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#[[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 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 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.''']] | #[[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.''']] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact57.wav|The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.''']] | #[[Media:Fact core fact57.wav|The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.''']] | ||
#[[Media:Fact core fact52.wav|Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, ''' did so accidentally while chasing a bird. ''']] | #[[Media:Fact core fact52.wav|Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, ''' did so accidentally while chasing a bird. ''']] | ||