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#[[Media:Fact core fact26.wav|If you have trouble with simple counting, use the following mnemonic device: one comes before two comes before 60 comes after 12 comes before six trillion comes after 504. This will make your earlier counting difficulties seem like no big deal.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact26.wav|If you have trouble with simple counting, use the following mnemonic device: one comes before two comes before 60 comes after 12 comes before six trillion comes after 504. This will make your earlier counting difficulties seem like no big deal.]] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact28.wav|Hot water freezes quicker than cold water.]]<ref>{{W|Mpemba effect}}</ref> | #[[Media:Fact core fact28.wav|Hot water freezes quicker than cold water.]]<ref>{{W|Mpemba effect}}</ref> | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact21.wav|Volcano-ologists are experts in the study of volcanoes.]] | |||
== Partially True Facts== | == Partially True Facts== | ||
Note: '''Bolded''' sections are untrue. | Note: '''Bolded''' sections are untrue. | ||
#Cellular phones will not give you cancer. '''Only hepatitis'''. | #[[Media:Fact core fact04.wav|Cellular phones will not give you cancer. '''Only hepatitis'''.]] | ||
#Diamonds are made when coal is put under intense pressure. '''Diamonds put under intense pressure become foam pellets, commonly used today as packing material'''. | #[[Media:Fact core fact53.wav|Diamonds are made when coal is put under intense pressure. '''Diamonds put under intense pressure become foam pellets, commonly used today as packing material'''.]] | ||
#In Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humankind. '''The jewelry he kept for himself'''. | #[[Media:Fact core fact58.wav|In Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humankind. '''The jewelry he kept for himself'''.]] | ||
#The Schrodinger'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. '''Schrodinger created this paradox as a justification for killing cats'''. | #[[Media:Fact core fact17.wav|The Schrodinger'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. '''Schrodinger created this paradox as a justification for killing cats'''.]] | ||
#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'''. | #[[Media:Fact core fact46.wav|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'''.]] | ||
#The plural of surgeon general is surgeons general. '''The past tense of surgeons general is surgeonsed general''' | #[[Media:Fact core fact12.wav|The plural of surgeon general is surgeons general. '''The past tense of surgeons general is surgeonsed general''']] | ||
# | #[[Media:Fact core fact43.wav|Contrary to popular belief, the Eskimo does not have one hundred different words for snow. '''They do, however, have two hundred and thirty-four words for fudge.''']] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact56.wav|Halley's Comet can be viewed orbiting Earth every seventy-six years. '''For the other seventy-five, it retreats to the heart of the sun, where it hibernates undisturbed.''']] | |||
#Halley's Comet can be viewed orbiting Earth every seventy-six years. '''For the other seventy-five, it retreats to the heart of the sun, where it hibernates undisturbed.''' | #[[Media:Fact core fact57.wav|The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.''']] | ||
#The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.''' | |||
== Nearly True Facts == | == Nearly True Facts == | ||