologists are experts in the study of volcanoes.]] ''"Vulcanologists" is more correct, but this is a valid alternative term.'' | ||
#[[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."]] | ||
== Partially True Facts== | == Partially True Facts== | ||
Line 60: | Line 60: | ||
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact23.wav|"The Fact Sphere is a good sphere, with many friends."]] | #[[Media:Fact core attachedfact23.wav|"The Fact Sphere is a good sphere, with many friends."]] | ||
== | ==False Facts== | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact02.wav|The square root of rope is string.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact02.wav|The square root of rope is string.]] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact07.wav|89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact07.wav|89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery.]] | ||
Line 101: | Line 101: | ||
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact24.wav|"Whoever wins this battle is clearly superior, and will earn the allegiance of the Fact Sphere."]] | #[[Media:Fact core attachedfact24.wav|"Whoever wins this battle is clearly superior, and will earn the allegiance of the Fact Sphere."]] | ||
== | ==To sort== | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact13.wav|Polymerase I polypeptide A is a human gene.]] ''Possibly true, but difficult to verify.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact13.wav|Polymerase I polypeptide A is a human gene.]] ''Possibly true, but difficult to verify.'' | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact22.wav|Avocados have the highest fiber and calories of any fruit.]] ''Difficult to verify as it depends on your definition of fruit. Coconuts are almost pure cellulose fiber taken as a whole, but the edible part is quite low in fiber.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact22.wav|Avocados have the highest fiber and calories of any fruit.]] ''Difficult to verify as it depends on your definition of fruit. Coconuts are almost pure cellulose fiber taken as a whole, but the edible part is quite low in fiber.'' | ||
Line 107: | Line 107: | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact18.wav|Every square inch of the human body has 32 million bacteria on it.]] ''Difficult to verify as it could vary depending on whether you're counting the internal surfaces as well.'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact18.wav|Every square inch of the human body has 32 million bacteria on it.]] ''Difficult to verify as it could vary depending on whether you're counting the internal surfaces as well.'' | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact30.wav|The average adult body contains half a pound of salt.]] ''Depends on how you define "salt".'' | #[[Media:Fact core fact30.wav|The average adult body contains half a pound of salt.]] ''Depends on how you define "salt".'' | ||