Fact
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Answer
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Lemons float, but _____ sink
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Limes
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Marlon Brando was only 47 years old when he filmed ___ _________
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The Godfather
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About 50% of the world's ____ was mined in South Africa
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Gold
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When people get a ______ transplant, the original ______ is not generally removed, leaving the recipient with three
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Kidney
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Male bees are known as ______. They don't have stingers and don't collect nectar. Their main purpose is to mate with a queen bee.
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Drones
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_______ __________ never said that the traditions of the British navy were "rum, sodomy, and the lash"
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Winston Churchill
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People had every reason to expect the _______ ____________. When arriving in a city, they would announce themselves and give heretics a few weeks to confess without severe punishment.
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Spanish Inquisition
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France's longest land border is with ______
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Brazil
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In the country of _____ _____, it is a common belief that people can die if they sleep in a closed room with an electric fan running
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South Korea
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U.S. President ______ _______ once killed a man in a duel
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Andrew Jackson
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In the Middle Ages, some people believed that narwhal tusks came from _______
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The __________ was invented as a humane way to execute someone. But it wasn't only used during the French Revolution. France used it for executions until 1977.
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Guillotine
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Just one deathcap ________ has enough toxin to kill an adult human
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Mushroom
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There are an estimated 3.04 trillion _____ on Earth. slightly more thanks to JetPunk users like you!
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Trees
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_____ only has one time zone. This means that the sun can rise 3 hours earlier in the eastern part of the country than in the west.
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China
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_________ and inflammable mean the same thing
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Flammable
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In the year 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito, and Freud all lived in the city of ______
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Vienna
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Corn _______ were originally designed by Dr. Kellogg as part of a bland vegetarian diet meant to reduce sexual desire
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Flakes
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Just before the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba went into effect in 1962, John F. Kennedy asked his Press Secretary to get him 1,000 Cuban ______
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Cigars
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Humans have 3 types of ____ cells in their eyes, but birds have 4. This allows them to see light in the ultraviolet spectrum.
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Cone
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12 is a very very low average score imo, especially since most of these can be just guessed by thinking logically (not the president and name for male bees for and brando and the eye one, but you can work out (nearly) all the others)
like there arent many countries that needs two dashes. And what animal has a single horn that looks like the horn of a narwhal. What fruit is often said in one breath with lemons etc.
On the other hand, when it asked where the "tusk" (not the "horn") is believed to have come from, I first tried elephants, so not so straight forward. And with the fan question, I didn't realize it was asking for a country. I tried "urban myths", even "psycho analysis". Couldn't think of anything else.
It's "only" about 29° of longitude east-to-west instead of about 61° for China, so the "three hours earlier" part is slightly debatable, but it's still a generally plausible answer - enough so that it is accepted as a type-in.
(And actually, since one ideal time zone is 360/24 = 15° of longitude, then the "three hours" is equally debatable for both countries, just in opposite directions. In India it's a 2-hour difference, in China it's a 4-hour difference. Depending, of course, on time time of year; 3-dimensional geometry makes simple answers awkward. Another reason why India is a plausible answer.)
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelloggs-corn-flakes-masturbation/
this link should clear up what actually happened.
Nice quiz though, great assortment of absolutely useless but entertaining facts!