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2 verifications about RMS Titanic RMS Titanic ×
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Mostly True 8/10
“The wreck of the RMS Titanic was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1985.”
The core historical claim is accurate: the Titanic wreck was found in 1985, and Robert Ballard is correctly credited as one of the discoverers. Authoritative accounts show the search was a joint French-American expedition, with Jean-Louis Michel also sharing discovery credit. The statement is therefore accurate but simplified.
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False 2/10
“Venezuelan nationals died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912.”
No credible evidence supports the claim that Venezuelan nationals died in the Titanic sinking. Over a dozen independent sources drawn from official passenger manifests, British Board of Trade records, and the 1912 inquiry find zero Venezuelan nationals aboard. The sole source naming Venezuelan victims is a low-authority blog that provides no primary documentation, and one of its named individuals appears to be a misidentification of a known American survivor, Thomas Drake Martínez Cardeza.