Latest Checks

GENERAL · May 30, 2026

The number of animal protection calls in New Brunswick increased by roughly 50% from 2020 to 2024.

HARDLY BS

GENERAL · May 30, 2026

Patrice Motsepe is giving R2,500 to supporters as part of his 65th birthday celebration in 2026.

TOTAL BS

HEALTH · May 30, 2026

Eating chocolate cures depression.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

The Australian states of Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia have adopted renewable energy targets that are more ambitious than the Australian federal government's renewable energy targets in some cases.

NOT BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

The reformed Safeguard Mechanism introduced in 2023 requires Australia's largest industrial emitters (about 215 facilities) to reduce their emissions intensity over time.

HARDLY BS

SCIENCE · May 30, 2026

Australia’s per-capita greenhouse gas emissions exceed 20 tCO2e in OECD datasets.

NOT BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

Australia's reformed Safeguard Mechanism (implemented in 2023) applies to around 215 facilities.

NOT BS

SCIENCE · May 30, 2026

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels requires global net zero CO₂ emissions by around 2050.

HARDLY BS

SCIENCE · May 30, 2026

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are approximately 14.8 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent per person per year.

TOTAL BS

FINANCE · May 30, 2026

The 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season (the Black Summer bushfires) cost the Australian economy an estimated 103 billion Australian dollars.

HARDLY BS

SCIENCE · May 30, 2026

Australia is one of the world's largest per-capita greenhouse gas emitters.

NOT BS

HEALTH · May 30, 2026

Drinking coffee stains teeth yellow.

HARDLY BS

SCIENCE · May 30, 2026

Leucine zipper EF-hand-containing transmembrane protein 1 (LETM1) was initially identified through studies investigating the genetic basis of Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS).

NOT BS

HEALTH · May 30, 2026

In humans, taste buds that detect sweetness are concentrated at the tip of the tongue.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

Leicestershire County Council has made zero cuts to services.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

Leicestershire County Council is investing £30 million into special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services because of a Reform UK policy or proposal.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

Reform UK councillors at Leicestershire County Council secured £29 million in ring-fenced funding for pothole repairs.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

Reform UK in Leicestershire has invested £270 million into roads.

TOTAL BS

HEALTH · May 30, 2026

Under normal conditions, only a very small fraction of dietary amino acids in the small-intestinal lumen are diverted by other substances or are consumed by colonic bacteria before being absorbed, so amino-acid loss is very low.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · May 30, 2026

After Reform UK was elected to run Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire County Council sent in auditors.

MOSTLY BS