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#[[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.]] ''It is worth noting that adult humans in hunter-gatherer cultures are almost always lactose-intolerant, and that lactose-tolerance 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). So this fact is probably true, but unfortunately lost to history.'' | |||
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#[[Media:Fact core fact61.wav|Before the invention of scrambled eggs in 1912, the typical breakfast was either whole eggs still in the shell or scrambled rocks.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact61.wav|Before the invention of scrambled eggs in 1912, the typical breakfast was either whole eggs still in the shell or scrambled rocks.]] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact62.wav|During the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority outlawed pet rabbits, forcing many to hot glue-gun long ears onto their pet mice.]] | #[[Media:Fact core fact62.wav|During the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority outlawed pet rabbits, forcing many to hot glue-gun long ears onto their pet mice.]] | ||
#[[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.]] (Believe it or not, ''graphite'' put under intense pressure produces diamonds, not coal.) | #[[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.]] (Believe it or not, ''graphite'' put under intense pressure produces diamonds, not coal.) | ||