966 published verifications avg. score 4.7/10 329 rated true or mostly true 629 rated false or misleading
“The Apollo 11 mission successfully landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969.”
The Apollo 11 mission definitively landed astronauts on the Moon in July 1969. This is confirmed by extensive contemporaneous NASA documentation, independent institutional records from the Smithsonian and National Archives, and Associated Press footage from the event.
“U.S. households have less purchasing power on March 1, 2026, than they did in the 1950s.”
This claim is false. It confuses the declining value of a single dollar with the purchasing power of households. While a 2026 dollar buys far less than a 1950 dollar, households today earn vastly more dollars. Federal Reserve and Census data show real median household income has more than doubled since the 1950s — from roughly $31,800 to over $83,000 in inflation-adjusted terms. While housing costs have risen disproportionately, most everyday goods (groceries, gas, cars) are more affordable in real terms today.
“Maintaining a consistent bedtime is important for health.”
This claim is well-supported. Multiple peer-reviewed studies — including large-scale cohort analyses published in PubMed Central and findings reported by the BMJ and American Heart Association — consistently link sleep regularity to lower risks of cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, depression, anxiety, and all-cause mortality. The CDC also recommends consistent bed and wake times. The claim's moderate language ("important for health") accurately reflects the strength of the evidence without overstating causation.
“Most plastic placed in residential recycling bins is successfully recycled into new products.”
This claim is false. U.S. EPA data shows only about 29% of PET and HDPE bottles — the most commonly recycled residential plastics — are actually recycled, while overall post-consumer plastic recycling sits at just 5–6%. Even counting all residential recyclable materials, only about 21% are successfully recycled. The vast majority of plastic placed in residential bins ends up in landfills or incinerators, not recycled into new products.
“The sum of 1 and 1 is equal to 3.”
The claim that "the sum of 1 and 1 is equal to 3" is unequivocally false. Every credible mathematical source confirms that 1+1=2, a foundational truth proven rigorously from the Peano axioms and formal logic. Purported "proofs" of 1+1=3 rely on hidden errors like division by zero and are presented as tricks, not valid mathematics. The cultural metaphor of "1+1=3" (e.g., a couple having a child) is a figure of speech, not an arithmetic identity.
“Work-related stress from office jobs contributes significantly to health issues.”
The core claim is well-supported. OSHA, CDC/NIOSH, the APA, and peer-reviewed research consistently link work-related stress to cardiovascular disease, depression, anxiety, and other health problems. NIOSH states work problems are "more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life stressor." The claim earns a minor downgrade because most evidence addresses workplace stress broadly rather than isolating office jobs specifically, and the word "significantly" isn't precisely quantified — but office workers clearly fall within the populations studied.