Latest Checks

SCIENCE · Jun 3, 2026

Each ingredient in Coca-Cola has a chemical role, including contributing acidity, sweetness, and aroma.

NOT BS

POLITICS · Jun 3, 2026

The Trump administration is dismantling the National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a roughly $368 million ocean-monitoring network in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

HARDLY BS

TECH · Jun 2, 2026

An oil reservoir system is used to maintain zero valve clearance in an internal combustion engine valve train.

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TECH · Jun 2, 2026

In a hydraulic valve lifter, a check valve allows engine oil to flow into the lifter's high-pressure chamber but prevents it from flowing back out when the camshaft lobe loads the lifter to open the engine valve.

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TECH · Jun 2, 2026

In a typical hydraulic valve lifter, the body is the outer casing.

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TECH · Jun 2, 2026

In a typical hydraulic valve lifter, the plunger automatically adjusts to eliminate clearance in the valvetrain.

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TECH · Jun 2, 2026

In an internal combustion engine, the timing chain synchronizes the crankshaft and camshaft(s) so that piston motion is coordinated with the opening and closing of the intake and exhaust valves.

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TECH · Jun 2, 2026

An exhaust camshaft sprocket synchronizes camshaft rotation so that engine valves open and close at the correct times to expel burned gases from the engine.

HARDLY BS

TECH · Jun 2, 2026

Microsoft instructed its engineers to stop using an AI coding tool because the tool's usage costs were higher than the cost of paying the engineers.

MOSTLY BS

TECH · Jun 2, 2026

Microsoft instructed approximately 100,000 of its engineers to stop using an AI coding tool by the end of June 2026.

MOSTLY BS

LEGAL · Jun 2, 2026

Mario Olszinski was convicted of possessing child sexual abuse images.

HARDLY BS

GENERAL · Jun 2, 2026

The 2019 film "The King" includes the line "You've been played" spoken by a character.

TOTAL BS

GENERAL · Jun 2, 2026

In the film "The King" (directed by David Michôd), the line "All this. All this is yours now." appears in the film.

TOTAL BS

HISTORY · Jun 2, 2026

In William Shakespeare's play "Henry V", the line "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers." appears in the text.

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HISTORY · Jun 2, 2026

In William Shakespeare's play "Henry V", the line "We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us." appears in the text.

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HISTORY · Jun 2, 2026

William Shakespeare's play "Henry V" contains the line "I know thee not, old man."

TOTAL BS

HEALTH · Jun 2, 2026

Living Cell Technologies conducted clinical trials in New Zealand in which islet cells from Auckland Island pigs were transplanted into eight patients with type 1 diabetes.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · Jun 2, 2026

In William Shakespeare's play "Henry V", the line "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more." appears in the text.

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HEALTH · Jun 2, 2026

In 2011, there were 400 people on the transplant waiting list in New Zealand.

HARDLY BS

HEALTH · Jun 2, 2026

In New Zealand, having fewer than 9 deceased organ donors per million people results in hundreds of patients dying each year while waiting for organ transplants.

TOTAL BS