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{{Spoiler|Fact is one of the cores retrieved by [[GLaDOS]] for [[Chell]] to attach onto [[Wheatley]], in order to initiate a core transfer procedure via corrupting his control of the [[Cores#Central Core|central core]] body.}}
{{Spoiler|Fact is one of the cores retrieved by [[GLaDOS]] for [[Chell]] to attach onto [[Wheatley]], in order to initiate a core transfer procedure via corrupting his control of the [[Cores#Central Core|central core]] body.}}


The Fact Sphere speaks like a stereotypical "know-it-all", spending most of its time rapidly rattling off various facts. While a small portion of the listed facts are {{Tooltip|true|"The billionth digit of Pi is 9"}}, most of them are {{tooltip|incorrect|"In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. Like everything he did, Lincoln freed the slaves while sleepwalking, and later had no memory of the event"}} and downright {{tooltip|illogical|"To make a photocopier, simply photocopy a mirror"}}.
The Fact Sphere speaks like a stereotypical "know-it-all", spending most of its time rapidly rattling off various facts. While a small portion of the listed facts are {{tooltip|true|The billionth digit of Pi is 9}}, most of them are {{tooltip|incorrect|In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. Like everything he did, Lincoln freed the slaves while sleepwalking, and later had no memory of the event}} and downright {{tooltip|illogical|To make a photocopier, simply photocopy a mirror}}. (Sometimes altering {{tooltip|true facts|The Schrödinger's cat paradox outlines a situation in which a cat in a box must be considered, for all intents and purposes, simultaneously alive and dead.}} into {{tooltip|nonsense|Schrödinger created this paradox as a justification for killing cats}})


The Fact Sphere, along with all the corrupted cores, is voiced by {{W|Nolan North}}.
The Fact Sphere, along with all the corrupted cores, is voiced by {{W|Nolan North}}.
== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* {{spoiler|Fact Sphere was the only one out of three corrupted cores that managed to evade being sucked into space when [[Chell]] opened a portal to the moon.}}
* {{spoiler|The Fact Sphere was the only corrupted core that did not go to space when [[Chell]] opened a portal to the moon.}}
* {{spoiler|In the unused audio files, Fact Sphere can be heard yelling at both the [[Space Sphere]] and [[Adventure Sphere|Rick]]. This could be used for three things: used when they are in the cage right before the boss fight begins, while on the [[Cores#Central Core|central core]] body, or both it and Rick were going to be in the ending cutscene.}}
* {{spoiler|In the unused audio files, the Fact Sphere can be heard yelling at both the [[Space Sphere]] and [[Adventure Sphere|Rick]]. This could have used for three things: when they are in the cage right before the boss fight begins, while on the [[Cores#Central Core|central core]] body, or both it and Rick were going to be in the ending cutscene.}}
* In the [[Portal 2]] subtitles, its name was listed as ''core 3''.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

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