Latest Checks

SCIENCE · Jul 21, 2026

Freestanding water is not readily available for lions in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, resulting in a lack of extra drinking water for lions.

MOSTLY BS

HISTORY · Jul 21, 2026

Military historian Sir Basil Liddell Hart argued that relentless pressure applied by Australian forces forced Erwin Rommel to commit valuable reserves against them, weakening Axis defenses elsewhere.

NOT BS

SCIENCE · Jul 21, 2026

Dinosaurs are birds and lizards.

TOTAL BS

SCIENCE · Jul 21, 2026

A 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study found that false stories spread six times faster than true stories on Twitter and were retweeted 70% more often.

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 21, 2026

At least 10% of pilots believe that the Earth is flat.

TOTAL BS

TECH · Jul 21, 2026

More than $100 million has been invested in open source maintainers and projects through GitHub Sponsors.

NOT BS

POLITICS · Jul 21, 2026

The European Commission fined AliExpress €550 million for breaching its obligations under the EU Digital Services Act.

NOT BS

SCIENCE · Jul 21, 2026

U.S. golf courses used about 531 billion gallons of irrigation water in 2024 (about 1.63 million acre-feet of applied water).

NOT BS

HEALTH · Jul 21, 2026

Being underweight in men causes a deficiency of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

TOTAL BS

HEALTH · Jul 21, 2026

Male obesity causes excess estriol levels in men.

TOTAL BS

HEALTH · Jul 21, 2026

Obesity in women causes excessive levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 21, 2026

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps destroyed a United States radar and a Patriot air-defense system in Bahrain.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026

Mumbai, India is currently under attack as part of a coordinated incident.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026

The United States conducted strikes on Iran for 10 consecutive nights.

MOSTLY BS

TECH · Jul 20, 2026

ORCA (Omni Role Combat Aircraft) was envisioned as the Indian Air Force’s land-based twin-engine variant of the naval TEDBF (Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter).

NOT BS

POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026

A drone carrying explosives was shot down over Al-Harir Air Base in Erbil, Iraq, according to an Iraqi security source cited by Reuters.

MOSTLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026

Iran is transferring military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that Qatari mediators have presented new negotiating proposals and that he declined to provide details at that time.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 20, 2026

Regime-aligned media channels released imagery that appears to show a destroyed aircraft shelter at Al-Salti Air Base in Jordan after a recent Iranian strike.

NOT BS

TECH · Jul 20, 2026

Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Adapted Capability Effector (PAC-3 ACE) is a new low-cost Patriot interceptor that costs less than half as much per unit as the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) and can engage short-range ballistic missiles.

HARDLY BS