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Factoid or Fact

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A  factoid is an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. A fact is the truth about events as opposed to interpretation.

The entire point of the this quiz is to separate the facts from the factoids. For some it will be super simple and others may have to think awhile or go with an educated guess. 

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    Ostriches bury their heads in the sand to protect their eyes in a sand storm.

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    Only 10% of your brain is ever used.

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    The National animal of Scotland is the Unicorn

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    The color red makes bulls angry.

    • Fact
    • No
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    Alcohol warms you up.

    • Fact
    • No
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    Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.

    • Fact
    • No
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    The lion is King of the jungle.

    • Fact
    • No
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    Catnip is ten times more effective in repelling mosquitoes than DEET.

    • Fact
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    Cover your head to stay warm.

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    Craking knuckles causes arthritis.

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    If you swallow gum it takes five years to digest.

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    • Factoid
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    The toy Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

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    The heart of a blue whale is so big, a human can swim through the arteries.

    • Fact
    • Factoid
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    Lots of protien is good for you.

    • Fact
    • Factoid
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    Betty White is actually older than sliced bread.

    • Fact
    • Factoid
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    It took me two hours to do this and it still didn’t save right.

    • Yes
    • No

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    • That is probably very wise. I guess I hope if it keeps coming up wrong that will be one of the fixes they implement. Probably wishful thinking. I have thought about doing it in the hot or not and then publishing the answers separately in a story. What do you think of that?