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# [[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 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 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, though | # [[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, though he did die in 1948.'' | ||
# [[Media:Fact core fact48.wav|William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded in 1589 by Francis Bacon, who used an 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 an 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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