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Sticking to the Facts
Sometimes it’s tough to tell if a statement is a fact. “The sky is blue” seems like a fact—but often the sky is black, or orange, or white, or gray. “On a clear day, the sky is blue,” is a fact. Here are other tricky statements:
A statement is not a fact
just because most people agree with it.

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Most Americans might prefer miles, but most people in the rest of the world prefer kilometers. Both are opinions. Miles and kilometers are both just measurements of distance.