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Fact... or Misconception #1

Can you guess whether these statements are facts or misconceptions?
Some of the misconceptions are well-known, others I just made up
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First submittedAugust 14, 2021
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1. Humans evolved from chimpanzees
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
2. French people drink a lot more wine than people in most other countries
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
According to one study, France drinks 44 liters per person per year, more than every other country except the Vatican and Andorra
3. Snakes kill thousands of people in Australia each year
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
On average, only one or two people are killed
4. Fortune cookies were invented in China
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
They were invented by Japanese people in the United States
5. Identical twins have the same fingerprints
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
6. Iceland is colder than most other European countries
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
By average temperature, Iceland is the 4th coldest country in the world, trailing only Russia, Canada, and Mongolia
7. David Hasselhoff was once a popular singer in Germany
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
The Hoff has recorded multiple top 10 albums in Germany and even had a #1 hit
8. Tortoises can live longer than humans
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
9. The whale shark is a type of whale
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
10. Most people in Mexico speak Spanish as a first language
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
11. The Incan Empire lasted for thousands of years before the Spanish conquest
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
The Incan Empire only existed for about 100–150 years
12. There are actual bird nests in traditional Chinese "bird's nest soup"
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
13. China has won more than 50% of all Olympic gold medals in table tennis
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
14. Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant in order to discredit A/C power as unsafe
Fact ✓
Misconception ✓
15. Dijon mustard is named after the city of Dijon, France
Fact ✓
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40 Comments
Relox84
+36
Level 69
Aug 14, 2021
"France drinks 44 liters per person per year" factoid actually statistical error: I, who drink far to many wine bottles a year, am an outlier and should not have been counted.
MayaB
+5
Level 73
Aug 15, 2021
Next time you should tell them to use the median instead of the average to avoid this problem. :)
Findlay
+3
Level 82
Aug 15, 2021
Mmm, you gotta use the right measure of central tendency.
Dontforget
+6
Level 65
Aug 21, 2021
Relox 84, are you Spiders Georg?
brandybuck96
+6
Level 83
Dec 5, 2023
no he's Wine Georges
Tramp
+3
Level 76
Jun 21, 2024
Vinos Pierre
joeythelemur
+4
Level 83
Aug 16, 2021
I predict a series of these! Fun quiz.
cuotak
+5
Level 67
Aug 16, 2021
Bird's nest soup contains the spit of swallows. There's no "nest" in the soup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_bird%27s_nest
Quizmaster
+20
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2021
I'm confused by your objection. Did you read the article? It begins with this:

"Edible bird's nests are bird nests"

cuotak
+9
Level 67
Aug 21, 2021
It depends on your definition of "nest". It is solidified spit that got accumulated on the swallow's nest. No bird makes a nest out of saliva only.
Sifhraven
+7
Level 70
May 24, 2024
Em yes they do. And exactly those nest are the ones that are used in the soup. Look up Edible-nest Swiflet.

"Its opaque and whitish bird nest is made exclusively of solidified saliva and is the main ingredient of bird's nest soup"

Notice the word exclusively? It is not about spit accumaleted on the swallow nest, the nest is made out of spit. And spit alone

@Cuotak (topcomment) yes there is a nest in the soup. You are thinking of twigs, there are no twigs in the soup.

Carry
+8
Level 63
Aug 23, 2021
If a recipe calls for an egg you don't put in the whole egg with the shell. So even if only the spit is used the ingredient is still the nest.
kalbahamut
+15
Level 82
Aug 21, 2021
With a small change in wording several of these misconceptions could be turned into fact. Or vice versa, I guess.
QuizzerBros
+2
Level 67
Aug 21, 2021
Awesome thumbnail lol
raneman11
+1
Level 66
Aug 21, 2021
All these tricky questions i ended up getting right, and here I forgot that humans aren't descended from chimps, they diverged from a common ancestor.
Miqueas
+2
Level 70
Aug 21, 2021
How is it tricky that Mexicans speak Spanish what else would they speak?????
michaelngwa
+6
Level 57
Aug 21, 2021
Well, if English people speak English, and French people speak French, I'd guess they'd speak Mexican.
PantsLobbyist
+3
Level 95
Jun 21, 2024
Well, they _do_ speak Mexican, a dialect of Spanish.
jimhawkins90
+8
Level 73
Aug 21, 2021
lots of them still speak native american languages like mayan languages or nahuatl
DenAm
+1
Level 65
Jun 8, 2023
Dang I read it as Iceland being OLDER than most of Europe and I was confused.
CaptainUnderpant
+6
Level 79
Jun 20, 2024
This is pedantic, but the follow up on the France wine question doesn't explain how it's a fact. If the fact is that French people drink a lot more wine than people in most other countries, then I wanna know how much wine people drink in country #4 from the study, not that the Vatican and Andorra beat France.
Djilas
+3
Level 83
Jun 22, 2024
It's presuming that if France is #3, the other 190 or so countries don't drink only slightly less than France.
CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 79
Jun 23, 2024
Well yes, that's why I bring it up! I can't find anything online that shows Vatican and Andorra as top two, and Portugal is almost always ahead of France. Italy is also up there and the numbers are all very similar. Obviously that's the presumption, but the quiz doesn't provide any evidence for it.
WhatIsLove
+3
Level 59
Jun 28, 2024
This type of question should never include ambiguous terms such as "a lot more" and "most other countries" in my opinion, let alone both at the same time. Half of countries pretty much don't drink wine at all so in a sense every european country drinks "a lot" more wine than "most other countries". That's not a very interesting question, wording it as "France is top 3 in the world in terms of wine consumption per capita" would be a much more intersting question.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jun 21, 2024
Only got the David Hasselhoff one wrong
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Jun 22, 2024
In the right place at the right time. He sang "I've been looking for freedom" in front of the Berlin Wall.
DawnX
+1
Level 52
Jun 21, 2024
What in the World does "There are actual bird nests in traditional Chinese "bird's nest soup" " mean? i dont think thats really a logical english sentence
xtracripsy
+9
Level 55
Jun 21, 2024
They are saying something akin to, "There are actual rabbits in chocolate Easter rabbits."

Sometimes foods have a word in their title, but do not actually contain that item.

okonkwo21
+2
Level 55
Jun 21, 2024
Which once again proves my theory:

GERMANS LOVE DAVID HASSELHOFF

RoosterIllusion
+1
Level 46
Jun 30, 2024
I miss Norm...
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Jun 24, 2024
Why was the quiz reset?
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Jun 24, 2024
The elephant thing is sad. I had always thought that it was a stunt by Edison.
YamatoFans
+4
Level 69
Jun 28, 2024
I got tripped up on the elephant one. Evidently although an Edison company electrocuted an elephant, it was not Thomas himself, directly.

Sorry, I still blame Tom.

CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Jun 28, 2024
I blame the circus showmen who decided it was right jolly fun to publicly execute an animal they abused for profit and have it recorded so that a century later we could watch Topsy die.
Nadhus
+1
Level 54
Jun 28, 2024
Russia isn’t in europe.?
Tuesday
+2
Level 74
Jun 28, 2024
Fact.. or misconception?
Thespian
+1
Level 32
Jun 28, 2024
Oh, I got a 15/15 first try! That never happens! Good job, me :)
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Jun 28, 2024
You lied to me, D2: the Mighty Ducks.
BillShep1230
+2
Level 61
Jun 29, 2024
I blame Bob’s Burgers on me missing the Edison one. That’s what I get for taking my knowledge from a cartoon.
RoosterIllusion
+1
Level 46
Jun 30, 2024
The Edison questions pretty much answers itself. It's oddly worded, but it comes down to "He electrocuted an elephant to prove AC current safe." IF he electrocuted it, it's dead and, therefore, AC is not safe.
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