2,548 published verifications avg. score 5.6/10 1,246 rated true or mostly true 1,065 rated false or mostly false
“In 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found that Coles Group and Woolworths Group were among the most profitable supermarket businesses compared with their international competitors.”
The claim matches the ACCC’s published 2025 conclusion. In its final supermarkets inquiry report, the regulator said Coles and Woolworths were among the most profitable supermarket businesses relative to international peers. The main caveat is that this was a comparative profitability finding, not a finding of price gouging or proof that every profitability metric was highest in the world.
“In 2025, after a year-long investigation involving more than 20,000 consumers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found that Australia's supermarket sector was not working effectively for consumers.”
Official ACCC sources support the key facts: the inquiry ran for about a year, drew input from more than 20,000 consumers, and concluded that competition and market features were delivering poor outcomes for shoppers. The claim slightly overstates the wording because the ACCC described problematic aspects of the sector rather than declaring the entire sector wholly ineffective.
“Wood is highly flammable because it has high carbon and hydrogen content.”
The claim overstates and misidentifies the reason wood burns. Wood does contain a lot of carbon and some hydrogen, which help determine heat released during combustion, but fire behavior studies show that wood’s flammability depends mainly on pyrolysis, moisture, density, species, and oxygen conditions. The stated cause is too simplistic to be accepted as accurate.
“Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has demonstrated a pro-Russian political position through his public statements in recent months.”
Recent public statements by Radev support the characterization that he has taken a pro-Russian political line. Reputable reporting shows him criticizing or conditioning new EU sanctions on Russia and opposing military support for Ukraine. The caveat is that this label remains partly interpretive, because he presents these positions as Bulgarian national-interest pragmatism and has not always followed maximal rhetoric with maximal obstruction.
“The United States Congress dropped seven impeachment articles against Donald Trump, and Donald Trump faces imprisonment as a result.”
The claim is not supported by the evidence. Seven impeachment articles against Donald Trump were introduced in 2025 and later tabled or rejected by the House, but impeachment proceedings do not impose prison sentences. The statement falsely conflates a congressional political process with criminal prosecution and invents a causal link that official sources do not support.
“In the United States, there is an organized right-wing political movement seeking to remove all references to slavery from public school curricula.”
The evidence supports a coordinated right-wing effort to restrict or reshape how slavery, racism, and U.S. history are taught, including opposition to materials like the 1619 Project. It does not support the much stronger claim that this movement seeks to remove all references to slavery from public school curricula. Some cited laws and standards still explicitly allow or require teaching slavery.
“Pandey, Hyun, Yu, and Lee (2021) analyzed 36 captive big cats (tigers, lions, and leopards) at Seoul Grand Park Zoo using PCR amplification of 33 microsatellite (STR) loci and reported that leopards had the highest genetic diversity, followed by lions and then tigers.”
The claim is well supported by the 2021 indexed study. The paper describes 36 captive tigers, lions, and leopards from Seoul Grand Park Zoo, analysis of 33 microsatellite loci, and a diversity ranking with leopards highest, then lions, then tigers. The exact author listing is less directly shown in the provided snippets, but nothing in the evidence contradicts it.
“Ken Paxton publicly used the nicknames "tofu Talarico," "six-gender Jimmy," and "Low-T Talarico" to insult James Talarico.”
The reported record shows Paxton publicly used all three nicknames against James Talarico. Multiple independent news outlets quote or describe the same set of insults in public campaign remarks, and no credible reporting meaningfully disputes that core fact. Minor wording or capitalization differences do not change the substance.
“Jesse Watters referred to James Talarico as a "gay vegan" while also stating that James Talarico is not gay and not vegan.”
Available reporting and a contemporaneous clip show Watters did both. In a segment about James Talarico, he used the phrase “gay vegan” and then immediately said Talarico was “not gay and not vegan, for the record.” The evidence is consistent across multiple reputable outlets.
“Before September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were aware of a specific threat to the United States involving the individuals who carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks.”
The evidence shows only a limited kernel of truth. Before 9/11, the CIA had important information about two future hijackers, but the FBI did not receive key details in time, and official investigations found that intelligence agencies had not identified a specific attack plan involving the 9/11 perpetrators. The claim overstates both the degree of shared CIA-FBI awareness and the specificity of the threat.
“Before September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation knew that individuals involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were taking flying lessons, recruiting people, and conducting surveillance flights, and the agencies did nothing to stop them.”
The evidence does not support this specific allegation. Official investigations found that U.S. agencies had fragmented warnings about al-Qaeda, flight training, and future hijackers, but not documented knowledge that people involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were carrying out those activities before 9/11. The claim merges distinct individuals and events into a single unsupported story.
“The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission) reported that it found no evidence that the U.S. government had foreknowledge of the September 11, 2001 attacks.”
The Commission reported that it found no evidence the U.S. government had advance knowledge of the specific 9/11 attacks. Its report also documented many general threat warnings and intelligence failures, but it did not say officials knew the precise plot in advance. That distinction is central to interpreting the claim accurately.
“Profuse sweating with no apparent cause followed by a spasm-like sensation at the lower end of the esophagus is a warning sign of an impending myocardial infarction (heart attack).”
The evidence does not support this symptom pair as a recognized warning sign of an impending heart attack. Unexplained sweating can occur with myocardial infarction and should not be ignored, but a spasm-like sensation low in the esophagus is more commonly treated as an esophageal mimic or alternative diagnosis, not a cardiac prodrome. The claimed sequence is therefore materially misleading.
“Abdul Abdullah is an Australian contemporary artist of Malay, Indonesian, and Australian heritage.”
The available evidence supports the claim’s core substance. Reliable biographies consistently describe Abdul Abdullah as an Australian contemporary artist with Malay/Indonesian and Australian heritage, and some sources separately articulate Malaysian or Indonesian elements. The wording varies slightly, but not in a way that changes the practical meaning of the claim.
“Abdul Abdullah's 2024 artwork titled "Small Steps Move Mountains" uses symbolism and visual storytelling to communicate themes of identity, resilience, and personal growth.”
The artwork exists, but the cited evidence does not directly show that this specific 2024 piece communicates identity, resilience, and personal growth through symbolism and visual storytelling. Those themes are well documented in Abdul Abdullah’s broader practice, which makes the interpretation plausible. The problem is that the sources do not provide artwork-specific analysis strong enough to support the claim as a factual statement.
“The quote "Art is for the artist, his speech, his way of communication" was said or written by Bernhard Smith.”
The attribution is not supported by the available evidence. Reliable biographical, archival, and scholarly sources on Bernard/Bernhard Smith do not contain this quote or credit it to him, and the supporting material relies only on broad similarities to common ideas about art as communication. A specific quotation claim requires direct attribution, which is absent here.
“In "Small Steps Move Mountains", the horse symbolizes strength, determination, and a public identity, while the cat symbolizes curiosity, vulnerability, and an inner voice.”
The claim is not supported by the cited evidence. None of the sources verifies that "Small Steps Move Mountains" uses a horse and cat with these specific symbolic meanings, and the sources instead offer only generic animal symbolism or analysis of different works. The closest matching source assigns different meanings altogether.
“In Abdul Abdullah's 2024 artwork "Small Steps Move Mountains", a realistically painted horse appears alongside one of Abdul Abdullah's simplified cartoon-like cats.”
Available evidence directly supports the described imagery. The artist’s own series statement identifies the recurring pairing of a realistic horse and a simplified cat in the 2024 Witness works, and independent gallery documentation is consistent with that description for Small Steps Move Mountains. No credible source presented here contradicts it.
“Abdul Abdullah's artworks often explore themes of belonging, race, religion, and being viewed as "the other".”
Multiple independent museum, gallery, and news sources consistently describe Abdul Abdullah’s work as engaging belonging, marginalisation, racism, Muslim identity, and outsider status. That supports the claim that these are recurring themes in his art practice. Some sources use related terms rather than the exact words "race" or "religion," but the substance matches the claim.
“OpenAI generates around $13 billion per year in annual recurring revenue (ARR).”
The $13 billion figure is outdated and likely mixes different metrics. Credible reporting indicates OpenAI reached about $13 billion in 2025 revenue or an earlier run-rate, but by early 2026 its annualized revenue was reported closer to $20–25 billion. As a current claim about ARR, it materially understates OpenAI’s scale.