| “Real Fact” | Our Guess | What might be good sources? |
| 709Hybrid Cars produce up to 75% less pollution than other vehicles. | Undecided | Car company websites, Website about Pollution, Book about Environment, ask.com, article (from a magazine, newspaper) |
| 850Hawaii is further south than Florida. | True | Look at a map – Regular print map, or Google Map, or a Globe, |
| 330The top of the Empire State Building was originally built as a place to anchor blimp. | True | Ask a second grade teacher, ask someone who works at Empire State Building, Empire State Building’s official website, book about Empire State Building |
| 809French author Michel Thayer published a 233 page novel which has no verbs. | False | The Library — the book written by Michel Thayer, website about Michel Thayer (or his own website), editor/publisher site? |
| 679A tiger’s night vision is six times better than human. | True | National Geographic Website, Tiger Specialist (Zoologist who studies tiger), Ask a Scientist, A book about Vision or a book about Tigers, National Geographic, Animal Planet channels, Discover Channel |
| 734potatoes have more chromosomes than humans.
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True | health sites, agricultural site, science site |
| 745Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always the same sex. | False | You could go to the zoo, ask an armadillo (haha), read an armadillo book, watch an armadillo T.V. show. |
| 918The first lollypop was invented in Connecticut | True | sweets book, history of Connecticut book |
| 851Miami installed the first ATM for rollerbladers. | True | book about Miami, old person who lived in Miami for a long time, ask roller blader in Miami, ask someone who works for a bank in Miami |
| 798Tennessee was previously named Franklin after Benjamin Franklin. | False | Sites about Tennessee |
| 706Steel is 100% recyclable | True | recycling plant, ask a recycling specialist, environmental website, construction company |
| 928New York City has 722 miles of subway tracks
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True | subway driver, google earth, subway map, President, Governor |
| 327Chewing gum was invented in New York City in 1870 by Thomas Adams. | True | |
| 844One lump of sugar is equivalent to thee feet of sugar cane. | False | |
| 769If a sheep and a goat mate the offspring is called a geep
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Undecided
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Zoologist, Petting Zoo/Zoo, National geographic, TV, Magazine, |
| 763
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. |
False | Zoologist, Circus, Africa, Zoo, take a tiger and shave off its fur, National Geographic TV/Magazine |
| “Real Fact” | Our Guess | What might be good sources? |
| 822 The only jointless bone in your body is in your throat. | False | Wikipedia, Book about Body Parts, Website by Doctors, |
| 885 Vultures can fly for six hours without flapping their wings. | 50/50 | Birds Website (Audubon society), Book about Birds, Book about Vultures, |
| 709 Hybrid cars produce up to 75% less pollution than other cars. | True | TV Commercials, Hybrid websites, Books about Cars, Ask someone working at a car dealership |
| 917 The average lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write roughly 50,000 English words | True | (question: sharpening or not?)World Records book, Experiment, Wikipedia, Pencils Website, Penway Website, Ticonderoga Website |
| 773 Mountain goats aren’t actually goats. They are antelopes. | False | Ask someone who owns mountain goats, Animal Planets.com, Website about Mountain Goats, Animal Researcher, Scientist, Science Teacher |
| 838 Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them. | 50/50 | Farms that grow cranberries, Crazen and Cranberry Juice Companies, Wikipedia, |
| 796 India has more English speakers than the United States. | False | Wikidedia, books on languages, websites on places and languages |
| 243 If you put all the streets in New York Citiy in a straight line, they would stretch to Japan. | True | Wikipedia, website about New York |
| 327Chewing gum was invented in New York City in 1870 by Thomas Adams. | False | gum websites, wikipidea, History Books of gum (recent), gum companys. |
| 809 A french author Michel Thayer published a 233-page novel which has no verbs | False | Library, wikipidea, publishing companys |
| Men get hiccups more then woman | False | Wikipedia, book about the body, number 1 pediatrician reccomended website |
| A tigers night vision is six times better than a humans. | True | Wikipedia, a book about tigers, the discovery channel website, planet earth tigers, kids discover magazines, national geographic. |
| 813 The sign # is called an ortorthorpe | False | ? |
| 744 Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away | True | ? |
| 738 There are more spcies of fish in the Amozon River than in the Atlantic Ocean. | True | Books about the Amozon River, Books about fish, website about fish, websites about The Amozon River, and Wikipedia |
| 732 The chicken is the closest living relative to the Tyrannasaurus Rex. | True | Books about dinosaurs, books about chickens, and Wikipedia. |
| 855 Oregon has more gohst towns than any other U.S state. | False | Oregon state website ask people from Oregan Wikipedia |
| 330 The top of the Empire State Building was originally built as a place to anchor blimps. | True | Empire state building website
wikipedia ask people from the Empire State building. |
| “Real Fact” | Our Guess | What might be good sources? |
| 822 The only joint less bone in The body is in your throat. | False | Wikipedia, Snapple.com, Britannica, Ref. book about Human Body, Hospital Websites, Doctor of Bones |
| 330 The top of the Empire State Building was originally built as a place to anchor blimps. | False | Wikipedia, Britannica, Empire State Building Official Website, Books on Empire State Building |
| 928New York City has 722 miles of subway track. | True | MTA.info, Britannica, Ask.com, Books about subways |
| 902 Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. | True | Barbie Book (The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie), Britannica, Wikipedia, |
| 891 Pound cake got its name from the original recipe which called for a pound of butter. | True | Cook Books, Britannica, Wikipedia, Pound Cake Website, Entemaine, Cooking Website? |
| 251 There are more French restaurants in New York City than in Paris. | Undecided | French Restaurants Website, Britannica, Google Earth (Google Map), |
| 114The oldest known animal was a tortoise which lived to be 152 years old. | False | World Records book |
| 811The dots on a domino are called pips. | True | answers.com, Britannica, Wikipedia |
| 716 There is a museum of Strawberries in Belgium. | False | Britannica, Wikipedia, Books, Snapple.com |
| 847Until The nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia. | False | Britannica, Wikipedia, Books, Tea Websites |
| 827 Your skull is made up of 29 different bones. | False | Britannica, Wikipedia, Health Websites, Doctor, Surgeon, Hospital, Hospital Sites |
| 843 Bamboo (the world’s tallest grass) can grow up to 90cm in a day. | True | ? |
| 890 The number 1 or the word One appears on The dollar bill 16 times. | True | ? |
| 119 The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards. | False | |
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