Mount Kilimanjaro is widely recognized as the world’s highest free-standing mountain.
Claim:
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
NOT BS
General
Everything else people repeat — checked.
B2B buyers often shift priorities mid-sale, but no solid evidence supports 66% overall.
Claim:
In 66% of business-to-business (B2B) sales deals, buyers change their priorities during the sales process.
SOME BS
IT and security often slow enterprise B2B deals, but exact objection rates aren’t independently established.
Claim:
In 38% of enterprise B2B deals, IT and Security raise the biggest objections.
MOSTLY BS
Broad brand awareness across B2B buying groups improves win rates modestly.
Claim:
In B2B sales, buying groups in which all members are aware of a brand are roughly 20 times more likely to close a deal than buying groups in which only a single internal champion is aware of the brand.
MOSTLY BS
Gartner data indicates enterprise B2B buying groups average fewer than 13 stakeholders.
Claim:
A typical enterprise business-to-business (B2B) purchase involves an average of 13 stakeholders.
MOSTLY BS
Coverage and interviews describe the film’s ending as centered on the Trojan Horse.
Claim:
The ending of Christopher Nolan's film "The Odyssey" is a metaphor for Pandora's box.
TOTAL BS
No credible record shows Larry Bird saying LeBron should stop pretending.
Claim:
Larry Bird gave an interview in which he told LeBron James to stop pretending that he is the GOAT.
TOTAL BS
Germany’s beer sales and consumption have fallen to multi-decade lows by 2023–2024.
Claim:
Total beer consumption in Germany has declined significantly in recent years.
NOT BS
Intermediate kitesurfing and windsurfing typically work in similar low-to-mid teen wind ranges.
Claim:
For an intermediate rider, kitesurfing generally requires less wind than windsurfing.
MOSTLY BS
Authorship is increasingly judged by human creative control and AI disclosure.
Claim:
Generative artificial intelligence is changing what people intrinsically consider to be authored in intellectual work.
HARDLY BS
IASV Triveni began a 10-officer all-women tri-service circumnavigation plan.
Claim:
Nine women officers returned from a 314-day circumnavigation voyage of about 25,500 nautical miles aboard the Indian Army Sailing Vessel (IASV) Triveni.
TOTAL BS
In Nagoya, a man fell 12 stories, struck a woman, and survived initially.
Claim:
A woman was killed after a man fell from a 12-story building, landed on her, and survived the fall.
NOT BS
No reliable surveys show 10% or more pilots believe Earth is flat.
Claim:
At least 10% of pilots believe that the Earth is flat.
TOTAL BS
Saudi statistics show 64.76% of youth 15–24 participated in education and training.
Claim:
Saudi Arabia's 2024 adult-skills statistics report high participation by young people in formal and non-formal education and training.
NOT BS
Saudi official education statistics report large numbers of bachelor’s and postgraduate graduates.
Claim:
Official graduate statistics show that Saudi Arabia produces a sizeable number of bachelor's degree graduates, alongside master's, higher-diploma, and doctoral graduates.
NOT BS
Saudi Arabia’s official mid-2024 population estimate was 35,300,280 people.
Claim:
Saudi Arabia's total population was estimated at about 35.3 million in mid-2024.
NOT BS
United says it does not offer free flight changes based on airport names.
Claim:
United Airlines is offering passengers free flight changes to avoid flying into President Donald J. Trump International Airport in Florida.
MOSTLY BS
No verified poisonous rabbitfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) has been recorded in Bulgarian waters.
Claim:
A poisonous rabbitfish was recently caught or spotted in Bulgaria.
TOTAL BS
Alexis Mac Allister holds the World Cup record with 13 unbeaten matches.
Claim:
Alexis Mac Allister is the first player in FIFA World Cup history to go 13 consecutive matches without suffering a defeat.
NOT BS
William Saliba played at the 2026 World Cup with a spinal fracture.
Claim:
William Saliba played the FIFA World Cup with a fractured back.
HARDLY BS
No checks match that verdict.