====== Fact ======

Like [[truth]], a 'fact' is a [[lie]] that [[newbies|contestants]] tell themselves is correct and confirmable.  These have no basis in reality and are of no use on the [[Improbable Island|Island]].  Moreover, possession of 'facts' is strictly regulated by multiple Island [[Improbable Central|government agencies]] that impose significant fines on contestants who have too many.

Most [[guilds|clans]] oppose 'facts' on purely philosophical grounds and have been known to rally all their members to attack contestants((Plus, it's [[fun]], and the [[Newbie Menace]] must be stopped.)) who claim to know facts.((Do you really want an entire clan coming after you?  I mean, some of those people are raving psychopaths like [[The Jerkymaster]] or the [[Count of Saint Germain]].  They have sharp metal sticks and baseball bats - maybe even a [[chainsaw]] or the [[90KV Stun Gun of Eternal Killing]] - and they'll poke you repeatedly about the head and neck until you get really irritated with them.  A neck-poking from a sharp metal stick is not fun, let me tell you, and your [[contestant insurance policy]] does not cover it.))