Statistics for Fact... or Misconception?

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Tortoises can live longer than humans	Fact	97%
Most people in Mexico speak Spanish as a first language	Fact	94%
Fortune cookies were invented in China	Misconception	82%
The whale shark is a type of whale	Misconception	81%
More than 5% of people who contract Covid-19 will die from it	Misconception	80%
David Hasselhoff was once a popular singer in Germany	Fact	76%
Snakes kill thousands of people in Australia each year	Misconception	75%
Humans evolved from chimpanzees	Misconception	70%
A large percentage of the U.S. budget goes to providing aid to other countries	Misconception	67%
In the western world, the average man has less testosterone than his grandfather did at the same age	Fact	64%
Iceland is colder than most other European countries	Fact	61%
French people drink a lot more wine than people in most other countries	Fact	51%
The Incan Empire lasted for thousands of years before the Spanish conquest	Misconception	49%
Based on current estimates, most of New York City will be under water by the year 2100	Misconception	44%
In the United States, pit bulls kill far more people than any other breed of dog	Fact	41%
There are actual bird nests in traditional Chinese "bird's nest soup"	Fact	39%

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