Interesting Facts True Or False #4 - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
The percentage of Americans who die due to lightning strikes has declined by only 20% since 1900.	False	100%
It took San Francisco more than 33 years to build a two mile bus lane but made the 1,700m Alaska Highway in less than a year.	True	100%
There are four elements named after a small village in Sweden.	True	100%
The effects of wealth disparity can last for centuries. In the year 1066, the Normans conquered England and placed themselves on top of the social hierarchy. More than 900 years later, people with Norman last names are still about 10% wealthier than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts.	True	100%
In the last 100 years, the height of the average person born in North Korea has decreased by 8.5 cm (3 inches). This is the greatest decrease of any country in the world.	False	67%
Freshwater snails are one of the deadliest creatures on the planet. They spread a parasitic flatworm that infects tens of millions of people every year and kills about 10,000.	True	67%
Before there was genetic engineering, there was atomic gardening. This was a form of horticulture where plants were exposed to radiation in the hope that they would develop useful mutations. And it worked! It created the Ruby Red grapefruit, as well as other plant varietals.	True	67%
An earthquake made Mount Everest a two inches taller.	False	33%
The Soviet Union eliminated the week in 1932. It was replaced with a 5-day cycle, where 20% of the population was given the day off on any given day. Most people liked it but it was inconvenient, so the system was eventually scrapped in 1933.	False	33%
Turkeys (the bird) are named after the country of Turkey. But they don't come from Turkey. They are originally from Mexico.	True	33%
Chad and Romania do not have the same flag.	True	33%
Aluminum is the most common metal in the Earth's crust. But aluminum used to be very difficult to extract from aluminum ore. This made it extremely expensive. In the mid-1700s, ingots of aluminum sold for $825 a pound - about three times the price of gold.	False	0%
The U.S. government owns 42.4% of the land in the state of Nevada.	False	0%
Antonio López de Santa Anna served NINE non-consecutive terms as President of Mexico.	False	0%
Every U.S. state except one has recorded a temperature of at least 100° F. The one exception? Hawaii.	True	0%

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