Liar, liar.

[astronelson 339]

First, tell us in what way the previous person's statement is a lie, and tell us what the truth is. Then give us a lie. Your lie doesn't have to be related to the previous one.

An easy one to start off:

There are 7 planets in the solar system.

[Korot 6]

Wrong, there are 8 planets, and a large number of dwarf planets.

Einstein's formula was E = m*v²

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

I believe it was E=mc², with E representing energy, m representing mass, and c representing the speed of light in a vacuum.

Stephen Colbert is the greatest American of the 21st century.

[astronelson 339]

False. It is actually someone who won't be born until 2048.

DVD stands for Digital Video Disc.

[Larks2242 251]

False DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc

Omar Vizquel is the best shortstop ever!

[Chptrk 86]

False, there is no such thing as a shortstop, it's all in your head.

An earthquake and a volcano attacked British troops in Washington D.C. during the War of 1812.

*edit* Actually Astro, if we're being serious, it was a hurricane and then a tornado. But close enough

[astronelson 339]

False. It was a tornado and a meteor.

There are 4 members of the 3 Amigos of Simtropolis.

[Muck308 55]

False. The are less than 4.

Elvis Presley is playing Chattanooga tonight.

[Korot 6]

False, he's dead.

Caesar was the first Roman Emperor.

[thepokemaniac 18]

No.

Nashville is the largest city in Tennessee.

[residentsim 21]

no, Memphis Is the largest City In Tennesse

My username has the word cookie in it

[Larks2242 251]

Wrong

There are 25 Hours in a day

[astronelson 339]

Incorrect, but there will be in the future.

The sun rises in the west.

[Korot 6]

Wrong, it rises in the east.

A compass points to true north.

[Vahr 343]

False, it points to magnetic north.

There are 1000 bytes in a kibibyte

[Muck308 55]

Wrong, that's a kilobyte.

There are currently 9,999 posts in The 10,000 Post Thread.

[Korot 6]

Wrong, there are a lot fewer.

ST has more than half a million registered users.

[astronelson 339]

Not yet...

The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest ocean in the world.

[CaptCity 4,915]

No, it's the Pacific.

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to Earth.

[SomeRandomAmerican 5]

Actually, that'd be Alpha Centauri. 4 light years away, correct?

A total of 17 people have died in spaceflight.

[Korot 6]

No, it were 18, of which there were 3 Russian, and 14 aboard a space shuttle.

CaptCity: Proxima Centauri is actually the closest star to the sun, it is currently 4.22 lightyears away. Alpha Centauri is 4.33 year away.

The world population is about 7 million.

[CaptCity 4,915]

Originally posted by: Korot

CaptCity: Proxima Centauri is actually the closest star to the sun, it is currently 4.22 lightyears away. Alpha Centauri is 4.33 year away.quote>

Yes, but the closest star to the Earth is the Sun (That's one of those 'tricky' questions )

Anyway, the world's population is not about 7 million; it's about 7 billion.

And the United States is the most populated country.

[un1 41]

Nope, that would be China (I think, India might have surpassed it already). America is 3, 4 if you include the European Union.

Toronto is the capital of Canada.

[astronelson 339]

No, that would be Ottawa.

By radius, the moon is 300 times smaller than the sun.

[CaptCity 4,915]

No, the moon is closer to 400 times smaller.

The Sun produces it's energy from nuclear fission.

[Korot 6]

Fission? I think you mean fusion.

SC4 is the worst game ever.

[Larks2242 251]

False if it ws bad we would not have fan sites.

There are 5 seasons in a year.

[Chptrk 86]

Nope, there are 4 seasons.

School makes people read the most interesting books.

[Korot 6]

Describe interesting. I, for example, find my physics book quite interesting. However, for Dutch we have to read actual literature, and those don't appeal to me that much.

There go 10 month in a year.

[Larks2242 251]

False there are 12

There are 5 years in a decade.