| “Real Fact” | The Class’ Guess | What might be good sources? |
| 813The number sign (#) is called octothorpe. | False | wikipedia, dictionary (paper/online) |
| 800Most lipstick contains fish scales. | True | wikipedia, cosmetics company (website),answers.com, ingredients list (on products), |
| 854Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. | False | wikipedia, coffee company sites (Starbucks,)sites about Hawaii, coffee plantation sites, google maps,
information about U.S. States — a factual book about coffee, |
| 787In Youngstown, Ohio, it is against the law to run out of gas. | False | Law books on Ohio cities, traffic lawyer in Ohio, find a gas station and call them, town government information site |
| 783Men get hiccups more than women. | 50/50 | health/doctor website, wikipedia, book on human body, go to hospital, answers.com, books on hiccups, |
| 871Ulysses Grant once got a 20 dollar fine for speeding on his horse. | False | biography on Grant, answers.com, Britannica, other databases, sites on laws in 1800s, sites on U.S. History or famous fines, law records of the 1800s |
| 144 The oldest known animal was a tortis who lived to 152 years old. | True | wikipedia, Britannica, animal facts website.
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| #679
A tigers night vision is 6x better than a human |
True | wikipedia, Britannica, animal facts website.
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| #782
The human jaw can generate a force up to 200 pounds on th molars. |
True | Wikipedia, Answers.com, doctors, dentists, orthidontists, a book on your mouth, body book
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| #137
The city of L.A. has threee times as many automobiles than people. |
False | Book on automobiles of L.A., wikipedia, answers.com, Britannica, |
| #329
The world’s first escalator was built in Coney Island, New York in 1896. |
True | wikipedia, Coney Island history site, history of escalators site. |
| 783 Men get hiccups more than women | False | health or docters websites, wikipedia
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| 863 The term rookies comes from a civil war term, reckie which was short for recruit. | True | civil war terms dictionary, dictionary, wikipedia. Britannica. war books, civil war books. answers.com |
| 821 It takes an interaction of 72 muscles to produce human speech. | True | health/docters.com wikipedia |
| 847 Until the nineteenth century solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia. |
True | Britannica, wikipedia, Siberia sites, Siberian money sites, nineteenth century siberia, nineteenth century money site. |
| 736 more babies are born at night than durning the day |
False | hospital site, we can look in a factual book |
| 835 you burn more calories sleeping than watching tv |
False | body book, calorie burning site |
