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...that the UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping and the Department of Colonial Security share the acronym "DCS"?
...that the UNSC Marines' first combat deployment was in the Mars Campaign of 2163?
...that Substance is the blue gas giant in Halo 2 that Installation 05 orbits?
...that the Covenant battle station Unyielding Hierophant was repeatedly referred to as the "uneven elephant" by Avery Johnson?
...that the Arbiter was originally called the Dervish, but this was changed to avoid being religiously offensive to Muslims?

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 <option>...that '''[[Messages on Bomb|humorous messages]]''' can be found written on the Assault bomb in ''[[Halo 2]]''?</option>
 <option>...that devoted Bungie fan '''[[Claude Errera]]''' had [[C. Errera|a ''Halo'' character]] and [[Reach]] [[Club Errera|nightclub]] named after him?</option>
-<option>...that, in addition to voicing [[Cortana]], actress '''[[Jen Taylor]]''' has voiced [[mariowiki:Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] in the ''[[mariowiki:Mario (series)|Mario games]]''?</option>
+<option>...that, in addition to voicing [[Cortana]], actress '''[[Jen Taylor]]''' has voiced [[mariowiki:Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] in the [[mariowiki:Super Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' games]]?</option>
 <option>...that ''[[Halo Wars]]'' concept art depicts an '''[[Arctic Beast]]'''?</option>
 <option>...that the ''Halo'' series includes several Audio Dramas: ''[[i love bees]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[I Love Bees Axon Clips|Axon Clips]], ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''<nowiki>'s </nowiki> [[Sadie's Story]], and ''[[Hunt the Truth]]''?</option>