Police and news reports say a 17-year-old was racially abused in Newport.
Claim:
During a specific attack in the United Kingdom, a 17-year-old boy was racially abused.
HARDLY BS
General
Everything else people repeat — checked.
Sofia Metro features modern trains, advanced signaling, and platform screen doors.
Claim:
Sofia Metro is one of Eastern Europe's most modern metro systems.
HARDLY BS
No credible evidence or official reports indicate any real zombie outbreak.
Claim:
A zombie apocalypse is happening.
TOTAL BS
AI-linked nonfiction often draws lower trust and reduced willingness to buy.
Claim:
The use of generative AI tools and trust in them has had a negative impact on non-fiction book sales.
SOME BS
Russia and Saudi Arabia in 2018 had the largest World Cup area gap.
Claim:
The FIFA World Cup match between Canada and Qatar is the largest difference in national surface area between the two countries in any FIFA World Cup match in history.
TOTAL BS
About 9,500 tonnes of products burned in the 2019 Rouen Lubrizol fire.
Claim:
About 10,000 tonnes of products burned during the September 26, 2019 fire affecting the Lubrizol and Normandie Logistique sites in Rouen, France.
HARDLY BS
Swarna Kupa is usually dry and fills briefly once a year.
Claim:
The Swarna Kupa (also spelled Suna Kua) well at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, India never runs dry.
TOTAL BS
Withdrawn fundraiser money reportedly paid living, relocation, transportation, counseling, and security costs.
Claim:
The parents of Karmalo Anthony withdrew money donated through a public donation campaign created for Karmalo Anthony and did not use the withdrawn funds for personal expenses.
TOTAL BS
Stephen Ogilvie was attacked in Livingston, Scotland, in 2001.
Claim:
Stephen Ogilvie was attacked in Scotland in 2001.
NOT BS
Zalando launched do.MORE in 2019 around Planet, Products, and People.
Claim:
Zalando launched its do.MORE sustainability framework in 2019, with the vision of becoming a sustainable fashion platform with a net-positive environmental and human impact, organized across three pillars: planet, products, and people.
NOT BS
Karrion Kross said Triple H “can’t call all of the shots” in WWE creative.
Claim:
Former WWE wrestler Karrion Kross said that Paul "Triple H" Levesque does not have full control over WWE creative decisions.
NOT BS
Association football has the world’s largest global fan base and audience reach.
Claim:
Association football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world.
NOT BS
CHOICE’s 2023 survey found 70% of Australians held this belief.
Claim:
A 2023 CHOICE survey found that 70% of Australians believed they were not entitled to a refund, repair, or replacement for a faulty product once the manufacturer’s warranty had expired.
NOT BS
Gladys Knight is alive and continues to appear in current tour listings.
Claim:
Gladys Knight is dead.
TOTAL BS
The 11th National Lavender Festival in General Toshevo was held 21 June 2025.
Claim:
A lavender festival took place in General Toshevo, Bulgaria, in 2025.
NOT BS
No reliable source shows N'Golo Kanté has ever been married.
Claim:
N'Golo Kanté is divorced.
TOTAL BS
A young child called 911 reporting a monster under his brother’s bed.
Claim:
A child called 911 to report that there was a monster under his brother's bed.
NOT BS
Scholarly analyses link Jay Chou’s lyrics mainly to identity, hybridity, and romance.
Claim:
Jay Chou's songs contain collectivist lyrical themes that are clear examples of collectivism in C-pop storytelling.
MOSTLY BS
Under IFAB rules, penalty shoot-outs occur after the match ends.
Claim:
In association football, a match decided by a penalty shoot-out after being level at the end of extra time is officially recorded as a draw, with the shoot-out used only to determine which team advances or wins the title.
NOT BS
Publishing frontier-AI disagreement research can create a disclosable competing interest for AI fact-checkers.
Claim:
Publishing a research paper about factual disagreement in frontier AI models can be considered a conflict of interest for an AI fact-checking company.
NOT BS
No checks match that verdict.