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History Fact-Checks

Fact-checks about historical events, figures, dates, and commonly believed historical narratives.

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36 fact-checks
22 debunked
14 verified true
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The Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
99% confidence 644 views
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Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid
98% confidence 426 views
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Einstein failed math in school
99% confidence 423 views
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Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short
98% confidence 391 views
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The Salem witch trials burned witches at the stake
99% confidence 386 views
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Vikings wore horned helmets in battle
99% confidence 378 views
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Einstein's brain was preserved and studied by scientists after his death
98% confidence 113 views
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Napoleon was unusually short
95% confidence 97 views
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The Great Pyramid of Giza was built by slaves
88% confidence 92 views
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The inventor of the guillotine was executed by his own invention
90% confidence 84 views
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Medieval knights could not get on their horses without a crane due to heavy armor
96% confidence 84 views
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Medieval people believed the Earth was flat until Columbus proved otherwise
98% confidence 76 views
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The Berlin Wall fell in 1989
99% confidence 74 views
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The Boston molasses flood in 1919 killed 21 people
90% confidence 71 views
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The Statue of Liberty was originally a copper color, not green
95% confidence 67 views
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Ancient Romans used vomitoriums to purge food during feasts
95% confidence 54 views
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Chewing gum was invented in the 20th century
90% confidence 52 views
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The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than the wingspan of a Boeing 747
95% confidence 46 views
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The Berlin Wall was built to keep Western spies from entering East Germany
95% confidence 46 views
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Medieval Europeans rarely bathed and considered cleanliness sinful
85% confidence 44 views
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The Titanic was the largest ship in the world when it sank
85% confidence 43 views
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Marie Antoinette said 'Let them eat cake' when told peasants had no bread
85% confidence 42 views
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The Emancipation Proclamation immediately freed all enslaved people in the United States
98% confidence 16 views
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Central heating existed in ancient Roman buildings
97% confidence 14 views
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Einstein believed in a personal God who intervened in human affairs
92% confidence 13 views
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The word 'OK' originated as a joke abbreviation in 1830s American newspapers
85% confidence 11 views
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb entirely by himself
98% confidence 7 views
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The Spanish Flu pandemic killed more people than World War I
85% confidence 7 views
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Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids using alien technology
98% confidence 7 views
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Handwashing with soap became widely accepted medical practice only after significant resistance from doctors
88% confidence 1 views
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Ancient Rome fell in a single dramatic event rather than a long gradual decline
92% confidence 1 views
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Prohibition in the United States successfully eliminated alcohol consumption nationwide
98% confidence 1 views
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Feudal Japan's samurai were required to commit ritual suicide after any single failure
96% confidence 1 views
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Ancient Greek statues were originally painted in bright colors, not plain white
95% confidence 1 views
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The Cold War never resulted in direct large-scale combat between the US and USSR
90% confidence 1 views
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The Great Depression was ended entirely by the New Deal alone
90% confidence 1 views
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