1446 published verifications avg. score 5.1/10 578 rated true or mostly true 851 rated false or misleading
“Women's participation in decision-making positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile and the Ministry of National Defense of Chile is low.”
The evidence supports underrepresentation in Chile’s Foreign Ministry, especially in top diplomatic and senior management roles, but it does not directly establish the same for decision-making posts in the Defense Ministry. The claim therefore overstates what the cited record shows. A more accurate version would limit the statement to Foreign Affairs or provide ministry-specific leadership data for Defense.
“Recent academic research defines the social function of universities as extending beyond teaching and scientific research to include acting as a public good, an agent of social change, and a tool for sustainable development and social justice.”
Recent scholarship widely presents universities as having roles beyond teaching and research, including public-good functions and contributions to social change and sustainable development. That framing is well supported by UNESCO-linked and academic sources. The caveat is that the literature is not fully uniform: some frameworks stress economic engagement more than social justice, so this is a prominent view rather than a single settled definition.
“The United States Senate approved a resolution to halt United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
The Senate did pass such a resolution in 2020. Official Senate records show approval of S.J.Res. 68, which sought to halt U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization. However, the measure was later vetoed and never took legal effect, and similar efforts in 2025-2026 were rejected.
“Confucius lived during the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China and is traditionally dated to 551–479 BCE.”
The evidence strongly supports this statement. Standard scholarly and institutional references consistently place Confucius in the Eastern Zhou dynasty’s Spring and Autumn period and conventionally date him to 551–479 BCE. The dates are traditional rather than contemporaneously documented, but the claim already states that qualification.
“Kentucky law does not provide a general legal process for a 16-year-old minor to become emancipated solely by turning 16.”
Kentucky law does not establish a general emancipation process that a minor obtains simply by turning 16. The controlling statutes tie full legal adulthood to age 18 and only recognize emancipation in narrower situations such as marriage, parental consent, or specific court determinations. A proposed emancipation bill for 16-year-olds was introduced in 2000 but did not become law.
“Singapore has a national digital identity system called Singpass that is used to access government digital services.”
Official Singapore government sources and independent institutional sources support the claim. Singpass is described as Singapore’s digital identity system and is widely used to log in to government digital services. The main caveat is that Singpass sits within a broader national digital identity ecosystem and may not cover every legacy service, but that does not change the core claim.
“In Brazil, about 52,000 incarcerated people were released at Christmas 2024 under an end-of-year temporary release program.”
The claim misstates a documented statistic. The widely cited figure of about 52,000 temporary releases refers to Christmas 2023, not Christmas 2024, and no source provided here verifies that same nationwide total for 2024. Temporary release did continue for some eligible prisoners in 2024, but the specific number and year in the claim are not supported by the evidence.
“Among households in Malaysia, higher knowledge levels are positively associated with more favorable attitudes toward the topic being studied.”
The evidence does not support this as a general pattern for Malaysian households. One household-specific study found a modest positive association in a narrow topic area, but larger and stronger Malaysian studies across other topics often show weak or no relationship between knowledge and attitude. The claim overstates a context-dependent finding as if it were broadly established.
“Peru has decriminalized abortion for pregnancies resulting from rape.”
Peruvian law still treats abortion after rape as a crime. Article 120 of the Penal Code allows a reduced penalty in these cases, but that is not decriminalization, and authoritative 2024-2026 sources continue to describe reform as unfinished. In Peru, the established legal exception remains therapeutic abortion, not abortion based solely on rape.
“In people with gastrointestinal cancer, gastrointestinal bleeding is commonly caused by bleeding from the tumor.”
The statement overstates what the evidence supports. Tumor bleeding is an important and sometimes leading cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in certain gastrointestinal cancers, especially luminal upper-GI tumors, but broader studies and reviews show many patients bleed from non-tumor causes. Because the frequency varies substantially by tumor site, stage, and study population, the unqualified claim gives a distorted overall picture.
“Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 states that, following a second U.S. Department of Energy limited consent agreement related to Eos's November 2025 convertible notes, Eos must maintain an 18-month rolling cash reserve for interest due on its May 2025 and November 2025 convertible notes, subject to a floor equal to interest due in the next 12 months.”
The claim is well-supported by the available evidence, but the strongest direct support comes from a third-party rendering of the March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q rather than the primary filing itself. That rendering matches the documented DOE covenant structure disclosed by Eos in its November 2025 8-K: an 18-month rolling interest reserve, subject to a 12-month floor, covering both note series.
“Bartolomeu Dias was born in 1450 in Faro, Portugal.”
The evidence supports only that Bartolomeu Dias was born around 1450, not that he was definitely born in Faro. Reliable references describe his exact birthplace as unknown or suggest a different likely area near Lisbon. The claim is therefore not supported as stated because it turns an uncertain historical detail into a precise fact.
“The restoration of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi involved an interdisciplinary team that included art historians, conservators, engineers, and computer scientists.”
Evidence from the restoration coordinator and independent reporting shows the Assisi project was carried out by a genuinely interdisciplinary team. Documented participants included art historians, conservators/restorers, engineers, and IT or image-processing specialists using digital tools. The main caveat is that sources describe those last roles more as informatics or imaging specialists than formally titled “computer scientists.”
“A planting density of 300 industrial hemp plants per hectare is an appropriate agronomic recommendation for industrial hemp grown for fiber production.”
The claim is not supported by agronomic evidence. Reliable guidance for fiber hemp recommends very dense stands—commonly around 150 to 300 plants per square meter, not 300 plants per hectare. At 300 per hectare, the crop would be far too sparse for proper weed suppression and fiber production, so the recommendation is agronomically indefensible as written.
“Urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN) is a liquid nitrogen fertilizer made primarily from urea, ammonium nitrate, and water.”
The evidence strongly supports this description of UAN. Authoritative chemical, academic, and agricultural sources consistently identify it as a liquid nitrogen fertilizer whose main components are urea, ammonium nitrate, and water. Minor additives may appear in some commercial formulations, but they do not change the product’s primary composition.
“California Governor Gavin Newsom launched a US$23 million California state program to provide hearing aids for children.”
California did create a state program to help children obtain hearing aids, and Newsom’s budget played a central role in starting it. But the "$23 million" figure refers to cumulative funding added over multiple budget actions, not a single $23 million launch by Newsom alone. The wording overstates both the launch amount and the Governor’s individual role in creating the program.
“Economic downturns increase divorce rates.”
The evidence does not support the claim. Recent peer-reviewed studies and U.S. data generally find that divorce rates decline or are postponed during economic downturns, even if financial stress harms marriages. The claim confuses increased marital strain with increased divorce and omits the well-documented fact that recessions often make separation harder to afford.
“Improvements, changes in government, and economic changes are all reasons why school curricula change.”
The evidence supports this claim. Authoritative government, inspection, and international education sources consistently describe improvement efforts, political changes, and economic shifts as common reasons curricula are revised. These factors are not the only drivers, and formal reforms do not always fully change classroom practice, but the statement itself remains accurate.
“In academic literature on conflict management, Dual Concern Theory is attributed to M. Afzalur Rahim and Kenneth W. Thomas.”
The claim is not supported by the academic literature. Reliable sources describe Dual Concern Theory as a broader framework developed across multiple lines of research, not as a theory jointly attributed to Rahim and Thomas. Rahim is commonly linked with Bonoma, Thomas with Kilmann, and the model's roots are also traced to Blake and Mouton and later Pruitt and Rubin.
“A speech describes Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, and the Wright brothers as innovators and problem-solvers to support the idea that hacking can create positive social change.”
The evidence shows the speech does exactly this. The TED transcript explicitly presents hacking as problem-solving and uses Franklin, Betsy Ross, and the Wright brothers as illustrative innovators to argue that hacking can serve democracy and civic good. Critiques of that metaphor concern its validity, not whether the speech makes the argument.