Presidents
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest President.
Fact (He was 6'4")
Fact (they don't have any eyelids so they have to)
Soccer is the most popular sport in the word.
Fact
French Fries were invented in France.
Fiction. French fries were actually invented in Belgium.
Clouds are made of gas.
Fiction (clouds are actually made of tiny water droplets or ice crystals)
George Washington had wooden teeth.
Fiction. (They were made out of ivory and metal alloys)
Fact (because they do not have a backbone).
Michael Jordan did not play basketball in high school.
Fiction (he did not make the team his first year, but tried out again and made it)
Swallowing gum will stay in your gut for 7 years.
Fiction - gum is not broken down or absorbed so it leaves the body in 1-2 days.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was in Alaska.
Fiction (Antarctica has recorded a -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit)
Abraham Lincoln was the very first president to be featured on a U.S. coin.
Fact
Cow manure has been used in a sport.
Fact (It was used as a hockey puck when the sport first began.)
Fact - they both have titanium dioxide
Warm air can hold less moisture than cold air.
Fiction. (Warm air actually holds more moisture.)
George W. Bush was the first president to be born in a hospital.
Fiction (it was actually Jimmy Carter)
The Baltimore Ravens are the only team to have ever won 3 Superbowls in a row.
Fiction. (If KC wins this year, they will become the first team to ever win 3 in a row.)
Lemons and potatoes conduct electricity.
Fact - they contain natural acids that act as electrolytes
Fact. (A lightning bolt can reach around 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.)
Grover Cleveland was the first President to have a child born while living in the White House.
Fact. (His daughter Esther was born in 1893.)
Olympic Gold Medals are made out of Solid Gold
Fiction (they are mostly made of sterling silver).
Pineapples are radioactive.
Fiction - bananas are actually radioactive