data/train.csv

id,fact_text,category,era,region,verification_tier,independence_score,cluster_count,surprise_score,confidence_level,url,source_urls
5,Venus rotates so slowly that a day on Venus (243 Earth days) is longer than a year on Venus (225 Earth days).,science,modern,,gold,0.95,5,9,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/venus-rotates-so-slowly-that-a-day-on-5,https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rotation-of-venus | https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-venus/en/ | https://www.britannica.com/place/Venus-planet | https://www.aeronomie.be/en/encyclopedia/venus-backwards-rotation-and-orbital-period | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus | https://www.space.com/venus-atomphere-slows-down-rotation | https://science.nasa.gov/venus/venus-facts/ | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/solar-system/venus.asp
16,"Ancient Roman concrete, used in structures like the Pantheon, has proven remarkably durable, in part because lime clasts and reactions with seawater form self-healing mineral phases (Al-tobermorite and phillipsite) that reinforce the material over centuries.",history,ancient,Europe,gold,0.892,6,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ancient-roman-concrete-used-in-structures-like-the-16,https://www.sciencealert.com/why-2-000-year-old-roman-concrete-is-so-much-better-than-what-we-produce-today | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add1602 | https://als.lbl.gov/ancient-roman-secret-concrete-resilience-seawater/ | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-ancient-roman-concrete-so-strong-180963946/ | https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/chemistry-articles/materials-1/roman-concrete-seawater-043432/ | https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 | https://scienceinsights.org/why-roman-concrete-is-so-strong-and-gets-stronger-over-time/ | https://science.howstuffworks.com/why-ancient-roman-concrete-stronger-than-modern.htm
22,"The Pony Express, icon of the American West, operated for only 18 months (1860-1861) before the transcontinental telegraph made it obsolete.",history,1800s,North America,gold,0.871,7,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-pony-express-icon-of-the-american-west-22,https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/pony-express | https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/october-24/ | https://facts.usps.com/pony-express-history/ | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pony-Express/Final-days | https://nationalponyexpress.org/historic-pony-express-trail/1860-1861-history/ | https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2758 | https://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/index.htm | https://historynet.com/pony-express/
25,"The mantis shrimp can punch with the acceleration of a .22 caliber bullet, creating cavitation bubbles that reach 4,700°C—nearly as hot as the sun's surface.",nature,modern,global,gold,0.861,9,9,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-mantis-shrimp-can-punch-with-the-acceleration-25,https://news.wttw.com/2021/09/28/scientists-recreate-mighty-punch-mantis-shrimp-robot | https://sites.nd.edu/biomechanics-in-the-wild/2019/03/05/how-the-mantis-shrimp-packs-its-punch/ | https://scienceinsights.org/how-fast-is-a-mantis-shrimp-punch/ | https://murexresorts.com/mantis-shrimp-facts/ | https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/11/569467444/how-the-food-industry-uses-cavitation-the-oceans-most-powerful-punch | https://www.scubadiving.com/what-happens-when-mantis-shrimp-packs-punch | https://scienceblog.com/sb-the-mantis-shrimp-punches-with-the-acceleration-of-a-22-calibre-bullet-creating-a-cavitation-bubble-that-collapses-at-nearly-the-temperature-of-the-suns-surface-for-a-fraction-of-a-millisecond-mean/ | https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mantis-shrimp | https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/
27,"The wood frog can survive being frozen solid during winter, with up to 70% of its body water turning to ice, then thaw and resume normal activity.",nature,,North America,gold,0.908,6,9,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-wood-frog-can-survive-being-frozen-solid-27,https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067143/ | https://www.discoverwildcare.com/animal-facts/amphibians/wood-frog | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-freeze-then-thaw-explained | https://www.audubon.org/news/frogs-freeze-survive-alaskan-winter | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1096495922000355 | https://www.forestsociety.org/something-wild/frozen-wood-frogs-thaw-out
32,"Wombat feces are cube-shaped, with researchers confirming this results from the unique elasticity of their intestines, not diet—helping mark territory without rolling away.",nature,modern,Oceania,gold,0.687,8,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/wombat-feces-are-cube-shaped-with-researchers-confirming-this-32,https://www.science.org/content/article/how-do-wombats-poop-cubes-scientists-get-bottom-mystery | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-have-solved-mystery-how-wombats-poop-cubes-180976898/ | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-wombats-poop-cubes | https://theprodigious.com/why-wombat-poop-is-cube-shaped-natures-oddest-engineering-trick/ | https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2026/04/30/meet-the-wombat---the-only-animal-that-produces-cube-shaped-droppings/ | https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/19/australia/wombat-cube-poo-intl | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/wombat-poop-cube-why-is-it-square-shaped | https://news.uga.edu/why-do-wombats-have-square-poop/
40,"LCD displays work by twisting liquid crystal molecules with electric fields; without power, some LCDs appear white while others appear black.",technology,modern,global,gold,0.855,10,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/lcd-displays-work-by-twisting-liquid-crystal-molecules-40,https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.09812 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/liquid-crystal-display | https://orientdisplay.com/knowledge-base/lcd-basics/how-liquid-crystal-displays-work/ | https://hardforum.com/threads/normally-white-and-normally-black-lcd-panels.1242137/ | https://focuslcds.com/frequently-asked-questions/ | https://www.doitvision.com/common-lcd-display-mode/ | https://www.kimeery.com/normally-white-and-normally-black-tn-lcd-display.html | https://www.bohrium.com/en/sciencepedia/feynman/keyword/lcd | https://xdaforums.com/t/lcd-screens-which-colour-uses-most-power.647668/ | https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/5793458
43,There are more stars in the observable universe than grains of sand on all of Earth's beaches—estimated at 10^24 stars versus roughly 10^18 to 10^19 grains.,space,modern,,gold,0.858,6,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/there-are-more-stars-in-the-observable-universe-43,https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/how-many-stars-are-there/ | https://consensus.app/questions/number-of-stars-in-the-observable-universe/ | https://worldmetrics.org/sand-grain-count-statistics/ | https://medium.com/@anmol.v1/stars-vs-sand-the-ultimate-cosmic-showdown-7e086f40f7b9 | https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-there-more-grains-of-sand-than-stars | https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe
44,The footprints left by Apollo astronauts on the Moon will likely remain visible for millions of years because there is no wind or water to erase them.,space,20th century,,gold,0.889,9,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-footprints-left-by-apollo-astronauts-on-the-44,"https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/astronaut-footprints-disappearing-moon/ | https://spacedaily.com/t-the-footprints-left-by-apollo-astronauts-on-the-lunar-surface-will-remain-there-undisturbed-for-at-least-ten-million-years-there-is-no-wind-no-rain-and-almost-nothing-to-erase-them/ | https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/trackways/photo4_popup.php | https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level1/apollo11.html | https://www.space.com/14740-footprints-moon.html | https://iere.org/can-you-see-footprints-on-the-moon/ | https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929328_1929325_1929284,00.html | https://biologyinsights.com/are-there-still-footprints-on-the-moon/ | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna44421662"
45,"The largest known structure in the universe is the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, a galactic filament spanning roughly 10 billion light-years.",space,modern,,gold,0.833,6,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-largest-known-structure-in-the-universe-is-45,https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/hercules-corona-borealis-great-wall | https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/what-is-the-biggest-thing-in-the-universe | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.03679 | https://www.sciencealert.com/largest-structure-in-the-universe-may-be-50-larger-than-we-thought | https://www.earth.com/news/largest-structure-in-universe-great-wall-hercules-corona-borealis-bigger-than-imagined/ | https://scaleofuniverse.com/en/universe/hercules-corona-borealis-great-wall
46,"Saturn's moon Titan has lakes and rivers of liquid methane and ethane, making it the only body in our solar system besides Earth with stable surface liquids.",space,modern,,silver,0.99,5,9,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/saturns-moon-titan-has-lakes-and-rivers-of-46,https://science.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/cassini-reveals-surprises-with-titans-lakes/ | https://science.nasa.gov/resource/titan-flyover | https://earthsky.org/space/scientists-find-new-surprises-about-titans-lakes/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_and_rivers_of_Titan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_lakes_and_seas_in_the_Solar_System | https://www.space.com/extraordinary-solar-system-ocean-worlds | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-017-0244-8 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.13343
47,"The Pirahã people of the Amazon have no words for specific numbers, colors, or perfect tenses, and their language contains no recursion—challenging Chomsky's theory of universal grammar.",culture,modern,South America,gold,0.905,11,9,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-pirah-people-of-the-amazon-have-no-47,https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pirah%C3%A3-challenge | https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_l_everett-recursion-and-human-thought | http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003136.html | http://www.biolinguagem.com/ling_cog_cult/everett_2005_grammar_cognition_piraha.pdf | https://spacedaily.com/b-an-isolated-indigenous-tribe-living-deep-within-the-amazon-rainforest-speaks-a-language-with-no-numbers-no-color-words-and-no-past-or-fictitious-tenses-and-their-unique-culture-relies-so-s/ | https://www.bentley.edu/news/fluent-controversy | https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2010/02/piraha-undermines-noam-chomskys-idea-of-a-universal-grammar.html | https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/opinions/57842/challenging-chomsky | https://news.mit.edu/2016/data-amazonian-piraha-language-debate-0309 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002438411730147X | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145289
52,"The Basque language is a language isolate unrelated to any other known language on Earth, predating the arrival of Indo-European languages in Europe by thousands of years.",culture,,Europe,silver,0.792,6,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-basque-language-is-a-language-isolate-unrelated-52,https://www.britannica.com/topic/Basque-language | https://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/resources/langb/basque.html | https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/basque-language | https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-basque-language-fundacion-antonio-de-nebrija/UgVhQPw0HwZkCw?hl=en | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Basque_language | https://www.eke.eus/en/kultura/euskara-the-basque-language/history-of-euskara | https://www.iflscience.com/basque-the-miracle-of-europes-most-isolated-and-obscure-language-69368
54,"Africa is the only continent that spans all four hemispheres (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western), extending from 37°N to 35°S and from 17°W to 51°E.",geography,,Africa,silver,0.75,7,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/africa-is-the-only-continent-that-spans-all-54,https://www.geographyrealm.com/continent-lies-four-hemispheres/ | https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-continent-is-situated-in-all-four-hemispheres.html | https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Africa-Location-Map-Source-World-Maps_fig1_334363991 | https://brainly.in/question/54788697 | https://medium.com/did-you-know-short-fun-facts/did-you-know-the-name-of-the-continent-that-occupies-all-four-hemispheres-3b075c76ce95 | https://africamap.net/questions/where-is-africa-on-a-map | https://mnathall.com/location-and-position-of-africa-size-landlocked-countries/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Africa
56,"Russia has 11 time zones, but France holds the world record with 12 due to its overseas territories spanning from French Guiana to French Polynesia.",geography,modern,global,silver,0.767,9,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/russia-has-11-time-zones-but-france-holds-56,https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/584626-country-with-the-most-time-zones | https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-time-zones-are-in-russia.html | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Russia | https://www.nivabupa.com/travel-insurance-articles/which-country-has-the-most-time-zones-in-the-world.html | https://gmttoestconverter.com/france-time-zone/ | https://www.timeanddate.com/time/country-with-the-most-time-zones.html | https://www.geographyrealm.com/country-time-zones/ | https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/country-with-most-time-zones | https://www.iflscience.com/the-country-that-has-the-most-time-zones-will-no-doubt-surprise-you-67511 | https://www.thelocal.fr/20220325/reader-question-how-does-france-have-12-different-time-zones
58,"A pizza can be cut into 11 equal pieces using only 4 straight cuts, and more generally, n straight cuts can divide a circle into up to (n²+n+2)/2 pieces—far more than the 2n pieces most people expect.",mathematics,modern,,silver,0.812,8,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-pizza-can-be-cut-into-11-equal-58,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_caterer's_sequence | https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CircleDivisionbyLines.html | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/aptitude/puzzle-maximum-pieces-that-can-be-cut-from-a-circle-using-6-straight-lines/ | https://brainly.com/question/41461922 | https://www.quora.com/How-many-maximum-pieces-a-circle-can-be-cut-with-n-cuts | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.04026 | https://tomrocksmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/teddyrockshenrikhelsen.pdf | http://campuscoke.blogspot.com/2015/01/maximum-number-of-slices-can-you-obtain.html | http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/teacher/pizza.htm
59,"The number 73 is the 21st prime number, and its reverse 37 is the 12th prime, while 21 is the product of 7 and 3—making it a 'prime factor mirror prime' and Sheldon Cooper's favorite number in The Big Bang Theory.",mathematics,modern,,silver,0.525,9,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-number-73-is-the-21st-prime-number-59,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73_(number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37_(number) | https://www.mathnasium.com/math-centers/westcounty/news/bang-math-professors-prove-tv-show-theory-about-the-number-73 | https://prime-numbers.fandom.com/wiki/73 | https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/10/sheldon-coopers-favorite-number/ | https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/television/cbs-shows/best-of-big-bang-theory-why-73-is-the-chuck-norris-of-numbers/65-4219879f-8708-4aa1-8949-22b796e1b531 | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/maths/is-73-a-prime-number/ | https://www.filmgarb.com/sheldons-73-shirt/ | https://prime-numbers.info/number/12th-prime | https://argoprep.online/blog/is-37-a-prime-number/
73,Ancient Egyptians grew flax as an industrial crop.,history,Ancient Egypt (c. 3100-30 BCE),Egypt/North Africa,gold,0.85,6,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ancient-egyptians-grew-flax-as-an-industrial-crop-73,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_agriculture | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-021-00998-8 | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/textil/plant2.html | https://saskoilseeds.com/resource/early-flax-history/ | https://historyrise.com/what-was-flax-used-for-in-ancient-egypt/ | https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/news/lessons-textile-history-and-fibre-durability-4000-year-old-egyptian-flax-yarn
78,Ancient Egyptian coffins were believed to act as a portal between the worlds of the living and the dead.,history,Ancient Egypt,Egypt,gold,0.887,8,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ancient-egyptian-coffins-were-believed-to-act-as-78,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_coffins | https://arce.org/resource/development-egyptian-coffin/ | https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/kelsey-assets/kelsey-publications/pdfs/life-death-and-afterlife.pdf | https://egyptatours.com/ancient-egyptian-coffins/ | https://3dcoffins.berkeley.edu/content/welcome-book-dead-3d | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna36089941 | https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/preparation-for-death-in-ancient-egypt/ | https://www.egypttoursportal.com/blog/ancient-egyptian-civilization/ancient-egyptian-coffins/
81,Ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus was one of the two most commonly domesticated sheep depicted on the reliefs of early pharaonic tombs.,history,"Ancient Egypt (early pharaonic period, c. 3100-2686 BCE)",Egypt,gold,0.8,7,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ovis-longipes-palaeoaegyptiacus-was-one-of-the-two-81,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_corkscrew-horned_sheep | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440324001729 | https://interestingengineering.com/culture/5700-year-old-sheep-skulls-indicate-horn-modification-ancient-egypt | https://handwiki.org/wiki/Biology:Ovis_longipes_palaeoaegyptiacus | https://thecuriousegyptologist.com/2022/06/19/khnum-potter-of-mankind/ | https://www.givemehistory.com/animals-of-ancient-egypt | https://books.google.com/books?id=Vj7A9jJrZP0C&q=Ovis+longipes+palaeoaegyptiacus&pg=PA269
82,"Ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus had unique, loosely spiraling horns that came out of the sides of the skull.",nature,ancient,Egypt,gold,0.845,10,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ovis-longipes-palaeoaegyptiacus-had-unique-loosely-spiraling-horns-82,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_corkscrew-horned_sheep | https://www.naturalsciences.be/en/science/news/ancient-egyptians-deformed-sheep-horns | https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-something-strange-about-these-ancient-egyptian-sheep-horns | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440324001729 | https://www.artic.edu/digital-publications/42/ancient-egyptian-art-at-the-art-institute-of-chicago/96/cat-15-plaque-depicting-a-ram-ptolemaic-period | https://handwiki.org/wiki/Biology:Ovis_longipes_palaeoaegyptiacus | https://thecuriousegyptologist.com/2022/06/19/khnum-potter-of-mankind/ | http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=211 | https://www.crystalinks.com/khnum.html | https://grokipedia.com/page/ancient_egyptian_corkscrew_horned_sheep
92,"Before the marine chronometer, ships could determine latitude from celestial observations but had no reliable way to determine longitude at sea, because no timekeeper survived shipboard conditions accurately enough.",technology,pre-18th century,global,gold,0.856,8,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/before-the-marine-chronometer-ships-could-determine-latitude-92,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blown_off_course | https://www.britannica.com/technology/navigation-technology/Longitude-measurements | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/03-09-25-the_marine_chronometer_a_key_to_global_transformation/ | https://www.darwishwatches.com/the-marvel-of-marine-chronometers-navigating-the-high-seas-with-precision/ | https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/navigating-at-sea/navigating-without-a-clock | https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/invention-chronometer | https://mymodernmet.com/marine-chronometer-clocks/ | https://museum.seiko.co.jp/en/knowledge/relation_04/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.08467 | https://www.gnomonwatches.com/blogs/news/marine-chronometer
116,"Quantum calculus (q-calculus) is sometimes called 'calculus without limits' because it develops derivatives, integrals, and analogous results without using the notion of limits, in contrast to traditional infinitesimal calculus.",science,modern,global,gold,1.0,6,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/quantum-calculus-q-calculus-is-sometimes-called-calculus-without-116,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_calculus | https://mathworld.wolfram.com/q-Calculus.html | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.1327 | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4613-0071-7 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.2996 | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2020.00043/full | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1411/1/012002/pdf
117,The two types of calculus within quantum calculus are q-calculus and h-calculus.,science,modern,global,gold,0.867,6,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-two-types-of-calculus-within-quantum-calculus-117,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_calculus | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4613-0071-7_1 | https://books.google.de/books/about/Quantum_Calculus.html?hl=ru&id=mK8HXHSTbB0C&redir_esc=y | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4613-0071-7 | https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Calculus-Universitext-Victor-Kac/dp/0387953418 | https://projecteuclid.org/journals/tbilisi-mathematical-journal/volume-10/issue-2/The-presentation-of-a-new-type-of-quantum-calculus/10.1515/tmj-2017-0022.pdf | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1911.10623 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1008.0672
119,"In h-calculus, the original mathematical object is recovered by taking the limit as the parameter h tends to 0 of the h-analog.",science,modern,global,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-h-calculus-the-original-mathematical-object-is-recovered-119,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_calculus | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1008.0672 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.1327 | https://legacy-www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/math1a2020/handouts/lecture06.pdf | https://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/various/quantumcalc/c.pdf | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1106.3831
128,Early astronomical records from the Babylonians date back to around 1000 BC.,history,ancient,Middle East,gold,0.85,6,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/early-astronomical-records-from-the-babylonians-date-back-128,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astronomy | https://www.mixplaces.com/babylonians-and-star-mapping | https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0407108 | https://astroteach.ca/mag/History-Of-Astronomy-In-Ancient-Times-(Part-I) | https://light2015blogdotorg.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/astronomy-in-ancient-civilizations-i/ | https://early-astronomy.classics.lsa.umich.edu/ancient_intro.php
130,Central American cultures showed astronomical interest in early history.,history,ancient (1200 BCE - 900 CE),Central America/Mesoamerica,gold,0.867,6,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/central-american-cultures-showed-astronomical-interest-in-early-130,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astronomy | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq7675 | https://brewminate.com/astronomy-in-pre-columbian-mesoamerica/ | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2877/1/012032 | https://mayan.org/civilization/astronomy/ | https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/origins-of-the-mesoamerican-astronomy-and-calendar-from-the-olmec-and-maya-regions/145761
133,French scientists traveled to Campbell Island to observe the 1874 transit of Venus.,science,19th century,Pacific/Oceania,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/french-scientists-traveled-to-campbell-island-to-observe-133,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Campbell_Island | https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38550/german-expedition-on-auckland-island | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300133387_The_1874_and_1882_Transits_of_Venus_An_Overview
136,Multiple countries sent scientific expeditions around the world to observe the 1874 transit of Venus.,science,19th century,global,gold,1.0,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/multiple-countries-sent-scientific-expeditions-around-the-world-136,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Campbell_Island | https://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/articles.php?article=1190 | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005tvnv.conf..100D/abstract | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2012.676053 | https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/tov
137,"On December 8, 1874, British scientists conducted an astronomical expedition to observe the transit of Venus from three separate sites in the Hawaiian Islands.",science,19th century,Pacific/Hawaii,gold,0.936,7,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-december-8-1874-british-scientists-conducted-an-137,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Hawaii | https://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/articles.php?article=1190 | https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/tov | https://archive.org/details/accountofobserva00airyrich | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstreams/f217d68c-65a9-4f65-b13f-3227fd345c55/download | https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/transit-of-venus/ | https://astro.ukho.gov.uk/nao/transit/V_1874/
140,"The 1874 transit of Venus expeditions were designed to obtain an accurate estimate of the astronomical unit (AU), the distance from Earth to the Sun, by measuring solar parallax.",science,19th century,global,gold,0.988,8,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-1874-transit-of-venus-expeditions-were-designed-140,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Hawaii | https://astro.ukho.gov.uk/nao/transit/V_1874/index.html | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005tvnv.conf..100D/abstract | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2012.676053 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-22566-1_15 | https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/tov/1 | https://ras.ac.uk/library/about-the-library2e45 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300133043_Refining_the_Astronomical_Unit_Queenstown_and_the_1874_Transit_of_Venus
141,Scientists attempted to measure the astronomical unit by observing the transit of Venus in 1769.,science,18th century,global,gold,0.975,6,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/scientists-attempted-to-measure-the-astronomical-unit-by-141,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Hawaii | https://www.loc.gov/collections/transit-of-venus-march/articles-and-essays/what-is-the-transit-of-venus/ | https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/pogge.1/Ast161/Unit4/venussun.html | https://libguides.usna.edu/sca/10536/transit-of-venus-1769 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1301.0296 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0310379 | https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/transits-of-venus-in-history-1769-today/
142,The black drop effect hampered efforts to obtain a precise value of the astronomical unit during the 1769 transit of Venus observations.,science,18th century,global,gold,0.9,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-black-drop-effect-hampered-efforts-to-obtain-142,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Hawaii | https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/history-and-sky-lore/the-transit-of-venus-tales-from-the-18th-and-19th-centuries/ | https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/pogge.1/Ast161/Unit4/venussun.html | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228709715_The_black-drop_effect_explained | https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0310379
143,The Cambridge Digital Library holds a collection of papers relating to the 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii.,science,19th century,Hawaii/Pacific,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-cambridge-digital-library-holds-a-collection-of-143,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874_Transit_of_Venus_Expedition_to_Hawaii | https://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/articles.php?article=1190 | https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/tov | https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/digital-library-treasures | https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/history/2016/10/05/dr-higgitt-presents-the-transit-of-venus-1874-digital-collection/ | https://www.kent.ac.uk/news/society/11442/kent-helps-launch-new-archive-of-historic-astronomy-expedition
144,"Andean dark constellations are called 'yana phuyu' in Quechua, which literally translates to 'black cloud'.",culture,traditional/ongoing,South America,silver,0.812,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/andean-dark-constellations-are-called-yana-phuyu-in-144,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_dark_constellations | https://astronoo.com/en/andean-astronomy.html | https://www.tumblr.com/faunaleye/60938600162/incaic-ethnoastronomy | https://americanindian.si.edu/inkaroad/ancestors/creationstories/milky-way.html
145,Pre-Columbian civilizations of the Andes region identified astronomical configurations based on dark silhouettes rather than bright stars.,history,pre-Columbian,South America (Andes),gold,0.827,11,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/pre-columbian-civilizations-of-the-andes-region-identified-astronomical-145,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_dark_constellations | https://astronoo.com/en/andean-astronomy.html | https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/deep-roots-of-astronomy-in-latin-america/ | https://futurism.com/the-dark-constellations-of-the-incas | https://www.colorado.edu/today/2016/11/09/read-stars-inca-secrets-andean-skies | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343490045_Inca_Astronomy_and_Cosmology | https://planetariumcusco.com/sustainable-energy-how-is-this-planetarium-becoming-solar/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0408037 | https://andeantravelexperience.com/blog/inca-astronomy | https://www.urosexpeditions.com/blog/astronomy-in-cusco | https://www.machupicchu.org/the-secret-astronomical-calendar-of-machu-picchu-ancient-inca-sky-science.htm
146,Andean dark constellations are formed by molecular clouds and interstellar dust lanes located along the Milky Way.,culture,ancient_to_modern,South America,gold,0.844,9,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/andean-dark-constellations-are-formed-by-molecular-clouds-146,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_dark_constellations | https://astronoo.com/en/andean-astronomy.html | https://www.tumblr.com/faunaleye/60938600162/incaic-ethnoastronomy | https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/deep-roots-of-astronomy-in-latin-america/ | https://www.academia.edu/44099229/A_CULTURAL_COMPARISON_OF_THE_DARK_CONSTELLATIONS_IN_THE_MILKY_WAY | https://www.kvnf.org/short-features/2018-09-07/western-slope-skies-the-dark-sideof-the-milky-way | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.4441 | https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2112a/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/0705.3262 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333700963_A_Comparison_of_Dark_Constellations_of_the_Milky_Way
162,Abo Elementary School was designed to function as an advanced fallout shelter.,history,Cold War (1962),United States (New Mexico),gold,0.875,6,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/abo-elementary-school-was-designed-to-function-as-162,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abo_Elementary_School | https://www.nps.gov/places/abo_school-nm.htm | https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/artesia-nm/points-of-interest/abo-elementary-school-and-fallout-shelter-artesia | https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=235316 | https://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/07/04/abo_elementary_school_in_artesia_new_mexico_was_built_to_double_as_a_cold.html | https://clui.org/ludb/site/abo-elementary-school-and-fallout-shelter
164,Abo Elementary School had a concrete slab roof that doubled as the school's playground.,history,1960s,United States (New Mexico),gold,0.808,6,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/abo-elementary-school-had-a-concrete-slab-roof-164,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abo_Elementary_School | https://www.nps.gov/places/abo_school-nm.htm | https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/abo-elementary-school-located-entirely-underground/view/google/ | https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/artesia-nm/points-of-interest/abo-elementary-school-and-fallout-shelter-artesia | https://wikimapia.org/18362/Abo-Elementary-School-The-Underground-School | http://atomic-skies.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-abo-school.html
168,The American Committee for East–West Accord's stated goals included promoting conciliation between the United States and the Soviet Union.,history,1970s-1990s,United States,gold,0.92,5,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-american-committee-for-eastwest-accords-stated-goals-168,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Committee_for_East%E2%80%93West_Accord | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2596925 | https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/could-new-group-stop-rush-cold-war/ | http://keywiki.org/American_Committee_on_East-West_Accord | https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-new-american-fan-club/
195,ADRON-RM is a neutron spectrometer designed to search for subsurface water ice and hydrated minerals.,technology,2020s,Mars / global,gold,0.925,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/adron-rm-is-a-neutron-spectrometer-designed-to-search-195,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADRON-RM | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28731818/ | https://astrobiology.miraheze.org/wiki/ADRON-RM | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2016.1566
203,The Alais meteorite contains organic compounds.,science,19th century (1806/1834 discovery),France,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-alais-meteorite-contains-organic-compounds-203,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alais_meteorite | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.12351 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-024-01200-8 | https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Alais.html | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4684-2115-6_26
222,ANNIE studies phenomena like proton decay and neutrino oscillations by analyzing neutrino interactions in gadolinium-loaded water and measuring their neutron yield.,science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/annie-studies-phenomena-like-proton-decay-and-neutrino-222,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator_Neutrino_Neutron_Interaction_Experiment | https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.01480 | https://www.osti.gov/pages/biblio/1647077 | https://svoboda.ucdavis.edu/experiments/annie | https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1638651
223,Neutron tagging plays an important role in background rejection from atmospheric neutrinos in the ANNIE experiment.,science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/neutron-tagging-plays-an-important-role-in-background-223,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator_Neutrino_Neutron_Interaction_Experiment | https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.01480 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.6411 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.08222 | https://indico.cern.ch/event/782953/contributions/3453670/attachments/1887198/3112227/DPF2019_Eisch_ANNIE.pdf | https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1915412
242,The Antiproton Decelerator was built from the Antiproton Collector (AC).,technology,20th century,Europe,gold,1.0,3,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-antiproton-decelerator-was-built-from-the-antiproton-242,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton_Decelerator | https://cern-courier.web.cern.ch/a/beams-back-at-the-antiproton-decelerator/ | https://cds.cern.ch/record/39385 | https://cerncourier.com/a/the-return-of-antimatter/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0370157304003503
248,Antiprotons at CERN's Antiproton Decelerator are created by impinging a proton beam from the Proton Synchrotron on an iridium target.,science,modern,Europe,gold,1.0,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/antiprotons-at-cerns-antiproton-decelerator-are-created-by-248,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiproton_Decelerator | https://home.cern/science/accelerators/antiproton-decelerator/ | https://cerncourier.com/a/beams-back-at-the-antiproton-decelerator/ | https://alpha.web.cern.ch/science/antiproton-source | https://journals.aps.org/prab/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.073402 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.08820
254,Aspect's experiment offered an experimental answer to the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox.,science,20th century (1980s),France,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/aspects-experiment-offered-an-experimental-answer-to-the-254,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect's_experiment | https://graphsearch.epfl.ch/concept/58278312 | https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2022/10/popular-physicsprize2022.pdf | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.04737
262,Tube Alloys was initiated during World War II.,history,20th century,United Kingdom,gold,0.988,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/tube-alloys-was-initiated-during-world-war-ii-262,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_weapons | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295450.2021.1910004 | https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-and-nuclear-weapons-the-second-world-war-to-the-21st-century/ | https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/tube-alloys-jesus-college-oxford-and-british-atom-bomb-project | https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/british-nuclear-program/
265,Canada was involved in the Manhattan Project.,history,1940s,Canada / North America,gold,1.0,5,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/canada-was-involved-in-the-manhattan-project-265,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_weapons | https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/fact-sheets/canadas-contribution-to-nuclear-weapons-development/ | https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-the-manhattan-project | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295450.2021.1913033 | https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/location/canada/ | https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/a-relic-of-canada-s-atom-age-the-nru-reactor-is-shutting-down-for-good-1.4595836
268,The United States initiated the Manhattan Project in 1942 in collaboration with the United Kingdom.,history,20th century,United States / United Kingdom,gold,1.0,4,3,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-united-states-initiated-the-manhattan-project-in-268,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_weapons | https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/british-nuclear-program/ | https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-manhattan-project/9780231131537/ | https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/the-vault/1023-los-alamos-and-the-british-mission | https://home.nps.gov/mapr/learn/historyculture/timeline.htm
286,Israel is believed to have acquired nuclear weapons around 1967 but has never openly tested or formally acknowledged possessing them.,world_events,1960s-present,Middle East,gold,0.85,5,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/israel-is-believed-to-have-acquired-nuclear-weapons-286,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons | https://armscontrolcenter.org/countries/israel/ | https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/07/israel-nuclear-weapons-dimona-deception-cia-jfk-eisenhower-lbj-ben-gurion/ | https://carnegie.ru/commentary/82790 | https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/israeli-nuclear-program/ | https://www.arabnews.com/node/2593161/middle-east
288,The five recognized nuclear-weapons states under the NPT are also the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.,world_events,20th century-present,global,gold,0.95,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-five-recognized-nuclear-weapons-states-under-the-npt-288,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons | https://www.nti.org/education-center/treaties-and-regimes/treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons/ | https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2022-01/news/npt-nuclear-weapon-states-reject-nuclear-war | https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/view/f64083de-b8f1-46a8-a321-6b11ff41c2e6 | https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2020/03/nuclear-powers-must-lead-on-arms-control?lang=en
295,"The Classis Pontica coordinated with the neighboring Roman fleet of Moesia, known as the Classis Flavia Moesica.",history,Roman Empire (1st-3rd century CE),Black Sea / Anatolia / Danube,gold,0.82,5,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-classis-pontica-coordinated-with-the-neighboring-roman-295,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classis_Pontica | https://www.ancientportsantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/PLACES/Bosphorus-BlackSea/Noviodunum-Bivolaru2022.pdf | https://warhistory.org/article/roman-imperial-navy-2nd-3rd-centuries | https://historycooperative.org/roman-boats/ | https://www.navy.ro/despre/istoric/istoric_index_en.php | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X22002772
314,"Within the Mathematics Subject Classification, subsection 01A67 is titled 'Future prospectives'.",science,modern,global,gold,0.988,4,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/within-the-mathematics-subject-classification-subsection-01a67-is-314,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_mathematics | https://cran.r-project.org/web/classifications/MSC-2010.html | https://mathscinet.ams.org/msnhtml/classification.pdf | https://dml.cz/MSCSubjects | https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Journals/Information_for_Authors/msc2010.pdf
336,The Archimedes Palimpsest is a medieval parchment manuscript that was scraped and overwritten but originally contained several previously unknown works by Archimedes.,history,medieval,Byzantine Empire / Greece,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-archimedes-palimpsest-is-a-medieval-parchment-manuscript-336,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematics_history_topics | https://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/about/ | https://www.americanscientist.org/article/archimedes-unbound | https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/inside-archimedes-palimpsest.html
348,The Archimedes Palimpsest is a medieval manuscript that was found to contain erased and overwritten works of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes.,history,medieval,Byzantine Empire / Europe,gold,0.867,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-archimedes-palimpsest-is-a-medieval-manuscript-that-348,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematics_history_topics | https://thewalters.org/news/lost-and-found-the-secrets-of-archimedes/ | https://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/ | https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/archimedes-palimpsest/
349,"The Lwów School of Mathematics was a group of mathematicians who worked in the city of Lwów (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) during the interwar period.",history,interwar period (1918-1939),"Lwów/Lviv, Poland/Ukraine",gold,0.867,3,3,medium,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-lww-school-of-mathematics-was-a-group-349,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematics_history_topics | https://bookstore.ams.org/hmath-40/ | https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1066581/FULLTEXT01.pdf | https://shs.cairn.info/revue-philosophia-scientiae-2023-3-page-215?lang=en
353,The Scottish Café was a café in Lwów where mathematicians of the Lwów School of Mathematics recorded problems in a notebook known as the Scottish Book.,history,20th century,"Poland (Lwów, now Lviv, Ukraine)",gold,0.97,5,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-scottish-caf-was-a-caf-in-lww-353,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematics_history_topics | https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Scottish_Cafe/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.27867 | https://www.kent.edu/cas/news/solving-pre-wwii-mathematics-problems-scottish-cafe | https://www.tau.ac.il/~kantor/QUIZ/98/scottish.html | https://old.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/the-scottish-book-mathematics-from-the-scottish-caf-with-selected-problems-from-the-new-scottish
371,"In the rhetorical stage of mathematical notation, calculations were described purely using words rather than symbols.",history,ancient to medieval,global,gold,0.99,5,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-rhetorical-stage-of-mathematical-notation-calculations-371,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_mathematics | https://www.cut-the-knot.org/language/symb.shtml | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1807.11704 | https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~cherlin/History/Papers2002/vieta.html | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1949-8594.2000.tb17262.x | https://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt668/emt668.student.folders/Hix/EMT635/Alg.rhet.timeline.html
373,"In the syncopated stage of mathematical notation, quantities and common algebraic operations began to be represented by symbolic abbreviations.",history,ancient/classical (c. 250 CE onward),Mediterranean/Greece; also India,gold,0.983,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-syncopated-stage-of-mathematical-notation-quantities-373,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_mathematics | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1949-8594.2000.tb17262.x | https://www.cut-the-knot.org/language/symb.shtml | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1807.11704
393,One modern hypothesis links Venus's ashen light to lightning activity on the planet.,science,modern,global,gold,0.93,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/one-modern-hypothesis-links-venuss-ashen-light-to-393,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashen_light | https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/ashen-light-mystery-venus-dark-side-glow | https://explainingscience.org/2025/11/15/the-mystery-of-the-ashen-light-of-venus/ | https://www.universetoday.com/94848/the-mystery-of-venus-ashen-light-2/ | http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/personnel/russell/papers/ashen/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/027311779090174X
396,There is some evidence of lightning occurring on Venus.,science,1978-present,Venus,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/there-is-some-evidence-of-lightning-occurring-on-396,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashen_light | https://progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40645-018-0181-x | https://www.nature.com/articles/279614a0 | https://science.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/cassini-scientists-see-no-sign-of-lightning-on-venus/ | https://www.science.org/content/article/signs-lightning-venus
408,The transient aurorae/airglow hypothesis attributes ashen light to unusually high solar activity interacting with the upper Venusian atmosphere.,science,modern,global,gold,0.912,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-transient-auroraeairglow-hypothesis-attributes-ashen-light-to-408,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashen_light | https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/venus-ashen-light | https://explainingscience.org/2025/11/15/the-mystery-of-the-ashen-light-of-venus/ | https://www.universetoday.com/articles/aurora-on-venus-versus-solar-activity | https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/le06300n.html
409,Reported ball lightning sizes vary from pea-sized to several meters in diameter.,science,not_applicable,global,gold,0.925,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/reported-ball-lightning-sizes-vary-from-pea-sized-to-409,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning | https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/6936971 | https://sciencenotes.org/ball-lightning-phenomenon/ | https://www.crystalinks.com/ball_lightning.html | https://hgss.copernicus.org/articles/12/43/2021/
414,Ball lightning is reported to last considerably longer than the split-second flash of a lightning bolt.,nature,modern,global,gold,0.99,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ball-lightning-is-reported-to-last-considerably-longer-414,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning | https://www.discovermagazine.com/is-ball-lightning-real-the-science-behind-natures-strangest-light-show-46620 | https://www.rmets.org/metmatters/ball-lightning | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/periodically-i-hear-stori/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5917226/ | https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/10634818
439,"A plate of peeled bananas has appeared on a street corner in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, every month for over a year, as of January 2025.",culture,2020s,"Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK",silver,0.967,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-plate-of-peeled-bananas-has-appeared-on-439,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeston_bananas | https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/06/mystery-peeled-bananas-Beeston-England/5751736189205/ | https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/peeled-banana-mystery-1.7426462 | https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/07/mystery-of-beestons-bananas-fruity-enigma-leaves-locals-puzzled/
448,"Until March 2025, the mysterious plate of bananas in Beeston appeared at the junction of Abbey Road and Wensor Avenue.",culture,2020s,"Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK",silver,0.86,5,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/until-march-2025-the-mysterious-plate-of-bananas-448,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeston_bananas | https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/06/mystery-peeled-bananas-Beeston-England/5751736189205/ | https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/07/mystery-of-beestons-bananas-fruity-enigma-leaves-locals-puzzled/ | https://windowthroughtime.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/the-curious-case-of-beestons-bananas/ | https://www.roadsbridges.com/roads-report/article/55266880/unsolved-mysteries | https://boingboing.net/2026/05/13/15-honey-drizzled-bananas-appear-on-a-plate-every-month-on-a-street-corner.html
466,"St. John's, the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, is less than 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Bell Island.",other,contemporary,"Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada",gold,0.838,4,2,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/st-johns-the-provincial-capital-of-newfoundland-and-466,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Island_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador) | https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bell-island | https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/wwii-came-to-bell-island_seconde-guerre-mondiale/gallery/map-of-bell-island-newfoundland-in-1942/ | https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Bell-Island/St-John-s | https://www.tourismbellisland.com/getting-here
473,Georges Cuvier demonstrated evidence for the concept of extinction in 1796.,science,1796,France,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/georges-cuvier-demonstrated-evidence-for-the-concept-of-473,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology | https://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/did-big-bone-lick-georges-cuvier.php | https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/georges-cuvier-1769-1832 | https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2015/10/proving-extinction-cuvier-and-the-elephantimorpha | https://www.famousscientists.org/georges-cuvier/
476,The French word 'paléontologie' was introduced in 1822.,history,1822,France,gold,0.917,3,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-french-word-palontologie-was-introduced-in-1822-476,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paleontology | https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2012-issue-1-articles-2/79-palaeontology-in-france | https://www.conchology.be/?t=9001&id=13029
542,"Cenograms are used in studying ancient communities to draw conclusions about a biome, including whether it is species rich, its relative humidity, and its level of forestation.",science,not_applicable,global,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cenograms-are-used-in-studying-ancient-communities-to-542,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenogram | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018208006299 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK231933/ | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233918870_Palaeoecological_analyses_of_Riversleigh's_Oligo-Miocene_sites_Implications_for_Oligo-Miocene_climate_change_in_Australia | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41513-020-00131-2
551,Cenograms have become common in the study of prehistoric fauna of the northern hemisphere.,science,not_applicable,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cenograms-have-become-common-in-the-study-of-551,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenogram | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK231933/ | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-13119-6_3 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/003101829400116P
567,A majority of the 60 to 75 million people who died in World War II were civilians.,history,20th century,global,gold,0.838,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-majority-of-the-60-to-75-million-567,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II | https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/ww2 | https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/world-war-two-casualties-by-country | https://www.goodreads.com/notes/56896526-an-elegant-defense/108421659-dan-seitz/8e7c8120-4977-494a-8760-a3e8bd3bf84c | https://studycorgi.com/world-war-ii-casualties-and-civilian-deaths-statistical-overview-and-causes/
632,The Axis powers were later called the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis.,history,1930s-1940s,global,gold,0.838,4,3,medium,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-axis-powers-were-later-called-the-romeberlintokyo-632,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers | https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/axis-powers-world-war-ii | https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Axis_Powers | https://www.thesecondworldwar.org/the-axis-powers | https://worldhistoryedu.com/axis-powers-in-wwii-history-and-major-facts/
640,One hypothesis for fairy circle formation proposes that the activities of various types of termites affect vegetation growth.,nature,contemporary,Southern Africa,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/one-hypothesis-for-fairy-circle-formation-proposes-that-640,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_circle_(arid_grass_formation) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143383192500006X | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680098/ | https://www.min.uni-hamburg.de/en/ueber-die-fakultaet/aktuelles/2023/0710-feenkreise-ppees.html
641,Another hypothesis for fairy circle formation proposes that competition between grasses naturally yields certain vegetation patterns.,nature,contemporary,Namibia / Southern Africa,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/another-hypothesis-for-fairy-circle-formation-proposes-that-641,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_circle_(arid_grass_formation) | https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01431-0 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143383192500006X | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070876 | https://conservationnamibia.com/blog/science-of-fairy-circles-2023.php
677,"Alyoshenka, also known as the Kyshtym Dwarf, is an infant whose mummified remains were discovered in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.",culture,1990s,Russia,silver,0.75,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/alyoshenka-also-known-as-the-kyshtym-dwarf-is-677,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyoshenka | https://mummipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alyoshenka | https://geometki.com/en/places/65ea94ac5ffba | https://www.inquisitr.com/mummified-alien-discovered-in-russia-proves-extraterrestrial-life-ufo-conspiracy-theorists-say-photosvideo/
704,"Edgar Beecher Bronson, a big-game hunter, recounted the 1907 dingonek sighting in his 1910 memoir 'In Closed Territory'.",culture,1900-1919,Africa,silver,0.75,4,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/edgar-beecher-bronson-a-big-game-hunter-recounted-the-704,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingonek | https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/06/17/dingonek/ | https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Dingonek | https://mythicalencyclopedia.com/dingonek/ | https://bookshop.org/p/books/in-closed-territory-edgar-beecher-bronson/19397361?ean=9798868955778&digital=t
716,Above-threshold ionization (ATI) is a multi-photon effect in which an atom is ionized by absorbing more than the minimum number of photons energetically required for ionization.,science,modern,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/above-threshold-ionization-ati-is-a-multi-photon-effect-in-716,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Above-threshold_ionization | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0370157391901315 | https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598264 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-57208-1_7 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.14390 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0375960116321521 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.12837
719,The first observation of above-threshold ionization was made using xenon gas.,science,1979,France,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-first-observation-of-above-threshold-ionization-was-made-719,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Above-threshold_ionization | https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2023/agostini/biographical/ | http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1127 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47418183_Above-Threshold_Ionization_As_a_Probe_of_Multielectron_Physics
723,The Aharonov–Bohm effect is a quantum-mechanical phenomenon in which an electrically charged particle is affected by an electromagnetic potential despite being confined to a region where both the magnetic field and electric field are zero.,science,20th century,global,gold,0.77,3,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-aharonovbohm-effect-is-a-quantum-mechanical-phenomenon-in-723,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharonov%E2%80%93Bohm_effect | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.06697 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667325823002789 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_1 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/aharonov-bohm-effect | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.06300
726,The Aharonov–Bohm effect is illustrated experimentally through interference experiments.,science,20th century,global,gold,0.925,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-aharonovbohm-effect-is-illustrated-experimentally-through-interference-726,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharonov%E2%80%93Bohm_effect | https://www.hitachi.com/rd/research/materials/quantum/aharonov-bohm/index.html | https://physicstoday.aip.org/features/the-aharonov-bohm-effects-variations-on-a-subtle-theme | https://epjh.epj.org/epjh-news/2930-epjh-highlight-an-interview-with-yakir-aharonov-reflections-on-the-origins-and-impacts-of-the-aharonov-bohm-effect | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25792772/
742,"The Christmas Eve truce of 1944, also known as Truce in the Forest, was an informal ceasefire between American and German soldiers during World War II.",history,1940s,Europe (Germany/Belgium border),gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-christmas-eve-truce-of-1944-also-known-742,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve_truce_of_1944 | https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/christmas-eve-1944-brief-moment-peace-battlefield/ | https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/christmas-truce-1944.html | https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-christmas-eve-truce
746,Fritz Vincken reportedly witnessed the Christmas Eve truce of 1944 as a child.,history,1944,Germany/Belgium border (Ardennes/Hürtgen Forest),gold,0.87,5,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/fritz-vincken-reportedly-witnessed-the-christmas-eve-truce-746,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve_truce_of_1944 | https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/christmas-eve-1944-brief-moment-peace-battlefield/ | https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/24/christmas-eve-truce-1944/ | https://battleofthebulge.org/2023/09/12/a-bulge-christmas-truce/ | http://ba-ez.org/educatn/lc/oralhist/vincken.htm | https://mysterytribune.com/fritz-vincken-a-christmas-story-from-the-files-of-unsolved-mysteries/
747,Fritz Vincken reportedly witnessed the truce in a remote cabin near the German–Belgian border.,history,1944,Germany/Belgium border (Ardennes/Hürtgen Forest),gold,0.9,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/fritz-vincken-reportedly-witnessed-the-truce-in-a-747,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve_truce_of_1944 | https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/christmas-eve-1944-brief-moment-peace-battlefield/ | https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/24/christmas-eve-truce-1944/ | https://battleofthebulge.org/2023/09/12/a-bulge-christmas-truce/ | https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Friends_of_Fritz_Vincken
789,Primordial gravitational waves are predicted by 'slow roll' models of cosmic inflation.,science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/primordial-gravitational-waves-are-predicted-by-slow-roll-789,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BICEP_and_Keck_Array | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.02773 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.04753 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1406.1369 | https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20170011095/downloads/20170011095.pdf | https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/bicep2-discovers-first-direct-evidence-inflation-and-primordial-gravitational-waves-42305 | https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/polarization-measurement-detects-primordial-gravitational-waves
804,Ancient Egypt's documented history spans approximately three millennia.,history,ancient,Egypt,gold,0.95,3,3,medium,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ancient-egypts-documented-history-spans-approximately-three-millennia-804,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_of_ancient_Egypt | https://www.britishmuseum.org/learn/schools/ages-7-11/ancient-egypt/timeline-ancient-egypt | https://smarthistory.org/ancient-egyptian-chronology-historical-framework/ | https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-egypt/ancient-egypt
811,The current field of conservation paleobiology was established by the work of K.W. Flessa and G.P. Dietl during the first decade of the 21st century.,science,21st century (2000s-2011),global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-current-field-of-conservation-paleobiology-was-established-811,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_paleobiology | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1031483/full | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73795-9_1 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285727048_Conservation_paleobiology
821,Dental microwear analysis has been used to investigate weaning practices in past human populations.,science,not applicable,global,gold,1.0,4,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/dental-microwear-analysis-has-been-used-to-investigate-821,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_microwear | https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/microwear-analysis | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X1630517X | https://www.academia.edu/79268085/Investigating_weaning_using_dental_microwear_analysis_A_review | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0280769 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868657/
839,Evidence suggests that life on Earth emerged prior to 3.7 billion years ago.,science,prehistoric,global,gold,1.0,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/evidence-suggests-that-life-on-earth-emerged-prior-839,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_life | https://www.nature.com/articles/384055a0 | https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2016/life-thrived-on-young-earth-scientists-discover-37-billion-year-old-fossils.php | https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2016/09/australian-researchers-discover-oldest-evidence-of-life-on-earth | https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/oldest-evidence-for-early-life-on-earth-dated-to-at-least-377-billion-years/ | https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/early-life-earth-animal-origins
857,"The interpreting of aerial photographic images became an important new specialty during World War I, essential for accurate mapping.",history,1914-1918,Europe,gold,0.938,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-interpreting-of-aerial-photographic-images-became-an-857,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance_in_World_War_I | https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/trenchmapper-by-the-western-front-association/aerial-photography/ | https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/photography/ | https://dronecenter.bard.edu/wwi-photography/ | https://ww1.habsburger.net/en/chapters/photography-weapon-reconnaissance-surveying-documentation
858,"By 1915, air-to-ground radio was in use by reconnaissance pilots during World War I.",technology,1914-1918,Europe (Western Front),gold,0.838,4,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/by-1915-air-to-ground-radio-was-in-use-by-858,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance_in_World_War_I | https://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/observation.htm | https://warhistory.org/article/wwi-spotting-for-the-armys-big-guns-i | https://marconiheritage.org/ww1-air.html | https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/wireless-telegraphy/
862,New electronic forms of reconnaissance emerged as a sub-type of aerial reconnaissance during World War II.,history,20th century (1939-1945),global,gold,0.925,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/new-electronic-forms-of-reconnaissance-emerged-as-a-862,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance_in_World_War_II | https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/the-origins-of-aerial-reconnaissance-ii | https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA460023.pdf | https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB900618766/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.02590
865,"In April 1989, Eric M. Jones and Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt spent three days thoroughly reviewing part of Apollo 17's lunar activities.",history,20th century,global,gold,0.963,4,3,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-april-1989-eric-m-jones-and-apollo-865,https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/apollo.engin.html | https://apollojournals.org/alsj/emj.html | https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/space_people/eric_jones.html | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-48940-7 | https://www.americasuncommonsense.com/in-memoria/a-2025-07-05-eric-m-jones/
868,"The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal contains corrected, annotated transcripts of all recorded conversations between astronauts on the lunar surface and mission control in Houston.",history,20th century (1969-1972),global,gold,0.917,3,3,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-apollo-lunar-surface-journal-contains-corrected-annotated-868,https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/apollo.engin.html | https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/space_people/eric_jones.html | https://apollojournals.org/alsj/ | https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Lunar-Surface-Journal/dp/B000O598DQ
871,"Harrison H. Schmitt introduced Eric M. Jones to the other 11 Apollo astronauts who had walked on the Moon, leading them to participate in recorded mission-review sessions.",history,20th century (1990s),United States,gold,0.917,3,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/harrison-h-schmitt-introduced-eric-m-jones-to-871,https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/apollo.engin.html | https://apollojournals.org/alsj/emj.html | https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/space_people/eric_jones.html | https://www.americasuncommonsense.com/in-memoria/a-2025-07-05-eric-m-jones/
874,The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal includes commentary from ten of the twelve astronauts who walked on the Moon.,history,20th century,global,gold,0.963,4,4,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-apollo-lunar-surface-journal-includes-commentary-from-874,https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/apollo.engin.html | https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/space_people/eric_jones.html | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-48940-7 | https://apollojournals.org/alsj/ | https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Lunar-Surface-Journal/dp/B000O598DQ
876,Eric Jones received a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in 2023 for his work documenting Apollo history.,history,2023,United States,gold,0.917,3,4,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/eric-jones-received-a-nasa-distinguished-public-service-876,https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/apollo.engin.html | https://apollojournals.org/alsj/emj.html | https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/space_people/eric_jones.html | https://www.americasuncommonsense.com/in-memoria/a-2025-07-05-eric-m-jones/
899,Apollo 8 was the first successful crewed mission to orbit the moon and return to Earth.,history,1968,global,gold,1.0,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/apollo-8-was-the-first-successful-crewed-mission-899,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/inside-apollo-mission-control-seen-by-first-woman-engineer-poppy-northcutt | https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-8/ | https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/command-module-apollo-8/nasm_A19711856000 | https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/navy-and-space-exploration/Apollo_8_NASA.html
910,"At the lunar south pole, nighttime can last for 14 Earth days.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/at-the-lunar-south-pole-nighttime-can-last-910,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/what-happens-after-artemis-ii | https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/lunar-south-pole-atlas/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.02105 | https://tfaws.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/TFAWS23-PT-52-Paper.pdf
911,NASA has targeted developing a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor for use on the lunar surface.,technology,2020s,global,gold,0.967,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/nasa-has-targeted-developing-a-100-kilowatt-nuclear-reactor-911,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/what-happens-after-artemis-ii | https://nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/nasa-seeks-industry-feedback-on-fission-surface-power | https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/nasa-aiming-to-build-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-by-2030 | https://www.ans.org/news/2025-11-14/article-7542/the-race-to-put-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon/
923,Each Lunar Orbiter carried two cameras—one high-resolution and one medium-resolution—and used 70-millimeter film rather than standard 35-millimeter film.,technology,1960s,global,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/each-lunar-orbiter-carried-two-camerasone-high-resolution-and-923,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/moon-photographs-from-1960s-were-developed-in-space-heres-how | https://www.nasa.gov/lunar-orbiters/ | https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/orbiter/ | https://www.drewexmachina.com/2016/08/14/lunar-orbiter-1-americas-first-lunar-satellite/ | https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19710026703/downloads/19710026703.pdf
926,"A single film-moving motor burned out on Lunar Orbiter 3 after it had captured a couple hundred frames, an incident that threatened the mission's success.",technology,1960s,global,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-single-film-moving-motor-burned-out-on-lunar-926,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/moon-photographs-from-1960s-were-developed-in-space-heres-how | https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lunar-orbiter-3/ | https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/orbiter/ | https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-008A | https://www.drewexmachina.com/2017/02/05/lunar-orbiter-3-preparing-for-apollo/
931,The word 'Pacific' derives from a version of 'pacify' or 'peaceful.',history,16th century,global,gold,0.88,5,4,medium,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-word-pacific-derives-from-a-version-of-931,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/pacific-ocean | https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pacific.html | https://www.etymonline.com/word/pacific | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pacific | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pacific | https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pacific
946,About 94 percent of the plastics in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are microplastics smaller than a grain of rice.,nature,contemporary,global,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/about-94-percent-of-the-plastics-in-the-946,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/pacific-ocean | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w | https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/science/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-weighs-more-than-43000-cars-and-is-way-bigger-than-previously-thought | https://scienceinsights.org/what-is-the-great-garbage-patch-ocean-plastic-explained/
947,"Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean in 1520 after sailing through a calm patch of water, deriving the name from 'pacify' or 'peaceful.'",history,16th century,global,gold,0.867,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ferdinand-magellan-named-the-pacific-ocean-in-1520-947,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/pacific-ocean | https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pacific.html | https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-28/magellan-reaches-the-pacific | https://www.almanac.com/how-did-oceans-get-their-names
957,"According to NOAA, ocean pH has fallen by 0.1 units over the past 200 years, making ocean waters 30 percent more acidic.",science,1800s-present,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/according-to-noaa-ocean-ph-has-fallen-by-957,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/pacific-ocean | https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts/ocean-acidification | https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidification%253F | https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/ocean-acidification | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022MS003563 | https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/11/13/carbon-rich-waters-are-becoming-more-acidic-faster/
959,Chelle Gentemann compared the Pacific Blob with sea-surface-temperature records dating back to 1910 and found its magnitude and duration were unprecedented in that historical record.,science,2010s,North America / Pacific Ocean,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/chelle-gentemann-compared-the-pacific-blob-with-sea-surface-temperature-959,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/space-map-pacific-blob | https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/feature-articles/blob | https://www.nps.gov/articles/theblob.htm | https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/science/a-striking-new-view-of-the-pacific-blob.aspx | https://oehha.ca.gov/sites/default/files/media/epic/downloads/03coastaloceantemps.pdf
962,A toxic algal bloom stretched along the entire West Coast of the United States during the Pacific Blob period.,nature,2013-2016,"West Coast, United States (and Canada/Alaska)",gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-toxic-algal-bloom-stretched-along-the-entire-962,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/space-map-pacific-blob | https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sep15/westcoast-habs.html | https://news.ucsc.edu/2015/12/toxic-algae/ | https://hakaimagazine.com/news/scientists-confirm-blob-really-messed-northeast-pacific/ | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/domoic-acid-decoded-scientists-discover-genetic-basis-how-harmful-algal-blooms-become-toxic
968,"The Pacific 'Blob' marine heatwave coincided with unexpected die-offs of California sea lions, Guadalupe fur seals, common murres, and Cassin's auklets.",nature,2014-2016,North Pacific / West Coast North America,gold,0.988,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-pacific-blob-marine-heatwave-coincided-with-unexpected-968,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/space-map-pacific-blob | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0226087 | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/2015-2021-guadalupe-fur-seal-and-2015-northern-fur-seal-unusual | https://www.pressherald.com/2015/09/29/is-guadalupe-fur-seal-die-off-tied-to-ocean-warming/ | https://fish.uw.edu/?p=15162
970,"The toxic algal bloom during the Pacific 'Blob' period delayed and partially closed recreational and commercial fishing seasons for sardines, anchovies, crabs, and razor clams.",nature,2014-2016,US West Coast (California to British Columbia),gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-toxic-algal-bloom-during-the-pacific-blob-970,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/space-map-pacific-blob | https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sep15/westcoast-habs.html | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988320300792 | https://www.ocean.washington.edu/story/2015_Toxic_Algal_Bloom | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/hitting-us-where-it-hurts-untold-story-harmful-algal-blooms | https://fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/sites/fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/files/u8/2015%20MR%20yr%20in%20review.pdf
982,The AMOC has been continually monitored in one form or another only since 2004.,science,2004-present,North Atlantic,gold,1.0,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-amoc-has-been-continually-monitored-in-one-982,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/amoc-atlantic-ocean-conveyer-belt-climate-change | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39810-w | https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/docs/McCarthy_etal_ProgOcean_2015.pdf | https://os.copernicus.org/articles/10/29/2014/ | https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/16/climate/atlantic-ocean-circulation-collapse-update | https://rapid.ac.uk/
993,Temperature data for the sea just south of Greenland dates back to 1870.,science,1870-present,North Atlantic (south of Greenland),gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/temperature-data-for-the-sea-just-south-of-993,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/amoc-atlantic-ocean-conveyer-belt-climate-change | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cold-blob-may-signal-current-decline | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0006-5 | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025GL118383 | https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2024/02/new-study-suggests-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-amoc-is-on-tipping-course/
1001,"Apollo 11 landed 4.2 miles from its intended target, the farthest off-target landing of the Apollo lunar missions.",history,20th century,global,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/apollo-11-landed-42-miles-from-its-intended-1001,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/we-called-it-the-bug-42154075/ | https://www.nasa.gov/history/apollo-11-mission-overview/ | https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/1122 | https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/ | https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-14-mission-details/ | https://maphappenings.com/2024/10/03/moon/
1004,"In the Apollo lunar module, having astronauts stand rather than sit provided a 20-times-greater field of view from one-tenth the window area.",technology,1960s,United States,gold,0.867,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-apollo-lunar-module-having-astronauts-stand-1004,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/we-called-it-the-bug-42154075/ | https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/ch6-3.html | https://solarviews.com/history/SP-4205/ch6-3.html | http://www.apolloproject.com/sp-4205/ch6-3.htm
1009,"Apollo 7's crew—Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walt Cunningham—reentered Earth's atmosphere without wearing helmets, despite Mission Control's warnings about cabin leaks, rapid depressurization, and landing impacts.",history,1968,USA,gold,0.912,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/apollo-7s-crewwally-schirra-donn-eisele-and-walt-1009,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/02_on2018-forgotten-apollo-7-mission-180970365/ | https://www.history.com/articles/apollo-7-near-mutiny-ground-control-astronauts | https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-7-ends-101-successful | https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/apollo-7-nasas-first-mini-mutiny-in-space/ | https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/apollo-7
1010,"Apollo 7's Service Propulsion System engine, rated at 20,500 pounds of thrust, fired eight times as planned during the mission.",history,1960s,United States,gold,0.913,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/apollo-7s-service-propulsion-system-engine-rated-at-1010,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/02_on2018-forgotten-apollo-7-mission-180970365/ | https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-7/apollo-7-launched-as-race-to-moon-reached-final-stretch/ | https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/Apollo_7_mission/hl_apollo7.html | https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-7-ends-101-successful | http://www.astronautix.com/a/apollo7.html | https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/apollo-7/
1013,"Apollo 7 made the first live television broadcast from an American spacecraft, during which the crew displayed hand-lettered cue cards reading 'From the Apollo Room, High Atop Everything' and 'Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming In, Folks.'",history,1960s,United States,gold,0.9,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/apollo-7-made-the-first-live-television-broadcast-1013,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/02_on2018-forgotten-apollo-7-mission-180970365/ | https://www.history.com/articles/apollo-7-near-mutiny-ground-control-astronauts | https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-live-from-the-apollo-room | https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/walter-cunningham-1932-2023 | https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/349118307026074-apollo-7-flown-cue-card-from-the-first-live-television-broadcast-from-an-american-spacecraft/
1020,"Apollo 7 splashed down on October 22, 1968, 200 nautical miles south of Bermuda and only one mile from its aim point.",history,1960s,Atlantic Ocean / North America,gold,0.925,4,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/apollo-7-splashed-down-on-october-22-1968-1020,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/02_on2018-forgotten-apollo-7-mission-180970365/ | https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-7-ends-101-successful | https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/apollo-7/ | https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_07a_Summary.htm | https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-089A | https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/navy-and-space-exploration/Apollo_7_NASA.html | https://weebau.com/flights/apollo7.htm
1021,"Rocketdyne supplied 33 engines for each Saturn V rocket, providing engines for every stage except the lunar module's descent engine.",technology,1960s-1970s,United States,gold,0.95,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/rocketdyne-supplied-33-engines-for-each-saturn-v-1021,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/we-built-saturn-v-180964759/ | https://www.nasa.gov/history/afj/ap15fj/pdf/a15-sat-v-press-kit.pdf | https://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Rocketdyne | https://www.airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/rocket-engine-liquid-fuel-f-1/nasm_A19750649000
1023,"George Mueller's 'all-up' testing philosophy meant the Saturn V's first flight used all three live stages and a live Apollo command and service module, rather than testing stages incrementally with ballast.",history,1960s,United States,gold,0.917,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/george-muellers-all-up-testing-philosophy-meant-the-saturn-1023,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/we-built-saturn-v-180964759/ | https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-4-the-first-flight-of-the-saturn-v/ | https://www.space.com/18505-nasa-moon-rocket-saturn-v-history.html | https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/ch12.htm | http://heroicrelics.org/info/all-up/mueller-memo.html | https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-4/
1032,"The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), an ocean-current system that helps keep Europe warm, is currently the weakest it has been in more than 1,600 years.",science,modern,Atlantic Ocean / Europe,gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-an-ocean-current-1032,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ocean-current-keeps-europe-warm-weakening-180968784/ | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/slow-motion-ocean-atlantics-circulation-is-weakest-in-1-600-years/ | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-atlantic-ocean-gulf-stream-system-amoc-weakest-1600-years/ | https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/gulf-stream-system-at-its-weakest-in-over-a-millennium | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00699-z
1037,A separate study using climate models and a century of ocean surface-temperature data concluded that AMOC weakening began in the mid-20th century and resulted from human-induced climate warming.,science,20th-21st century,global,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-separate-study-using-climate-models-and-a-1037,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ocean-current-keeps-europe-warm-weakening-180968784/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00182-x | https://maynoothgeography.wordpress.com/2021/11/19/the-amoc-and-climate-change-dr-levke-caesar/ | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-of-the-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc/
1038,"The deep Atlantic contains some of the world's oldest and most spectacular cold-water coral reefs and deep-sea sponge grounds, which depend on ocean currents to deliver food and disperse offspring.",nature,present,Atlantic Ocean,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-deep-atlantic-contains-some-of-the-worlds-1038,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ocean-current-keeps-europe-warm-weakening-180968784/ | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/habitat-conservation/deep-sea-coral-habitat | https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/05/19/5-facts-cold-water-corals/ | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00239/full | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771817/
1053,The La Niña following the unusually strong 1997/98 El Niño lasted 33 months and spanned three winters.,science,1998-2001,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-la-nia-following-the-unusually-strong-199798-1053,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/say-goodbye-historic-el-nino-get-ready-welcome-la-nina-180959178/ | https://public.wmo.int/topics/el-nino-la-nina | https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/11/winter-outlook-for-2022-23-la-nina-lives-on/ | https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/la-nina-times-three-150691/
1056,"The Younger Dryas cold period began in less than 100 years and lasted roughly 1,300 years, occurring approximately 12,900 to 11,600 years ago.",nature,"prehistoric (Pleistocene-Holocene boundary, ~12,900-11,600 years ago)",global (most pronounced in North Atlantic region),gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-younger-dryas-cold-period-began-in-less-1056,https://www.britannica.com/science/Younger-Dryas-climate-interval | https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/earth-and-atmospheric-sciences/younger-dryas | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618211001480 | https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1160148
1058,"The warming that ended the Younger Dryas took only about 40–50 years, with Greenland ice-core samples showing temperature increases of up to 10°C (18°F) in just a few decades.",science,prehistoric,Greenland/North Atlantic,gold,1.0,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-warming-that-ended-the-younger-dryas-took-1058,https://www.britannica.com/science/Younger-Dryas-climate-interval | https://www.nature.com/articles/339532a0 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.1376 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379122004413 | https://news.wisc.edu/greenland-ice-may-exaggerate-magnitude-of-13000-year-old-deep-freeze/
1059,"During the Younger Dryas, forests were replaced by tundra vegetation even though many parts of the tropics and Southern Hemisphere became warmer and wetter.",science,"prehistoric (c. 12,900–11,700 years ago)",global (Northern & Southern Hemisphere),gold,0.925,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/during-the-younger-dryas-forests-were-replaced-by-1059,https://www.britannica.com/science/Younger-Dryas-climate-interval | https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/earth-and-atmospheric-sciences/younger-dryas | https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/younger-dryas | https://www.science.org/content/article/deep-freeze-didnt-affect-southern-hemisphere | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284868803_The_Younger_Dryas_Climate_Event
1066,"The Younger Dryas event occurred from 12,900 to 11,600 years ago and produced estimated cooling of 4–8 °C (7.2–14.4 °F) in northern Europe and eastern North America.",science,prehistoric (Pleistocene-Holocene boundary),Northern Europe and Eastern North America (North Atlantic region),gold,0.983,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-younger-dryas-event-occurred-from-12900-to-1066,https://www.britannica.com/science/climate-change/Abrupt-climate-changes-in-Earth-history | https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/earth-and-atmospheric-sciences/younger-dryas | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618211001480 | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2007869117
1067,The termination of the Younger Dryas cooling event occurred within a decade.,science,"prehistoric (c. 11,700 years ago)",global (Greenland/North Atlantic),gold,1.0,3,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-termination-of-the-younger-dryas-cooling-event-1067,https://www.britannica.com/science/climate-change/Abrupt-climate-changes-in-Earth-history | https://www.nature.com/articles/339532a0 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/3%20The%20Younger%20Dryas%20-FINAL%20NOV%20(1).pdf | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.261.5118.195
1068,"During the Younger Dryas, an abrupt shutdown of thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic was associated with an influx of large volumes of freshwater from melting glaciers.",science,"prehistoric (c. 12,900–11,700 years BP)",North Atlantic / Northern Hemisphere,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/during-the-younger-dryas-an-abrupt-shutdown-of-1068,https://www.britannica.com/science/climate-change/Abrupt-climate-changes-in-Earth-history | https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/earth-and-atmospheric-sciences/younger-dryas | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1207381109 | https://people.atmos.ucla.edu:443/alexhall/as1downloads_spring2005/lecture9--ice_ages_files/slide0023.htm
1069,"The Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles of the last glacial period represent alternation between two climate states, with rapid transitions from one state to the other.",science,"last glacial period (~115,000-11,700 years ago)",global (North Atlantic/Greenland ice core focus),gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-dansgaard-oeschger-cycles-of-the-last-glacial-period-1069,https://www.britannica.com/science/climate-change/Abrupt-climate-changes-in-Earth-history | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10483664/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/nlin/0505031 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.08050 | https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-1-4020-4411-3_55
1073,"At some GRIP/GISP2 sites near the summit of Greenland, annual snow and ice layers can be traced back more than 40,000 years, similar to counting tree rings.",science,Pleistocene,Greenland,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/at-some-gripgisp2-sites-near-the-summit-of-1073,https://www.britannica.com/topic/Greenland-Ice-core-Project-Greenland-Ice-Sheet-Project-2 | https://www.academia.edu/20006997/Visual_stratigraphic_dating_of_the_GISP2_ice_core_Basis_reproducibility_and_application | https://climatechange.umaine.edu/gisp2/data/ajgow.html | https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/4/47/2008/ | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/3351/2023/ | https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-tech/climate-core-how-scientists-study-ice-cores-reveal-earths-climate
1079,"Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey contains T-shaped limestone megaliths, some exceeding 16 feet (5 metres) in height and weighing up to 50 tons.",history,Neolithic (c. 9600-8000 BCE),Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,1.0,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/gbekli-tepe-in-southeastern-turkey-contains-t-shaped-limestone-1079,https://www.britannica.com/place/Gobekli-Tepe | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/03/how-did-they-do-it-making-and-moving-monoliths-at-gobekli-tepe/ | https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572
1081,"Some megaliths at Göbekli Tepe are carved with elaborate images of foxes, scorpions, lions, and other animals.",history,Neolithic (c. 9600–8200 BCE),Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,0.938,4,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/some-megaliths-at-gbekli-tepe-are-carved-with-1081,https://www.britannica.com/place/Gobekli-Tepe | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://archive.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/turkey.html | https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/ | https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572/lother=es
1089,"Göbekli Tepe predates Stonehenge by approximately 6,000 years and is estimated to date to the 9th–10th millennium BCE.",history,9th-10th millennium BCE,Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,0.95,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/gbekli-tepe-predates-stonehenge-by-approximately-6000-years-1089,https://www.britannica.com/place/Gobekli-Tepe | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572 | https://www.saexpeditions.com/blog/post/the-massive-turkish-ruin-thats-6000-years-older-than-stonehenge
1090,"Göbekli Tepe was first investigated in the 1960s but was dismissed at that time as a medieval cemetery, before being re-explored in the 1990s when its much greater age was recognized.",history,1963-1994 (investigation history); site itself c. 9500 BCE,Turkey (Southeastern Anatolia),gold,0.95,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/gbekli-tepe-was-first-investigated-in-the-1960s-1090,https://www.britannica.com/place/Gobekli-Tepe | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/06/02/gobekli-tepe-the-first-20-years-of-research/ | https://placesjournal.org/article/domicide-burying-prehistoric-buildings/
1119,"To test radiocarbon dating, Willard Libby borrowed objects with verified ages from museums, including a sandal found in an Oregon cave.",science,20th century,United States,gold,0.97,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/to-test-radiocarbon-dating-willard-libby-borrowed-objects-1119,https://www.history.com/articles/radiocarbon-dating-carbon-14 | https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/what-is-carbon-14-dating | https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/libby-lecture.pdf | https://anthromuseum.ucdavis.edu/news/december-12-2015-fort-rock-sandal | https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fort_rock_cave/ | https://pages.uoregon.edu/connolly/FRsandals.htm
1130,"Soil samples from Abu Hureyra contained melt glass—vaporized soil that rapidly solidified—found alongside seeds, cereal grains, and splattered throughout adobe buildings, with most fragments measuring 1–2 millimeters across.",science,"prehistoric (~10,900 BCE, Younger Dryas period)","Abu Hureyra, Syria (Levant)",gold,0.938,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/soil-samples-from-abu-hureyra-contained-melt-glassvaporized-1130,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/comet-upended-life-paleolithic-village-12800-years-ago-180974575/ | https://eos.org/articles/armageddon-at-10000-bce | https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/comet-nuked-a-paleolithic-village-out-of-existence | https://news.ucsb.edu/2023/021215/prehistoric-cosmic-airburst-preceded-advent-agriculture-levant | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60867-w
1132,"Abu Hureyra's melt glass contained molten quartz, chromferide, and magnetite grains, minerals that melt only at temperatures between 1,720°C and 2,200°C.",science,"prehistoric (Younger Dryas boundary, ~12,800 years ago)","Middle East (Abu Hureyra, Syria)",gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/abu-hureyras-melt-glass-contained-molten-quartz-chromferide-1132,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/comet-upended-life-paleolithic-village-12800-years-ago-180974575/ | https://eos.org/articles/armageddon-at-10000-bce | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7060197/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60867-w
1133,Lightning was ruled out as the source of Abu Hureyra's melt glass because lightning produces magnetic imprints that were absent from the samples.,science,prehistoric,Syria,gold,0.988,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/lightning-was-ruled-out-as-the-source-of-1133,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/comet-upended-life-paleolithic-village-12800-years-ago-180974575/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7060197/ | https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/fire-and-ice-exploding-comet-may-have-destroyed-paleolithic-settlement | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60867-w | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/cometary-debris-abu-hureyra-settlement-08596.html
1135,Only 3 of the 29 archaeological sites re-examined by David Meltzer's team had dates falling within the onset of the Younger Dryas.,science,"modern (2014 study, referencing Younger Dryas ~12,900 years ago)","global (North/South America, Europe, Middle East)",gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/only-3-of-the-29-archaeological-sites-re-examined-1135,https://archaeology.org/news/2014/05/13/140513-younger-dryas-dates/ | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1401150111 | https://experts.arizona.edu/en/publications/chronological-evidence-fails-to-support-claim-of-an-isochronous-w/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10450282/
1147,Experts initially studied Göbekli Tepe in the 1960s but dismissed it as a medieval cemetery; German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt revealed the complex's true age in 1994.,history,1960s-1990s (discovery of Neolithic site),Turkey (Southeastern Anatolia),gold,0.925,4,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/experts-initially-studied-gbekli-tepe-in-the-1960s-1147,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-geometry-discovered-worlds-oldest-temple-180974991/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/06/02/gobekli-tepe-the-first-20-years-of-research/ | https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/anthropology/gobekli-tepe-archaeological-site | https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/gobekli-tepe-0014650 | https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/cult-as-a-driving-force-of-human-history/
1148,Surveys indicate that about 15 additional rings of huge stones may remain buried beneath Göbekli Tepe's soil.,history,Neolithic (~9600-8000 BCE site; survey findings 2003-2018),Southeastern Turkey (Şanlıurfa),gold,0.983,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/surveys-indicate-that-about-15-additional-rings-of-1148,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-geometry-discovered-worlds-oldest-temple-180974991/ | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/geometry-and-architectural-planning-at-gobekli-tepe-turkey/2CBAF416E33AFE6496B73710A2F42FF9 | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2018/07/18/looking-beneath-the-surface-geophysical-surveys-at-gobekli-tepe/ | https://www.crystalinks.com/gobekli_tepe.html
1149,A computer algorithm based on standard-deviation mapping found that three of Göbekli Tepe's circular enclosures appear to form a geometric triangle.,history,Neolithic (~9500-8000 BCE),Southeastern Turkey (Anatolia),gold,0.867,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-computer-algorithm-based-on-standard-deviation-mapping-found-1149,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-geometry-discovered-worlds-oldest-temple-180974991/ | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/geometry-and-architectural-planning-at-gobekli-tepe-turkey/2CBAF416E33AFE6496B73710A2F42FF9 | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/gobekli-tepe-geometry-08424.html | https://www.sciencealert.com/world-s-oldest-known-temple-reveals-mysterious-knowledge-of-geometry-scientists-say
1155,The center points of three circular enclosures at Göbekli Tepe form a near-perfect triangle whose sides each measure approximately 63 feet.,history,Neolithic (c. 9500-8000 BCE),Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,0.838,4,8,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-center-points-of-three-circular-enclosures-at-1155,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-geometry-discovered-worlds-oldest-temple-180974991/ | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/geometry-and-architectural-planning-at-gobekli-tepe-turkey/2CBAF416E33AFE6496B73710A2F42FF9 | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/gobekli-tepe-geometry-08424.html | https://www.sciencealert.com/world-s-oldest-known-temple-reveals-mysterious-knowledge-of-geometry-scientists-say | https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe-geometry-0013627
1159,"Ground-penetrating radar and geomagnetic surveys at Göbekli Tepe mapped at least 16 additional buried megalith rings across 22 acres, while the excavated area covers only about one acre, less than 5 percent of the site.",history,Neolithic (c. 9600–8000 BCE site; survey findings 2003-2012),"Şanlıurfa, Turkey (Southeastern Anatolia)",gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ground-penetrating-radar-and-geomagnetic-surveys-at-gbekli-tepe-1159,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1103.5600 | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2018/07/18/looking-beneath-the-surface-geophysical-surveys-at-gobekli-tepe/ | https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Plan-of-excavations-and-geophysical-surveys-at-Goebekli-Tepe-graphics-T-Goetzelt-c-DAI_fig3_235799794
1160,University of Chicago and Istanbul University researchers examined Göbekli Tepe in the 1960s but dismissed the hill as an abandoned medieval cemetery after finding broken limestone slabs.,history,1960s,Turkey,gold,0.983,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/university-of-chicago-and-istanbul-university-researchers-examined-1160,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/06/02/gobekli-tepe-the-first-20-years-of-research/ | https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/gobekli-tepe-0014650 | https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/cult-as-a-driving-force-of-human-history/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/faq/
1161,"Since 1998, archaeozoologist Joris Peters of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich has examined more than 100,000 bone fragments from Göbekli Tepe, of which gazelle bones account for more than 60 percent of the total.",history,Neolithic (c. 9600–8200 BCE excavation site; research since 1998),Southeastern Turkey (Göbekli Tepe),gold,0.983,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/since-1998-archaeozoologist-joris-peters-of-ludwig-maximilian-1161,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://skepdic.com/gobeklitepe.html | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00438243.2013.820648 | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/relationality-immanence-hierarchy-the-nature-and-culture-of-beings-at-gobekli-tepe/BFD2AB47632CB6389F90705901766DA7
1165,"Retired surgeon Derek Fawcett discovered a roughly three-foot-long wood fragment while digging a workshop foundation on his property in West Berkshire, 50 miles west of London.",history,contemporary (discovery); artifact dated prehistoric,"Boxford, West Berkshire, England",gold,0.867,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/retired-surgeon-derek-fawcett-discovered-a-roughly-three-foot-long-1165,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-wood-artifact-in-britain-dates-back-to-neolithic-era-180982323/ | https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/oldest-decoratively-carved-wood-in-britain-boxford-timber/ | https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/6-000-year-old-boxford-timber-is-oldest-found-in-uk-9315978/ | https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/06/08/retired-surgeon-digging-foundations-discovered-oldest-ever-wood-carving/
1166,"The Nottingham Tree-ring Dating Laboratory and the University of Groningen's Center for Isotope Research dated the West Berkshire wood artifact to between 4640 and 4605 B.C.E., with 95 percent confidence.",history,Mesolithic (circa 4640-4605 BCE),"Boxford, West Berkshire, England",gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-nottingham-tree-ring-dating-laboratory-and-the-university-1166,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-wood-artifact-in-britain-dates-back-to-neolithic-era-180982323/ | https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/oldest-decoratively-carved-wood-in-britain-boxford-timber/ | https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67438 | https://www.westberks.gov.uk/article/45653/West-Berkshire-Museum-returns-oldest-carved-wood-in-Britain-to-Boxford
1168,A wooden post unearthed in south Wales in 2012 had previously been considered the oldest wood carving found in Britain.,history,Neolithic (c. 4000-4300 BCE),"Wales, United Kingdom",gold,0.838,4,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-wooden-post-unearthed-in-south-wales-in-1168,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-wood-artifact-in-britain-dates-back-to-neolithic-era-180982323/ | https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/oldest-decoratively-carved-wood-in-britain-boxford-timber/ | https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67438 | https://theheritagetrust.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/stone-age-wooden-post-unearthed-in-south-wales/ | https://www.stumpcrosscaverns.co.uk/britain-s-oldest-decorated-wooden-object-found-in-berkshire
1172,"Researchers detected carbon spherules in soil layers from before, during, and after the Younger Dryas, not only at the event's onset.",science,"prehistoric (Pleistocene-Holocene boundary, ~12,900 years ago)",global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-detected-carbon-spherules-in-soil-layers-from-1172,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100622-science-environment-wildfires-cooling-ice-age-extinctions | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010GL043345 | https://news.agu.org/press-release/fossil-evidence-casts-doubt-on-younger-dryas-impact-theory/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825211000262 | https://source.washu.edu/2010/09/impact-hypothesis-loses-its-sparkle/
1179,Most carbon spherules once attributed to a cosmic impact closely resemble tightly packed balls of fungus found in modern soils exposed to low-to-moderate heat during wildfires.,science,modern,global,gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/most-carbon-spherules-once-attributed-to-a-cosmic-1179,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100622-science-environment-wildfires-cooling-ice-age-extinctions | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010GL043345 | https://cosmictusk.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Younger-Dryas-impact-hypothesis-A-requiem.pdf | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825223001915
1181,A scientific study on carbon spherules concluded the particles were of natural biological origin and unrelated to intense wildfires or cosmic impacts.,science,2010,global,gold,0.967,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-scientific-study-on-carbon-spherules-concluded-the-1181,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100622-science-environment-wildfires-cooling-ice-age-extinctions | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010GL043345 | https://news.agu.org/press-release/fossil-evidence-casts-doubt-on-younger-dryas-impact-theory/ | https://www.astronomy.com/science/fossil-evidence-casts-doubt-on-younger-dryas-impact-theory/
1195,"According to researcher Felisa Smith of the University of New Mexico, 80–90% of large herbivores' methane emissions are released through burps rather than flatulence.",nature,contemporary,global,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/according-to-researcher-felisa-smith-of-the-university-1195,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/100604-mammoths-extinctions-methane-cooling-ice-age-humans-science | https://blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archives/2010/06/05/4545196.html | https://ideas.ted.com/methane-isnt-just-cow-farts-its-also-cow-burps-and-other-weird-facts-you-didnt-know-about-this-potent-greenhouse-gas/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10610262/figure/plants-12-03609-f002
1200,"A study estimated that the extinction of Ice Age megafauna removed just under 10 teragrams (about 10 million tons) of methane emissions, accounting for at least 12–15% (and possibly up to 100%) of the methane reduction at the start of the Younger Dryas.",science,prehistoric,Americas,gold,0.92,5,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-study-estimated-that-the-extinction-of-ice-1200,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/100604-mammoths-extinctions-methane-cooling-ice-age-humans-science | https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo877 | https://insider.si.edu/2010/06/killing-of-methane-producing-megafauna-may-have-caused-cooling-13000-years-ago | https://news.unm.edu/news/390 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248828311_Methane_emissions_from_extinct_megafauna | https://smithpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Methane-emissions.pdf
1215,"Smaller versions of Göbekli Tepe's pillars, symbols, and architecture have been found in settlements up to 125 miles away.",history,Neolithic (c. 9600-8000 BCE),Southeastern Turkey / Northern Syria,gold,0.867,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/smaller-versions-of-gbekli-tepes-pillars-symbols-and-1215,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/150120-gobekli-tepe-oldest-monument-turkey-archaeology | https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub362/entry-6007.html | https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/08/the-current-distribution-of-sites-with-t-shaped-pillars/
1222,"The Jebel Sahaba cemetery in northern Sudan is approximately 13,000 years old.",history,"prehistoric (Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene, ~13,000 years ago)","Northern Sudan, Nile Valley",gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-jebel-sahaba-cemetery-in-northern-sudan-is-1222,https://archaeology.org/news/2014/07/14/140714-egypt-conflict-cemetery/ | https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/violence-and-climate-change-prehistoric-egypt-and-sudan | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89386-y | https://thearabweekly.com/prehistoric-cemetery-sudan-brings-insights-warfare
1225,New technology detected dozens of additional wounds on the Jebel Sahaba skeletons beyond the arrowhead impact marks previously identified.,history,"prehistoric (Nile Valley, ~13,000 years ago)",Sudan/Egypt border (Jebel Sahaba),gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/new-technology-detected-dozens-of-additional-wounds-on-1225,https://archaeology.org/news/2014/07/14/140714-egypt-conflict-cemetery/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89386-y | https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/violence-and-climate-change-prehistoric-egypt-and-sudan | https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/27/africa/violence-war-climate-jebel-sahaba-scn
1233,"Göbekli Tepe's largest enclosure, Building D, measures at least 65 feet across and contains two freestanding limestone pillars each 18 feet tall and weighing an estimated 8 tons.",history,Neolithic (c. 9600–8000 BCE),Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,1.0,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/gbekli-tepes-largest-enclosure-building-d-measures-at-1233,https://archaeology.org/issues/online/collection/turkey-gobekli-tepe-hunter-gatherers/ | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/03/how-did-they-do-it-making-and-moving-monoliths-at-gobekli-tepe/ | https://www.templeton.org/news/gobekli-tepe
1240,Göbekli Tepe covers 25 acres and contains at least seven stone circles.,history,Neolithic (c. 9600-8000 BCE),Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,0.95,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/gbekli-tepe-covers-25-acres-and-contains-at-1240,https://archive.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/turkey.html | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/faq/ | https://www.historicmysteries.com/archaeology/gobekli-tepe/324/
1242,Göbekli Tepe's stone circles range from 30 to 100 feet in diameter and are enclosed by rectangular stone walls about 6 feet high.,history,Neolithic (c. 9600–8000 BCE),Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,0.867,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/gbekli-tepes-stone-circles-range-from-30-to-1242,https://archive.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/turkey.html | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1103.5600 | https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/gobekli-tepe-0015981 | https://atlasanatolia.com/site/gobekli-tepe
1244,"Archaeologist Klaus Schmidt and colleagues estimated that at least 500 people were needed to quarry, transport, and erect Göbekli Tepe's 10- to 50-ton stone pillars, some moved from locations as far as a quarter-mile away.",history,"prehistoric (c. 9600–8000 BCE, Pre-Pottery Neolithic)",Southeastern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia),gold,0.95,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/archaeologist-klaus-schmidt-and-colleagues-estimated-that-at-1244,https://archive.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/turkey.html | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/ | https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/ | https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/ancient-technology/overturning-expectations-about-ancient-man/
1257,"Rapamycin extended lifespan in both male and female UM-HET3 mice, with females showing a greater benefit than males (Harrison et al., 2009; Miller et al., 2011, 2014).",science,2009-2014,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/rapamycin-extended-lifespan-in-both-male-and-female-1257,https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5514387/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08221 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12194 | https://elifesciences.org/articles/16351 | https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-015-0909-7
1258,"Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) failed to extend lifespan in female mice even at doses producing blood levels similar to those in males, and extended lifespan only in males (Harrison et al., 2014).",science,2014,global,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/nordihydroguaiaretic-acid-ndga-failed-to-extend-lifespan-in-1258,https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5514387/ | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12170 | https://www.alzdiscovery.org/uploads/cognitive_vitality_media/NDGA-Cognitive-Vitality-For-Researchers.pdf | https://fastlifehacks.com/life-extending-drugs-from-itp-trials/ | https://scholars.uthscsa.edu/en/publications/nordihydroguaiaretic-acid-and-aspirin-increase-lifespan-of-geneti
1280,"In 2023, 59.5% of US young adults aged 18–34 years (about 43.7 million people) reported at least 1 of 12 selected chronic conditions.",science,2023,United States,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2023-595-of-us-young-adults-aged-1280,https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2025/24_0539.htm | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40245168/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12007472/ | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390893588_Trends_in_Multiple_Chronic_Conditions_Among_US_Adults_By_Life_Stage_Behavioral_Risk_Factor_Surveillance_System_2013-2023 | https://publichealthpost.org/disease/a-generation-growing-up-sick/
1288,"Taking 12,000 steps per day was associated with a 65% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared with taking 4,000 steps per day.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/taking-12000-steps-per-day-was-associated-with-1288,https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/media/releases/2020/p0324-daily-step-count.html | https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/daily-step-count-mortality?cid=eb_govdel | https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/higher-daily-step-count-linked-lower-all-cause-mortality | https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cncr.33278
1289,"After accounting for total daily step count, researchers found no association between stepping intensity and risk of death.",science,2020s,global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/after-accounting-for-total-daily-step-count-researchers-1289,https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/media/releases/2020/p0324-daily-step-count.html | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7093766 | https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/journal-scans/2020/03/26/13/22/association-of-daily-step-count-and-step | https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/daily-step-count-mortality | https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/number-steps-day-more-important-step-intensity
1301,"In the Da Qing Diabetes Prevention Study, lifestyle intervention was associated with a lower incidence of microvascular complications (hazard ratio 0.65, 95% CI 0.45–0.95; p=0.025).",science,modern,China,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-da-qing-diabetes-prevention-study-lifestyle-1301,https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106845 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213858719300932 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31036503/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8172050/ | https://atm.amegroups.org/article/view/29042/html
1303,"In the Da Qing Diabetes Prevention Study, participants receiving lifestyle intervention had an average increase in life expectancy of 1.44 years (95% CI 0.20–2.68; p=0.023).",science,1986-2016,China,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-da-qing-diabetes-prevention-study-participants-1303,https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106845 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31036503/ | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(19)30093-2/abstract | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3252681
1310,A single drug-use screening question about past-year illegal drug use or nonmedical prescription medication use was found to be 100% sensitive and 73.5% specific for detecting a drug use disorder in a primary-care setting.,science,2010s,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-single-drug-use-screening-question-about-past-year-illegal-1310,https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/rr/rr7103a1.htm | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2911954 | https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/225770 | https://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/2010/07/01/can-a-single-question-detect-drug-use-and-drug-use-disorders | https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/2010/07/13/researchers-validate-single-question-screening-test-for-drug-use-in-primary-care
1318,"In mice with natural aging equivalent to about 80 human years, an oral mixture of senolytic drugs extended lifespan by 36% compared to the norm for that type of mouse.",science,2018,global,gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-mice-with-natural-aging-equivalent-to-about-1318,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/es/2018/07/09/los-senoliticos-mejoran-la-salud-y-prolongan-la-vida-resultados-del-estudio-preclinico/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0092-9 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6082705/ | https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/senolytic-drugs-reverse-damage-caused-senescent-cells-mice | https://www.sci.news/medicine/senolytic-drugs-lifespan-physical-function-aging-mice-06191.html
1325,Older mice developed frailty and reduced survival from fewer transplanted senescent cells than younger mice did.,science,2018,global,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/older-mice-developed-frailty-and-reduced-survival-from-1325,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/es/2018/07/09/los-senoliticos-mejoran-la-salud-y-prolongan-la-vida-resultados-del-estudio-preclinico/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0092-9 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6082705/ | https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/09/aging-senolytics-senescent-cells/ | https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/eliminating-senescent-cells-extends-healthy-life-mice
1337,"According to Halena Gazelka, M.D., the COVID-19 pandemic indirectly caused a significant increase in opioid overdoses in the United States, primarily due to illicit-market drugs such as fentanyl rather than clinical overprescribing.",world_events,2020s,United States,gold,0.988,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/according-to-halena-gazelka-md-the-covid-19-pandemic-1337,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cdc-releases-updated-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids-for-pain/ | https://advancingthescience.mayo.edu/2022/11/18/cdc-releases-updated-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids-for-pain | https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7050e3.htm | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10467501/ | https://www.weau.com/2020/09/30/opioid-overdoses-increase-nationally-during-covid-19-pandemic/
1351,"The immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, can revert from adulthood back to its polyp stage when threatened by danger or starvation.",nature,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,9,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-immortal-jellyfish-turritopsis-dohrnii-can-revert-from-1351,https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/story/is-there-a-cure-for-aging | https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/immortal-jellyfish | https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/immortal-jellyfish-secret-to-cheating-death.html | https://www.sciencealert.com/the-immortal-jellyfish-can-age-in-reverse-and-possibly-live-forever | https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.02.660568.full.pdf
1355,"In a small (n=9) phase I open-label clinical trial, a 3-day oral course of dasatinib plus quercetin reduced senescent-cell markers in adipose tissue and skin of people with diabetic kidney disease.",science,2019,global,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-a-small-n9-phase-i-open-label-clinical-1355,https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/story/is-there-a-cure-for-aging | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(19)30591-2/fulltext | https://www.alzforum.org/therapeutics/dasatinib-quercetin | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796530/
1358,A food product labeled '0 g trans fat' may still legally contain up to 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving.,science,modern,United States,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-food-product-labeled-0-g-trans-fat-1358,https://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20240509/defeat-bad-genes-with-healthy-lifestyle?src=rss_public | https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/small-entity-compliance-guide-trans-fatty-acids-nutrition-labeling-nutrient-content-claims-and | https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/trans-fats-health-and-nutritional-labeling-of-foods | https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/trans-fat-federal-labeling-requirements.html
1373,"The original rotavirus vaccine was withdrawn from the market by its manufacturer, Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories, after only one year.",science,1990s,United States,gold,1.0,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-original-rotavirus-vaccine-was-withdrawn-from-the-1373,https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/features/how-your-vaccines-are-approved | https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4843a5.htm | https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe058285 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3484769/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749379715005449 | https://ivaccinate.org/questions/why-was-rotashield-was-taken-off-u-s-market-in-1999/
1377,"A mathematical model published in npj Aging estimated that if nearly every reversible hallmark of aging were eliminated, leaving only somatic mutations, the median human life span would be 146–194 years.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.9,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-mathematical-model-published-in-npj-aging-estimated-1377,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ultimate-limit-human-lifespan-194-years-study | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-026-00421-6 | https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-upper-limit-human-lifespan-somatic.html | https://www.sciencealert.com/ultimate-limit-of-the-human-lifespan-may-be-identified-study-suggests | https://www.newsweek.com/somatic-mutations-limit-human-lifespan-aging-study-12205984
1380,"In aging simulations, liver function often remained intact for tens of thousands of years because liver cells can regenerate.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-aging-simulations-liver-function-often-remained-intact-1380,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ultimate-limit-human-lifespan-194-years-study | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-026-00421-6 | https://www.sciencealert.com/ultimate-limit-of-the-human-lifespan-may-be-identified-study-suggests | https://www.newsweek.com/somatic-mutations-limit-human-lifespan-aging-study-12205984 | https://www.vice.com/en/article/scientists-may-have-found-the-ultimate-limit-of-the-human-lifespan/
1382,"During fasting, human growth hormone (HGH) levels increase in the body.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.96,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/during-fasting-human-growth-hormone-hgh-levels-increase-1382,https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/intermittent-fasting-guide | https://www.jci.org/articles/view/113450 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11842881/ | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250225/Water-only-fasting-boosts-human-growth-hormone-without-weight-loss.aspx | https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/94/3/965/2596752 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1096637405000201
1385,"Short-term fasting may temporarily increase metabolic rate by increasing the release of norepinephrine, a fat-burning hormone.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/short-term-fasting-may-temporarily-increase-metabolic-rate-by-1385,https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/intermittent-fasting-guide | https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)07193-9/fulltext | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12107252/ | https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/87/7/3373/2847313
1408,"About 90% of newborns infected with hepatitis B perinatally develop chronic infection, and one in four of those infected will die prematurely from liver disease, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.77,4,7,medium,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/about-90-of-newborns-infected-with-hepatitis-b-1408,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/cdc-adopts-new-hepatitis-b-recommendations-newborns | https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/hcp/perinatal-provider-overview/index.html | https://www.hhs.gov/hepatitis/learn-about-viral-hepatitis/hepatitis-b-basics/index.html | https://oeps.wv.gov/hepatitis-b-perinatal | https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/press/pr2025/nyc-reiterates-importance-of-hep-b-for-all-newborns.page
1410,"Under CDC's updated 2024 COVID-19 guidance, people may resume regular activities within 24 hours if they have been fever-free for at least 24 hours without medication and their symptoms are mild and improving.",science,2024,United States,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-cdcs-updated-2024-covid-19-guidance-people-may-1410,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/cdc-ends-5-day-isolation-guidelines-covid-19 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-covid-recommendations-isolation-masks-tests/ | https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/p0301-respiratory-virus.html | https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/01/1235340502/covid-cdc-isolation-5-days-masks-ventilation-hand-washing | https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/01/health/cdc-covid-isolation-recommendations
1414,"On February 19, 2025, HHS issued guidance stating that the U.S. government would recognize only two sexes—male and female—defining sex as a person's 'immutable biological classification' as either male or female.",world_events,2025,United States,gold,0.99,5,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-february-19-2025-hhs-issued-guidance-stating-1414,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/hhs-issues-new-definitions-sex-gender-man-woman | https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/02/19/hhs-takes-action-president-trumps-executive-orders-defending-women-children.html | https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/02/19/HHS-Kennedy-biological-truth-sexes/7181740003452/ | https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3324182/hhs-defines-sex-immutable-biological-classification-reversing-biden/ | https://womenshealth.gov/article/sex-based-definitions | https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/kennedy-issues-guidance-recognizing-only-two-sexes-one-first-moves-hhs-secretary
1415,"HHS defines 'female' as a person with a reproductive system whose biological function is producing eggs, and 'male' as a person with a reproductive system whose biological function is producing sperm.",world_events,2025,United States,gold,0.988,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/hhs-defines-female-as-a-person-with-a-1415,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/hhs-issues-new-definitions-sex-gender-man-woman | https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/02/19/hhs-takes-action-president-trumps-executive-orders-defending-women-children.html | https://womenshealth.gov/article/sex-based-definitions | https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/kennedy-issues-guidance-recognizing-only-two-sexes-one-first-moves-hhs-secretary | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/biological-sex-male-female-intersex
1422,Only 39 of the 100 psychology studies examined in the Reproducibility Project were successfully replicated.,psychology,2010s,global,gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/only-39-of-the-100-psychology-studies-examined-1422,https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/10/share-reproducibility | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aac4716 | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1521897113 | https://futurism.com/study-finds-half-psych-research-not-reproducible
1456,"A survey identified data leakage in 22 papers across 17 research fields, collectively affecting 294 papers.",science,2020s,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-survey-identified-data-leakage-in-22-papers-1456,https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(23)00159-9 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10499856/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37720327/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389923001599 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.17854
1459,"A study criticized for data leakage used anti-hypertensive-drug use as a feature to predict hypertension, even though that information would not be available when predicting the outcome for a new patient.",science,2018-2021,global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-study-criticized-for-data-leakage-used-anti-hypertensive-drug-1459,https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(23)00159-9 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7880048/ | https://www.jmir.org/2021/2/e10969 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.03491 | https://www.jmir.org/2018/1/e22/
1461,"The Open Science Collaboration, a consortium of 270 scientists, attempted to replicate 100 published psychology studies and found that more than half of the replications failed.",science,2010s,global,gold,0.875,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-open-science-collaboration-a-consortium-of-270-1461,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/03/study-that-undercut-psych-research-got-it-wrong/ | https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/10/share-reproducibility | https://www.cos.io/about/news/massive-collaboration-testing-reproducibility-psychology-studies-publishes-findings | https://www.arl.org/news/center-for-open-sciences-reproducibility-project-finds-many-studies-not-replicable/ | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.349.6251.910
1462,"Harvard researchers Daniel Gilbert, Gary King, and Stephen Pettigrew, along with University of Virginia professor Timothy Wilson, calculated that the number of failed replications in the OSC study was no greater than would be expected by chance, even if all 100 original findings were true.",science,2016,United States,gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/harvard-researchers-daniel-gilbert-gary-king-and-stephen-1462,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/03/study-that-undercut-psych-research-got-it-wrong/ | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad7243 | http://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-statistical-conclusions-in-gilbert.html | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.19503
1465,"A U.S. version of the affirmative-action replication study essentially reproduced the original result, but the Open Science Collaboration excluded this successful U.S. replication and included only the failed University of Amsterdam replication in its estimate of psychology's reproducibility.",science,2010s,global,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-us-version-of-the-affirmative-action-replication-study-1465,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/03/study-that-undercut-psych-research-got-it-wrong/ | https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/03/psychology-study-that-induced-the-reproducibility-crisis-was-wrong-researchers-say.html | https://dailyprogress.com/news/national/errors-riddled-study-on-psychology-research-uva-and-harvard-scientists/article_9aac81b4-e213-11e5-89ae-d7e8dd81dd80.html | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad9163
1477,"Researchers conducted a preregistered, high-powered direct replication of experiment 1 from the 2012 PNAS paper on signing location and honesty, and failed to replicate the original result.",science,2020s,global,gold,0.988,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-conducted-a-preregistered-high-powered-direct-replication-of-1477,https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/signing-beginning-versus-end-does-not-decrease-dishonesty | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1911695117 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132248/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32179683/ | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/dan-ariely-honesty-study-retraction | https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/when-were-wrong-its-our-responsibility-as-scientists-to-say-so/
1481,"In a study on interracial rejection, participants rejected by same-race partners showed greater cortisol increases immediately after the interaction than participants rejected by cross-race partners (F(1,86)=4.51, p=.037, d=0.46), though the difference became statistically nonsignificant 20 minutes later (F(1,86)=2.72, p=.10, d=0.36).",psychology,2010s,global,gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-a-study-on-interracial-rejection-participants-rejected-1481,https://nocklab.fas.harvard.edu/file_url/189 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233964015_Experiencing_Discrimination_Increases_Risk_Taking | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797612448194 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7667598/
1487,"Researchers identified a previously unknown type of interneuron found only in primates, not in ferrets, mice, or other studied species.",science,2020,global,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-identified-a-previously-unknown-type-of-interneuron-1487,https://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-interneuron | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2781-z | https://www.broadinstitute.org/news/new-neuron-type-discovered-only-primate-brains | https://mcgovern.mit.edu/2020/09/30/new-neuron-type-discovered-only-in-primate-brains | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32999462/
1488,"The newly discovered primate-specific interneuron is located in the striatum, a brain structure associated with cognition, reward, coordinated movement, Huntington's disease, and potentially schizophrenia.",science,2020s,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-newly-discovered-primate-specific-interneuron-is-located-in-1488,https://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-interneuron | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2781-z | https://www.broadinstitute.org/news/new-neuron-type-discovered-only-primate-brains | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11312536/
1489,The newly discovered interneuron accounts for approximately one-third of all interneurons in the primate striatum.,science,2020s,global,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-newly-discovered-interneuron-accounts-for-approximately-one-third-1489,https://hms.harvard.edu/news/new-interneuron | https://www.broadinstitute.org/news/new-neuron-type-discovered-only-primate-brains | https://mcgovern.mit.edu/2020/09/30/new-neuron-type-discovered-only-in-primate-brains/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7957574/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2874-8
1500,"FCC measurements reported that even in major urban areas, only about 30% of allocated radio spectrum was being used at any one time.",technology,2000s,United States,gold,0.77,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/fcc-measurements-reported-that-even-in-major-urban-1500,https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=864028 | https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/9769692 | https://transition.fcc.gov/sptf/files/SEWGFinalReport_1.pdf | https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/bpasite/documents/webpage/bpa_048826.pdf
1501,"In February 2002, the FCC allowed limited use of ultra-wideband (UWB) techniques in the 3.1–10-GHz spectrum.",technology,2000s,United States,gold,0.95,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-february-2002-the-fcc-allowed-limited-use-1501,https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=864028 | https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/653-ultra-wideband-signal-generation | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/04/22/03-9879/ultra-wideband-transmission-systems | https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/37895
1502,"UWB technology can spread a signal across gigahertz of spectrum while using only picowatts of power per hertz, causing the signal to appear as background radiation, or the noise floor, to conventional narrowband receivers.",technology,modern,global,gold,0.867,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/uwb-technology-can-spread-a-signal-across-gigahertz-1502,https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=864028 | https://www.rogerscorp.com/blog/2026/ultra-wideband-a-platform-technology-for-secure-positioning-and-sensing | https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/7362817 | https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-uwb-1151744/
1509,Adding only a small fraction of ranking data to the training blend enabled instruction-tuned LLMs to outperform existing expert ranking models.,technology,2024,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/adding-only-a-small-fraction-of-ranking-data-1509,https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3737916.3741766 | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02485 | https://openreview.net/forum?id=S1fc92uemC | https://proceedings.neurips.cc//paper_files/paper/2024/hash/db93ccb6cf392f352570dd5af0a223d3-Abstract-Conference.html | https://simg.baai.ac.cn/paperfile/68c487ed-fafd-4bac-81e0-f8be1b56e845.pdf
1510,Instruction-tuned LLMs trained with a small fraction of ranking data outperformed the same LLM fine-tuned exclusively on a large amount of ranking data.,technology,2024,global,gold,0.77,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/instruction-tuned-llms-trained-with-a-small-fraction-of-1510,https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3737916.3741766 | https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/95135 | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02485v1 | https://openreview.net/pdf/e799910ea1c9e2dfb86d87d93e60724fc05e0aab.pdf | https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/paper/2024/file/db93ccb6cf392f352570dd5af0a223d3-Paper-Conference.pdf
1511,Llama3-RankRAG significantly outperformed Llama3-ChatQA-1.5 and GPT-4 models on nine knowledge-intensive benchmarks.,technology,2024,global,gold,1.0,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/llama3-rankrag-significantly-outperformed-llama3-chatqa-15-and-gpt-4-models-on-1511,https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3737916.3741766 | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02485 | https://papers.nips.cc/paper_files/paper/2024/hash/db93ccb6cf392f352570dd5af0a223d3-Abstract-Conference.html | https://openreview.net/forum?id=S1fc92uemC | https://www.thestack.technology/llm-nvidia-intern/
1512,"Without instruction fine-tuning on biomedical data, Llama3-RankRAG performed comparably to GPT-4 on five biomedical RAG benchmarks.",technology,2024,global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/without-instruction-fine-tuning-on-biomedical-data-llama3-rankrag-performed-1512,https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3737916.3741766 | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02485 | https://papers.nips.cc/paper_files/paper/2024/hash/db93ccb6cf392f352570dd5af0a223d3-Abstract-Conference.html | https://www.thestack.technology/llm-nvidia-intern/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.02485
1528,Ahmed et al. (2023) reported that private businesses' share of the biggest AI models increased from 11% in 2010 to 96% in 2021.,technology,2010-2021,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ahmed-et-al-2023-reported-that-private-businesses-1528,https://arxiv.org/html/2502.06559v1 | https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-1055/full | https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-should-be-done-about-the-growing-influence-of-industry-in-ai-research/ | https://ide.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0303PolicyForum_Ai_FF-2.pdf
1548,"The US Patent and Trademark Office has acknowledged that an AI system 'may perform acts that, if performed by a human, could constitute inventorship under our laws,' even though the agency currently treats AI as merely a tool, like a calculator.",technology,2024,United States,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-us-patent-and-trademark-office-has-acknowledged-1548,https://www.technologyreview.com/ | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/13/2024-02623/inventorship-guidance-for-ai-assisted-inventions | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11251 | https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights/alerts-and-articles/2024/02/uspto-guidance-human-contribution-is-key-to-patent-eligibility
1551,A European fertility group has called for an international cap on sperm-donor contributions after some donor-conceived people discovered they have hundreds of biological siblings.,science,contemporary,Europe,gold,0.925,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-european-fertility-group-has-called-for-an-1551,https://www.technologyreview.com/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42415539/ | https://academic.oup.com/humrep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/humrep/deag108/8726004 | https://www.progress.org.uk/why-limits-to-gamete-donor-use-only-work-if-they-cross-borders/ | https://www.liveaction.org/news/fertility-group-limits-sperm-donation-europe
1564,"Michael Marcus spent 25 years at the Federal Communications Commission, where he helped develop policies that made more than eight gigahertz of radio spectrum available for unlicensed use.",technology,20th-21st century,United States,gold,0.967,6,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/michael-marcus-spent-25-years-at-the-federal-1564,https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/04/25/152164/gail-h-marcus-68-sm-68-scd-71-and-michael-j-marcus-68-scd-72/ | https://mtt.org/profile/michael-markus/ | https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/marcus-michael | https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/353025 | https://itif.org/person/michael-marcus/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.15187 | https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-engineer-michael-j-marcus-honored-institute-electrical-and
1570,"Google's Gemma-2 9b and OpenAI's GPT-4o achieved near-perfect scores on Anthropic's DiscrimEval bias benchmark, released in December 2023.",technology,2020s,global,gold,0.912,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/googles-gemma-2-9b-and-openais-gpt-4o-achieved-near-perfect-1570,https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/11/1113000/these-new-ai-benchmarks-could-help-make-models-less-biased/ | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01926 | https://slguardian.org/new-ai-benchmarks-aim-to-reduce-bias-and-improve-fairness/ | https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/anthropics-latest-tactic-to-stop-racist-ai-asking-it-really-really-really-really-nicely/ | https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-leads-charge-against-ai-bias-and-discrimination-with-new-research
1573,"AI melanoma-diagnosis systems perform better on white skin than black skin, largely because their training data contains more examples of white skin.",technology,contemporary,global,gold,0.925,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ai-melanoma-diagnosis-systems-perform-better-on-white-skin-1573,https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/11/1113000/these-new-ai-benchmarks-could-help-make-models-less-biased/ | https://www.curemelanoma.org/blog/making-ai-work-for-people-of-color-diagnosing-melanoma-and-other-skin-cancers | https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(21)02086-7/fulltext | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq6147 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14176
1575,Google researchers achieved nearly 91% smile-detection accuracy on the Faces of the World (FotW) benchmark by training racial and gender classifiers as part of their model.,technology,2017,global,gold,0.875,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/google-researchers-achieved-nearly-91-smile-detection-accuracy-on-1575,https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/12/04/147319/googles-new-ai-smile-detector-shows-how-embracing-race-and-gender-can-reduce/ | https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub46513/ | https://www.theregister.com/software/2017/12/06/google-learns-to-smile-because-ais-bad-at-it/798222 | https://www.techmonitor.ai/digital-economy/ai-and-automation/google-ai-diversity | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.00193
1577,Google's smile-detection model used a racial classifier trained on four race subgroups and a gender classifier with two categories.,technology,2010s,global,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/googles-smile-detection-model-used-a-racial-classifier-trained-1577,https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/12/04/147319/googles-new-ai-smile-detector-shows-how-embracing-race-and-gender-can-reduce/ | https://www.theregister.com/software/2017/12/06/google-learns-to-smile-because-ais-bad-at-it/798222 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.00193 | https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/1712.00193 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-11009-3_35
1578,Google researchers labeled gender categories in their smile-detection model as 'Gender 1' and 'Gender 2' specifically to reduce the risk of introducing unconscious societal bias.,technology,2017,global,gold,0.917,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/google-researchers-labeled-gender-categories-in-their-smile-detection-1578,https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/12/04/147319/googles-new-ai-smile-detector-shows-how-embracing-race-and-gender-can-reduce/ | https://www.theregister.com/software/2017/12/06/google-learns-to-smile-because-ais-bad-at-it/798222 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.00193 | https://research.google/pubs/pub46513/ | https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/1712.00193
1598,The Supreme Court began audio recording oral arguments in 1955.,history,20th century,United States,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-supreme-court-began-audio-recording-oral-arguments-1598,https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_documents.aspx | https://www.archives.gov/research/court-records/oral-arguments | https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2024/03/15/behind-the-scenes-providing-access-to-supreme-court-oral-arguments/ | https://guides.library.cornell.edu/c.php?g=32372&p=8135575 | https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/briefs_arguments/oral-arguments
1627,"At a 2009 FDA advisory-panel meeting, members voted 36-1 to recommend that children's acetaminophen products be made in a single concentration, but the FDA never made that requirement mandatory.",science,2009-2011,USA,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/at-a-2009-fda-advisory-panel-meeting-members-voted-1627,https://www.propublica.org/article/tylenol-mcneil-fda-kids-dose-of-confusion | https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/acetaminophen-safety-faq | https://www.chpa.org/sites/default/files/media/docs/2020-10/Briefing-Book-Pediatric-Acetaminophen-05172011.pdf | https://www.fda.gov/files/drugs/published/Over-the-Counter-Pediatric-Oral-Liquid-Drug-Products-Containing-Acetaminophen.pdf
1646,"In October 1990, the US National Intelligence Estimate 'Yugoslavia Transformed' (NIE 15-90) forecast that Yugoslavia would cease to function as a federal state within one year and would probably dissolve within two.",history,1990s,Yugoslavia / Balkans,gold,0.925,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-october-1990-the-us-national-intelligence-estimate-1646,https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/books-monographs/cia-support-to-policymakers-unheeded-warning-of-war/ | https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/breakup-yugoslavia | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02684527.2016.1259814 | https://balkaninsight.com/2023/05/03/declassified-how-us-intelligence-predicted-yugoslavias-bloody-demise/ | https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/the-big-story/bosnias-forgotten-war-is-still-with-us/
1691,The November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate titled 'Iran's Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities' judged with 'high confidence' that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program in fall 2003.,world_events,2000s,Iran / United States,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-november-2007-national-intelligence-estimate-titled-irans-1691,https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/books-monographs/cia-support-to-policymakers-the-2007-nie-on-irans-nuclear-intentions-and-capabilities/ | https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/2007/nie_iran-nuclear_20071203.htm | https://www.npr.org/2007/12/06/16989979/breaking-down-the-national-intelligence-estimate | https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33733.html | https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071203-10.html
1697,"The key judgments of the 2007 NIE on Iran's nuclear program were produced by the National Intelligence Council, declassified, and made public in December 2007.",world_events,2000s,United States/Iran,gold,1.0,4,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-key-judgments-of-the-2007-nie-on-1697,https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/books-monographs/cia-support-to-policymakers-the-2007-nie-on-irans-nuclear-intentions-and-capabilities/ | https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33733.html | https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071203-10.html | https://www.fpri.org/article/2008/01/policy-disruption-by-nie/ | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02684527.2021.1857076
1708,The first public release of translated VENONA messages occurred in July 1995 and contained 49 messages concerning Soviet attempts to obtain information about U.S. atomic-bomb research and the Manhattan Project.,history,20th century (1995 release; content from 1940s),United States/Soviet Union,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-first-public-release-of-translated-venona-messages-1708,https://www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/NSA-FOIA/Declassification-Transparency-Initiatives/Historical-Releases/Venona/ | https://permanent.fdlp.gov/lps33232/venona2.html | https://cryptologicfoundation.org/community/cryptologic-history/cryptologic-history-calendar.html/event/2029/07/11/1878440400/1995-cia-public-ceremony-for-venona-declassification/444270 | https://www.loc.gov/item/mm96083681/ | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/books-monographs/venona
1713,The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 authorizes the collection of electronic communications within the United States by compelling assistance from U.S. service providers.,world_events,1970s-2010s,United States,gold,0.983,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-of-1978-authorizes-1713,https://www.nsa.gov/signals-intelligence/ | https://www.intelligence.gov/how-the-ic-works/intelligence-collection-authorities | https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/7308 | https://www.eff.org/issues/foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act
1718,"The NSA's stated authorities limit it to gathering information about international terrorists and foreign powers, organizations, or persons in support of U.S. national strategies.",world_events,contemporary,United States,gold,0.983,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-nsas-stated-authorities-limit-it-to-gathering-1718,https://www.nsa.gov/signals-intelligence/ | https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/nsa/about-nsa | https://www.intelligence.gov/mission | https://www.spacefoundation.org/space_brief/national-security-space-agencies/
1720,A joint cybersecurity advisory identified QTFY as a China-linked hacking group targeting military and critical infrastructure with malicious distributed systems.,technology,2026,global,gold,1.0,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-joint-cybersecurity-advisory-identified-qtfy-as-a-1720,https://www.nsa.gov/ | https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-fbi-seize-platforms-operated-and-used-china-state-sponsored-hackers | https://media.defense.gov/2026/Aug/26/2003986916/-1/-1/0/JCSA_CHINA_QTFY_MALICIOUS_SYSTEMS.PDF | https://cyberscoop.com/qtfy-china-espionage-group-infrastructure-seized/ | https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260826.pdf
1724,"The CIA's amphibious, paramilitary invasion of Cuba in April 1961 (the Bay of Pigs) was defeated by Fidel Castro's forces within two days.",history,20th century,Cuba,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-cias-amphibious-paramilitary-invasion-of-cuba-in-1724,https://warontherocks.com/spy-vs-spy-the-bay-of-pigs-and-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-cia/ | https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/bay-of-pigs | https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs | https://www.cfr.org/articles/lessons-learned-bay-pigs-invasion
1729,"CIA staff historian Jack Pfeiffer wrote the fifth volume of the agency's internal Bay of Pigs history between 1979 and 1984, but his superiors rejected the draft for 'serious shortcomings in scholarship,' a 'polemical tone,' and failure to add significantly to understanding the controversy.",history,20th century (1979-1984),United States,gold,0.917,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cia-staff-historian-jack-pfeiffer-wrote-the-fifth-1729,https://warontherocks.com/spy-vs-spy-the-bay-of-pigs-and-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-cia/ | https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/C01254908.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/bay-pigs-release | https://fas.org/publication/cia-bop-draft/ | https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/summer-2014/cias-draft-history-of-the-bay-of-pigs
1731,Peter Naffsinger's 1964 CIA article on Arab honor culture was later released through the CIA's Freedom of Information Act website.,history,20th century,Middle East,gold,0.983,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/peter-naffsingers-1964-cia-article-on-arab-honor-1731,https://warontherocks.com/warchives-cia-and-the-arab-mind/ | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Face-Among-the-Arabs.pdf | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2014.949077 | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/studies-in-intelligence/archives/vol-8-no-3/face-among-the-arabs | http://www.faqs.org/cia/docs/80/0000608408/%22FACE%22-AMONG-THE-ARABS.html
1733,"Peter Naffsinger's 1964 CIA assessment argued that 'face,' or honor, was the predominant cultural imperative in the Arab world, to which other values were subordinated.",history,1960s,Middle East,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/peter-naffsingers-1964-cia-assessment-argued-that-face-1733,https://warontherocks.com/warchives-cia-and-the-arab-mind/ | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Face-Among-the-Arabs.pdf | http://www.faqs.org/cia/docs/80/0000608408/FACE-AMONG-THE-ARABS.html | https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/57747/2/Article%20for%20intelligence%20and%20National%20Security.pdf
1739,"Peter Naffsinger wrote that Arab trainees commonly dismissed blame with the phrase ""min allah"" (""It is from God"") and responded to warnings against future misconduct with ""inshallah"" (""If God wills it"").",history,20th century (1964),Middle East,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/peter-naffsinger-wrote-that-arab-trainees-commonly-dismissed-1739,https://warontherocks.com/warchives-cia-and-the-arab-mind/ | https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Face-Among-the-Arabs.pdf | https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/57747/2/Article%20for%20intelligence%20and%20National%20Security.pdf | https://www.andrewbostom.org/2017/07/echoing-clarke-from-1871-a-1964-cia-report-described-islams-all-is-from-allah-fatalism-and-its-anti-christian-amoral-consequences/
1743,"In one CIA anti-Castro operation, an associate of Robert Maheu left wiretapping equipment openly in a Las Vegas hotel room, leading a maid to discover it, local police to be called, and the associate's identity and actions to be recorded in the Clark County justice system.",history,1960s,United States,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-one-cia-anti-castro-operation-an-associate-of-1743,https://warontherocks.com/the-mysterious-blunderings-of-the-cia/ | https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-252-robert-maheu-the-cias-fixer-in-hollywood/ | https://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol10/pdf/HSCA_Vol10_CastroPlots.pdf | https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v10/d337 | https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/06/the-cia-castro-and-the-mafia-2.html
1744,"The CIA's ZR/RIFLE project was a plan to develop an assassination capability that designated a European associate of organized crime to recruit future operatives, but never advanced beyond the drawing board.",history,1960s Cold War,United States/Europe,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-cias-zrrifle-project-was-a-plan-to-1744,https://warontherocks.com/the-mysterious-blunderings-of-the-cia/ | https://www.maryferrell.org/php/cryptdb.php?id=QJWIN-1 | https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/zr-rifle.htm | https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v23/d46
1748,"In the 1980s, the U.S. military was restricted to providing no more than 55 advisors to El Salvador's government in its fight against the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front insurgents.",history,1980s,El Salvador / United States,gold,0.9,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-1980s-the-us-military-was-restricted-1748,https://warontherocks.com/special-warfare-the-missing-middle-in-u-s-coercive-options/ | https://aliciapatterson.org/michael-massing/the-stale-small-war-in-el-salvador/ | https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=ciwag-case-studies | https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-90-227fs.pdf | https://peacehistory-usfp.org/central-america-wars/
1775,"More than 20 countries experienced intrastate or civil conflicts involving insurgent groups in 2024, according to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.",world_events,2024,global,gold,0.867,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/more-than-20-countries-experienced-intrastate-or-civil-1775,https://www.cfr.org/reports/insurgency-related-conflict | https://www.prio.org/publications/14453 | https://academic.oup.com/jpr/article/62/4/1223/8324565 | https://www.uu.se/en/press/press-releases/2025/2025-06-11-ucdp-sharp-increase-in-conflicts-and-wars
1785,The International Union for Conservation of Nature changed the North Atlantic right whale's Red List category from Endangered to Critically Endangered.,nature,2020,North Atlantic,gold,0.967,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-international-union-for-conservation-of-nature-changed-1785,https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/international-union-conservation-nature-updates-classification-north-atlantic-right | https://iucn.org/news/species/202007/almost-a-third-lemurs-and-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered-iucn-red-list | https://defenders.org/newsroom/iucn-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered | https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/new-england-aquarium-statement-on-north-atlantic-right-whale-critically-endangered-status/
1786,"The North Atlantic right whale population was estimated at about 384 individuals in 2024, with breeding females numbering under 100.",nature,contemporary,North Atlantic,gold,0.917,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-north-atlantic-right-whale-population-was-estimated-1786,https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/international-union-conservation-nature-updates-classification-north-atlantic-right | https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/north-atlantic-right-whale-population-continues-slow-growth/ | https://www.mmc.gov/priority-topics/species-of-concern/north-atlantic-right-whale/ | https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/how-we-help/saving-the-endangered-north-atlantic-right-whale/
1795,"Less than 1 percent of species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act have been lost, according to NOAA Fisheries.",nature,contemporary,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/less-than-1-percent-of-species-listed-under-1795,https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/recovery-endangered-and-threatened-species | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-helping-prevent-extinctions-for-50-years-the-endangered-species-act-itself-may-be-at-risk | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482936/ | https://www.npr.org/2024/06/19/1198911404/1a-06-19-2024
1799,The eastern North Pacific population of gray whales was delisted from the Endangered Species Act in 1994 after being declared no longer in danger of extinction.,nature,1990s,North America,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-eastern-north-pacific-population-of-gray-whales-1799,https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/recovery-endangered-and-threatened-species | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/06/14/01-15059/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-90-day-finding-for-a-petition-to-list-eastern-north | https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=graywhale.printerfriendly | https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/08/26/environmental-groups-take-steps-to-sue-to-compel-new-protections-for-gray-whales/
1820,"Delisting is considered possible for only 74% of the 1,173 species with recovery plans under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.",science,2012,United States,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/delisting-is-considered-possible-for-only-74-of-1820,https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70003559 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236868745_By_the_Numbers_How_is_Recovery_Defined_by_the_US_Endangered_Species_Act | https://bioone.org/journals/bioscience/volume-62/issue-7/bio.2012.62.7.7/By-the-Numbers--How-is-Recovery-Defined-by-the/10.1525/bio.2012.62.7.7.short | https://www.academia.edu/54111193/Improving_Recovery_Planning_for_Threatened_and_Endangered_Species
1831,"Juvenile representation is decreasing in all five G. agassizii recovery units, indicating inadequate recruitment across the entire recovery-unit system.",nature,2007-2018,"Mojave Desert, southwestern United States",gold,0.988,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/juvenile-representation-is-decreasing-in-all-five-g-1831,https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70226458 | https://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_13/Issue_2/Allison_McLuckie_2018.pdf | https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Allison%20and%20McLuckie.2018.Popln%20trends%20in%20MDT_0.pdf | https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/2350791 | https://toddlab.ucdavis.edu/publications/glass%20et%20al.%202024%20JWM.pdf
1844,"More than 143 million Americans live in an earthquake zone and face at least some risk of a damaging earthquake by 2065, according to a U.S. Geological Survey analysis.",science,2015-2065,United States,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/more-than-143-million-americans-live-in-an-1844,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150812-earthquake-united-states-risk-surprise-science | https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/nearly-half-americans-exposed-potentially-damaging-earthquakes | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nearly-half-of-americans-at-risk-of-an-earthquake/ | https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/17/us/americans-earthquake-risk-usgs/index.html | https://weather.com/safety/earthquake/news/damaging-earthquakes-usgs-report
1853,The USGS earthquake hazards map excludes earthquakes caused by human activities such as pumping wastewater from hydraulic fracturing or injecting carbon dioxide deep underground.,science,contemporary,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-usgs-earthquake-hazards-map-excludes-earthquakes-caused-1853,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150812-earthquake-united-states-risk-surprise-science | https://eos.org/articles/the-united-states-has-an-updated-map-of-earthquake-hazards | https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/science/2023-50-state-long-term-national-seismic-hazard-model-0 | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R43836
1859,"Wastewater pumped into deep disposal wells can trigger earthquakes, as documented in Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio.",science,2010s,United States,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/wastewater-pumped-into-deep-disposal-wells-can-trigger-1859,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/140402-earthquakes-usgs-chile-faults-science | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wastewater-injection-caused-oklahoma-earthquakes/ | https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna55570444 | https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2013/03/26/wastewater-injection-spurred-biggest-earthquake-yet-says-study/ | https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.345.6192.13
1861,"The southern bluefin tuna's IUCN conservation status improved from ""critically endangered"" to ""endangered.""",nature,2021,global,gold,0.95,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-southern-bluefin-tunas-iucn-conservation-status-improved-1861,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/good-news-for-tuna-populations-in-latest-iucn-update | https://iucn.org/news/species/202109/tuna-species-recovering-despite-growing-pressures-marine-life-iucn-red-list | https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/9/4/iucn-red-list-bad-news-for-sharks-komodo-dragon-tuna-improving | https://www.iss-foundation.org/about-issf/what-we-publish/2021/09/08/what-do-changes-to-tuna-ratings-on-the-iucn-list-really-indicate/
1866,Leatherback sea turtle populations are declining in the Pacific Ocean but recovering in the Atlantic Ocean.,nature,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/leatherback-sea-turtle-populations-are-declining-in-the-1866,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131125-iucn-red-list-endangered-species-okapi-leatherback-science | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/leatherback-turtle | https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46967827/46967830 | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2001525118
1867,"Scientists estimate only about 700 breeding-age white-winged flufftails remain worldwide, with the species known to live in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.",nature,contemporary,Africa,gold,0.917,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/scientists-estimate-only-about-700-breeding-age-white-winged-flufftails-1867,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131125-iucn-red-list-endangered-species-okapi-leatherback-science | https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/whwflu1/1.0/introduction | https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692864/93330746 | https://www.birdlife.org/news/2018/07/17/white-winged-flufftail/
1868,"The California Channel Island fox population increased from about 1,500 individuals to about 5,500 after the National Park Service removed golden eagles, bred and reintroduced foxes, and inoculated them against disease.",nature,2000s-2010s,"California Channel Islands, USA",gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-california-channel-island-fox-population-increased-from-1868,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131125-iucn-red-list-endangered-species-okapi-leatherback-science | https://www.canids.org/species/view/PREKJY135341 | https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/recovery-of-island-foxes-a-historic-success-officials-recommend-removing-them-from-endangered-species-list/ | https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/news/pr052116.htm
1875,"The number of Northern bald ibis breeding pairs increased from 75 in 1981 to 147 in 2018, with reintroduction efforts bringing the species back to parts of its former range, including the Alps.",nature,1981-2018,Morocco / Alps (Europe & North Africa),gold,0.875,4,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-number-of-northern-bald-ibis-breeding-pairs-1875,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/learn-how-species-that-faced-extinction-are-bouncing-back | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita-history-current-status-and-future-perspectives/570EE0C496F173CE86B34429B8675583 | https://magornitho.org/2020/02/northern-bald-ibis-morocco-since-1900/ | https://www.waldrapp.eu/history/ | https://www.birdlife.org/news/2019/05/29/northern-bald-ibis-baldly-leading-the-way-in-ibis-conservation/
1895,More than 99% of species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act have avoided extinction due to the law's protections.,science,1973-present,United States,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/more-than-99-of-species-listed-under-the-1895,https://www.worldwildlife.org/our-work/wildlife/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6482936/ | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2019/endangered-species-act-04-22-2019.php | https://defenders.org/endangered-species-act | https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-proposes-delisting-23-species-endangered-species-act-due
1902,"Without prior conservation interventions, the black rhino population would have been an estimated 296 in 2022.",nature,contemporary,Africa,gold,0.875,4,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/without-prior-conservation-interventions-the-black-rhino-population-1902,https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/summer-2025/articles/measuring-black-rhino-recovery | https://bioone.org/journals/african-journal-of-wildlife-research/volume-54/issue-1/056.054.0081/Conservation-Impacts-and-the-Future-of-the-Black-Rhinoceros-Diceros/10.3957/056.054.0081.short | https://www.savetherhino.org/africa/measuring-black-rhino-conservation-success-and-exciting-recovery-potential-for-the-future/ | https://rhinos.org/blog/impact-of-conservation-on-the-black-rhino/ | https://rhinoresourcecenter.com/library/references/conservation-impacts-and-the-future-of-the-black-rhinoceros-diceros-bicornis/
1903,"Conservation interventions accounted for a 'conservation legacy' of 6,191 black rhinos in 2022.",nature,2022,Africa,gold,0.917,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/conservation-interventions-accounted-for-a-conservation-legacy-of-1903,https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/summer-2025/articles/measuring-black-rhino-recovery | https://bioone.org/journals/african-journal-of-wildlife-research/volume-54/issue-1/056.054.0081/Conservation-Impacts-and-the-Future-of-the-Black-Rhinoceros-Diceros/10.3957/056.054.0081.short | https://www.savetherhino.org/africa/measuring-black-rhino-conservation-success-and-exciting-recovery-potential-for-the-future/ | https://rhinoresourcecenter.com/library/references/conservation-impacts-and-the-future-of-the-black-rhinoceros-diceros-bicornis/
1908,"Nepal's tiger population increased from 121 individuals in 2009 to an estimated 235 in 2018, nearly doubling in nine years.",nature,2009-2018,Nepal,gold,1.0,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/nepals-tiger-population-increased-from-121-individuals-in-1908,https://www.worldwildlife.org/descubre-wwf/historias/ocho-especies-que-se-estan-recuperando | https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/new-survey-results-show-nepal-is-on-track-to-double-its-tiger-population-by-2022/ | https://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/09/nepal-set-to-become-first-country-to-double-wild-tiger-population/ | https://iucn.org/news/202207/nepal-achieves-global-commitment-double-tiger-1
1928,"On June 30, 2014, BNP Paribas, S.A. was assessed a $508,000,000 civil money penalty and received a Cease and Desist Order from the Federal Reserve.",world_events,2010s,United States,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-june-30-2014-bnp-paribas-sa-was-1928,https://www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/files/enforcementactions.csv | https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bnp-paribas-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-89-billion-illegally-processing-financial | https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=164de422-9c87-42c6-8496-1794629c7794 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000872786/000119312514264414/d756040d40appa.htm
1933,The Consumer Price Index switched to a rental-equivalence approach for measuring shelter costs in 1983.,other,1980s,United States,gold,0.867,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-consumer-price-index-switched-to-a-rental-equivalence-1933,https://www.bls.gov/cpi/research-series/r-cpi-u-rs-home.htm | https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/26485/chapter/6 | https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/publications/economic-letter/2022/10/comparing-measures-of-housing-inflation/ | https://www.fullstackeconomics.com/p/why-the-government-took-home-prices-out-of-the-consumer-price-index
1950,"In the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification System, Data Scientists are classified under code 15-2051, within the Computer and Mathematical Occupations major group.",other,2018,United States,gold,0.867,3,2,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-2018-standard-occupational-classification-system-data-1950,https://www.bls.gov/soc/2018/major_groups.htm | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/22/2016-17424/standard-occupational-classification-soc-policy-committees-recommendations-for-the-2018-soc-notice | https://siccode.com/soc-code/15-2051/data-scientists | https://usa.databasesets.com/soc-2018-definitions/detailed/15-2051
1976,"As part of the 2003 global research settlement, the involved firms were required to pay $432.5 million to fund independent research, and seven firms were separately required to pay $80 million for investor education, including $52.5 million for an Investor Education Fund and $27.5 million for state securities regulators.",world_events,2000s,United States,gold,1.0,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/as-part-of-the-2003-global-research-settlement-1976,https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-18438 | https://www.nasaa.org/7992/ten-of-nations-top-investment-firms-settle-enforcement-actions-involving-conflicts-of-interest-between-research-and-investment-banking/ | https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/guidance/reports/2003-global-settlement | https://fcic-static.law.stanford.edu/cdn_media/fcic-docs/2003-05-07%20William%20H.%20Donaldson%20Testimony%20Concerning%20Global%20Research%20Analyst%20Settlement.pdf
1978,"On April 28, 2003, SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson announced a global analyst research settlement involving ten firms, with total monetary relief of just under $1.4 billion, including nearly $400 million in disgorgement and over $400 million in civil penalties.",world_events,2000s,United States,gold,1.0,3,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-april-28-2003-sec-chairman-william-h-1978,https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/spch042803whd.htm | https://www.nasaa.org/7992/ten-of-nations-top-investment-firms-settle-enforcement-actions-involving-conflicts-of-interest-between-research-and-investment-banking/ | https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/guidance/reports/2003-global-settlement | https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2010/modifications-to-global-research-analyst-settlement
1980,"The SEC, NASD, and New York Stock Exchange planned to place approximately $400 million of their share of the 2003 analyst research settlement penalties and disgorgement into a distribution fund for harmed investors.",world_events,2000s,United States,gold,1.0,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-sec-nasd-and-new-york-stock-exchange-1980,https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/spch042803whd.htm | https://www.nasaa.org/7992/ten-of-nations-top-investment-firms-settle-enforcement-actions-involving-conflicts-of-interest-between-research-and-investment-banking/ | https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/guidance/reports/2003-global-settlement | https://fcic-static.law.stanford.edu/cdn_media/fcic-docs/2003-05-07%20William%20H.%20Donaldson%20Testimony%20Concerning%20Global%20Research%20Analyst%20Settlement.pdf
2016,"On July 21, 2025, the National Archives released more than 230,000 pages of records related to the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.",history,2020s,United States,gold,0.867,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-july-21-2025-the-national-archives-released-2016,https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/nara-releases-230k-mlk-assassination-files | https://www.odni.gov/3540/pr-16-25/ | https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2025/07/22/mlk-files-trump-fbi-assassination-files-what-to-know/85320633007/ | https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/mlk-jr-assassination-files-released/
2017,The July 2025 National Archives release included FBI records from the investigation code-named 'MURKIN' into the MLK assassination.,history,modern,United States,gold,0.988,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-july-2025-national-archives-release-included-fbi-2017,https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/nara-releases-230k-mlk-assassination-files | https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/the-martin-luther-king-mlk-assassination-records-archive/ | https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/MLK_Assassination_Documents.html | https://www.npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-s1-5475234/martin-luther-king-jr-records | https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4087-pr-16-25
2019,The July 2025 National Archives release included State Department records concerning James Earl Ray's extradition from the United Kingdom.,history,2020s (records concern 1968 events),United States / United Kingdom,gold,0.867,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-july-2025-national-archives-release-included-state-2019,https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/nara-releases-230k-mlk-assassination-files | https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4087-pr-16-25 | https://www.easternshoreundercover.com/news2/director-of-national-intelligence-releases-historic-mlk-assassination-files.htm | https://colombiaone.com/2025/07/22/new-records-martin-luther-king-jr-assassination/
2033,"Venona records identify Soviet agents who infiltrated the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Office of Strategic Services, and War Department, as well as agents with access to the White House, Congress, political parties, the media, and defense industries.",history,"20th century (1940s-1980s, declassified 1995)",United States / Soviet Union,gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/venona-records-identify-soviet-agents-who-infiltrated-the-2033,https://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records | https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/publications/coldwar/venona_story.pdf | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-D-PURL-gpo73236/pdf/GOVPUB-D-PURL-gpo73236.pdf | https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/venona-cables-are-declassified
2034,"Under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(E), Intelligence Community agencies are prohibited from disclosing records in response to FOIA requests made by any foreign government or international governmental organization, whether directly or through a representative.",world_events,2002-present,United States,gold,0.77,3,6,medium,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-5-usc-552a3e-intelligence-community-agencies-are-2034,https://www.archives.gov/ogis/resources/foia-ombuds-observer/2025-02 | https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/blog/foia-post-2002-foia-amended-intelligence-authorization-act | https://sourcebook.acus.gov/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act | https://www.nigc.gov/utility/foia-5-u-s-c-552/
2035,"Agencies have one year to respond to a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request, compared with 20 working days for an initial FOIA response (with up to 10 additional working days allowed in unusual circumstances).",world_events,contemporary,United States,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/agencies-have-one-year-to-respond-to-a-2035,https://www.archives.gov/ogis/resources/foia-ombuds-observer/2025-02 | https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-32/subtitle-B/chapter-XX/part-2001/subpart-D/section-2001.33 | https://foia.wiki/wiki/Mandatory_Declassification_Review | https://www.justice.gov/oip/freedom-information-act-5-usc-552
2041,MDR requesters who disagree with an Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) decision have no further recourse and cannot pursue federal court litigation.,world_events,contemporary,United States,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/mdr-requesters-who-disagree-with-an-interagency-security-2041,https://www.archives.gov/ogis/resources/foia-ombuds-observer/2025-02 | https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/foia/foia_guide/foia_guide_chapter4.pdf | https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/print/724301 | https://sgp.fas.org/advisory/iscap/iscap0398.html
2048,"Under FOIA, an intelligence-community agency or component may not release records under the ordinary request provision to a foreign government entity other than a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or district, or to a representative of such foreign government entity.",other,2002-present,United States,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-foia-an-intelligence-community-agency-or-component-may-2048,https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/foia.html | https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/blog/foia-post-2002-foia-amended-intelligence-authorization-act | https://www.justice.gov/oip/freedom-information-act-5-usc-552 | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552 | https://www.rcfp.org/court-rules-government-can-withhold-intelligence-records-uk-parliame/
2049,"Under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, the deliberative process privilege does not apply to interagency or intra-agency memorandums or letters created 25 years or more before the date the records were requested.",world_events,2016-present,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-the-us-freedom-of-information-act-the-2049,https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/foia.html | https://www.justice.gov/oip/freedom-information-act-5-usc-552 | https://www.justice.gov/oip/oip-summary-foia-improvement-act-2016 | https://www.rcfp.org/foia-deliberative-process/ | https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=%2Fprelim%40title5%2Fpart1%2Fchapter5%2Fsubchapter2&edition=prelim
2051,"Under FOIA, for qualifying noncommercial, educational, scientific, or news-media requests, agencies may not charge fees for the first two hours of search time or the first 100 pages of duplication.",other,modern,United States,gold,1.0,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-foia-for-qualifying-noncommercial-educational-scientific-or-2051,https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/foia.html | https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition-fees-and-fee-waivers | https://www.foia.gov/faq.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/5.53 | https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-XII/subchapter-C/part-1250/subpart-C
2052,"Under FOIA, an agency must make electronic copies of records available when those records have been requested three or more times, or when their subject matter makes them likely to be the subject of similar future requests.",other,2016-present,United States,gold,1.0,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-foia-an-agency-must-make-electronic-copies-2052,https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/foia.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552 | https://www.foia.gov/foia-statute.html | https://www.eeoc.gov/foia/freedom-information-act-reference-guide | https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/freedom-of-information-act-foia-guidelines
2054,"The FBI may treat the existence of classified records concerning foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, or international terrorism as exempt from FOIA disclosure requirements.",world_events,modern,United States,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-fbi-may-treat-the-existence-of-classified-2054,https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/foia.html | https://www.foia.gov/faq.html | https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/implementing-foias-statutory-exclusion-provisions | https://foia.wiki/wiki/%C2%A7_552(c)_Exclusions | https://www.dhs.gov/foia-exemptions
2080,Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was held briefly at the CIA's 'Salt Pit' prison in Afghanistan before being transferred to a black site in Thailand.,history,21st century,Afghanistan / Thailand,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/abd-al-rahim-al-nashiri-was-held-briefly-at-the-2080,https://www.propublica.org/article/haspel-nashiri-cia-black-site-interrogation-documents | https://www.therenditionproject.org.uk/prisoners/nashiri.html | https://www.justiceinitiative.org/litigation/al-nashiri-v-poland | https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/16771-document-01-torture-orders-cia-alec-station | https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/CourtRecords/CR2019_07304.PDF
2087,A Senate intelligence report found that Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was waterboarded at least three times while held in Thailand.,world_events,2000s,Thailand,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-senate-intelligence-report-found-that-abd-al-rahim-2087,https://www.propublica.org/article/haspel-nashiri-cia-black-site-interrogation-documents | https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2619277/gina-haspel-wont-say-if-she-oversaw-detainee-waterboarding/ | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/what-role-did-trump-s-pick-cia-director-play-brutal-n856691 | https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/URLs_Cited/OT2021/20-827/20-827-2.pdf | https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-capital/20180811/281535111823889
2100,"After the Church Committee scandal, the FBI issued explicit guidelines intended to prevent abuses.",history,1970s,United States,gold,0.917,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/after-the-church-committee-scandal-the-fbi-issued-2100,https://www.propublica.org/podcast/the-breakthrough-uncovering-the-fbis-secret-rules | https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/special/0509/final.pdf | https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/standards-opening-fbi-investigation-so-low-they-make-statistic | https://cdt.org/insights/investigative-guidelines-cement-fbi-role-as-domestic-intelligence-agency-raising-new-privacy-challenges/
2104,"Under 49 U.S.C. § 114, the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security was appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, with a term of office of 5 years.",history,2001-2003,United States,gold,1.0,4,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-49-usc-114-the-under-secretary-of-2104,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/69.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/114 | https://law.justia.com/codes/us/2001/title49/subtitlei/chap1/sec114 | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1447/text/pl | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-115/pdf/STATUTE-115-Pg597.pdf
2105,"During a national emergency, the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security was authorized to coordinate domestic aviation, rail, surface, and maritime transportation, and to oversee transportation-related responsibilities of federal departments and agencies other than the Department of Defense and military departments.",history,2001-2007,United States,gold,0.77,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/during-a-national-emergency-the-under-secretary-of-2105,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/69.html | https://law.justia.com/codes/us/2001/title49/subtitlei/chap1/sec114 | https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2007-title49-section114&num=0&edition=2007 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2015-title49/pdf/USCODE-2015-title49-subtitleI-chap1-sec114.pdf
2106,"The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security could issue an emergency regulation or security directive without notice, public comment, or prior approval from the Secretary of Transportation, and such a measure could remain effective for no more than 90 days unless ratified by the Transportation Security Oversight Board or rescinded.",world_events,"2000s (post-9/11, prior to 2007 renaming)",United States,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-under-secretary-of-transportation-for-security-could-2106,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/69.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/114 | https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2007-title49-section114&num=0&edition=2007 | http://uscode.elaws.us/law/49usc114 | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/115
2107,"A Transportation Security Administration employee or other federal employee designated as a law enforcement officer could carry a firearm, make a warrantless arrest for a felony based on probable cause, and seek and execute federal arrest or evidence-seizure warrants.",other,contemporary,United States,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-transportation-security-administration-employee-or-other-federal-2107,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/69.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/114 | https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=%28title%3A49+section%3A114+edition%3Aprelim%29 | https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/foia-readingroom/use_of_force_and_firearms_3500.2.pdf
2109,"The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security could not take an aviation security action if the Federal Aviation Administration Administrator notified the Under Secretary that the action could adversely affect an aircraft's airworthiness, unless the Secretary of Transportation subsequently approved the action.",world_events,2000s-2010s,United States,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-under-secretary-of-transportation-for-security-could-2109,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/69.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/114 | https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2010-title49-section114&num=0&edition=2010 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2019-title49/html/USCODE-2019-title49-subtitleI-chap1-sec114.htm
2110,"The Secretary of Homeland Security was required to submit the initial National Strategy for Transportation Security and transportation modal security plans to Congress by April 1, 2005, and after December 31, 2005, submit updated versions at least once every even-numbered year.",world_events,2000s,United States,gold,1.0,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-secretary-of-homeland-security-was-required-to-2110,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/69.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/114 | https://www.govinfo.gov/link/crec/150/S/9733 | https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/foia-readingroom/final_2018_nsts_signed.pdf
2122,"To rebuild its collection, Congress purchased former president Thomas Jefferson's personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950 on January 30, 1815.",history,19th century,United States,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/to-rebuild-its-collection-congress-purchased-former-president-2122,https://www.britannica.com/topic/Library-of-Congress | https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-07-02-0484-0001 | https://www.monticello.org/encyclopedia/sale-books-library-congress-1815 | https://guides.loc.gov/thomas-jefferson-library/about-the-collection | https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1800-1850/Thomas-Jefferson-s-library/
2124,"The Library of Congress's book and serial collections represent more than 460 languages, with approximately half of those collections in languages other than English.",culture,contemporary,United States,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-library-of-congresss-book-and-serial-collections-2124,https://www.britannica.com/topic/Library-of-Congress | https://www.loc.gov/about/fascinating-facts/ | https://www.govinfo.gov/features/anniversary-loc | https://mentalfloss.com/article/92655/11-well-read-facts-about-library-congress
2148,"Charles Lang Freer's restrictions required that the U.S. collection never be altered, loaned to other exhibitions, or supplemented with outside works.",culture,early 20th century,United States,silver,0.85,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/charles-lang-freers-restrictions-required-that-the-us-2148,https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Charles-Lang-Freer/323918 | https://asia-archive.si.edu/collections/new | https://theclio.com/tour/397/8/reverse | https://savingplaces.org/stories/freer-gallery-of-art | https://www.doaks.org/resources/cultural-philanthropy/freer-gallery-of-art
2156,"The Library of Congress has digitized 155 Persian-language texts, including works dating back to the 13th century and spanning nearly 1,000 years.",culture,13th century - present,Middle East / Central Asia / South Asia,gold,0.867,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-library-of-congress-has-digitized-155-persian-language-2156,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/library-congress-has-digitized-155-persian-texts-dating-back-13th-century-180971881/ | https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/persian-manuscripts-online | https://www.openculture.com/2019/04/persian-manuscripts-spanning-700-years-now-digitized-and-available-online.html | https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-036/1000-years-of-literary-tradition-in-rare-persian-language-manuscripts-now-online-at-library-of-congress/2019-04-01/
2161,James Skinner's treatise on India's caste system was based on Sanskrit sources that were later translated into Persian.,history,19th century,India,gold,0.867,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/james-skinners-treatise-on-indias-caste-system-was-2161,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/library-congress-has-digitized-155-persian-texts-dating-back-13th-century-180971881/ | http://perso-indica.net/work/treatises_of_mixed_contents/tasrih_al-aqwam | https://sites.asiasociety.org/princesandpainters/tashrih-al-aqvam-album/ | https://ranasafvi.com/james-skinner-and-tashrih-al-aqvam/
2166,"The Shahnameh, a Persian epic in the Library of Congress collection, consists of 62 stories divided into 990 chapters and contains 50,000 rhyming couplets.",culture,medieval,Iran,gold,0.983,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-shahnameh-a-persian-epic-in-the-library-2166,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/library-congress-has-digitized-155-persian-texts-dating-back-13th-century-180971881/ | https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2019/05/fresh-life-online-for-the-epic-shahnamah/ | https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/thousand-years-of-the-persian-book/epic-of-shahnameh.html | https://www.worldhistory.org/shahnameh/ | https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/node/54956
2177,Babe Ruth's 1921 auxiliary agreement specified monetary performance incentives while his ability to change teams was restricted by baseball's reserve clause.,history,1920s,United States,gold,0.917,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/babe-ruths-1921-auxiliary-agreement-specified-monetary-performance-2177,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/crackerjack-lineup-baseball-memorabilia-drives-home-games-american-essence-180969657/ | https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/baseball-americana/about-this-exhibition/the-promise-of-baseball/the-business-of-baseball/mr-ruth-goes-to-washington/ | https://sabr.org/research/article/bonus-performance-babe-ruth-and-his-1921-contract/ | https://sabr.org/century/1921/yankees | https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/major-league-baseball-tried-rein-babe-ruth/
2178,"The first prominent baseball cards, called Old Judge, were first issued in 1887.",history,1887,United States,gold,0.917,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-first-prominent-baseball-cards-called-old-judge-2178,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/would-baseball-have-become-americas-national-pastime-without-baseball-cards-180970406/ | https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/baseball-cards/1887-old-judge-n172/111 | https://www.loc.gov/collections/baseball-cards/articles-and-essays/baseball-cards-1887-1914-card-sets-in-chronological-order/ | https://www.deanscards.com/c/2913/1887-90-N172-Old-Judge
2182,"Tobacco companies hired photographer Paul Thompson to create baseball-card imagery, and his photographs became the basis for many cards sold with cigarettes around 1910.",history,1900s-1910s,United States,gold,0.917,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/tobacco-companies-hired-photographer-paul-thompson-to-create-2182,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/would-baseball-have-become-americas-national-pastime-without-baseball-cards-180970406/ | https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2007675750/ | https://sabr.org/latest/canale-paul-thompsons-pioneering-baseball-portraits/ | https://chapmandeadballcollection.com/a-paul-thompson-photo-stamp-primer/
2197,"Cooper Hewitt acquired a black brooch made from ballistic Kevlar with velvet leaves, designed by Tobias Wong in 2004 and intended to be bulletproof.",culture,2000s,North America,silver,0.833,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cooper-hewitt-acquired-a-black-brooch-made-from-2197,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/eleven-fascinating-acquisitions-that-joined-the-smithsonians-vast-collections-in-2024-180985754/ | https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2025/05/08/cooper-hewitt-acquires-major-collection-of-work-by-groundbreaking-designer-tobias-wong/ | https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/cooper-hewitt-acquires-major-collection-work-groundbreaking-designer-tobias-wong | https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-what-is-being-acquired-at-the-cooper-hewitt-smithsonian-design-museum
2199,"Dr. Paul Singer (1904–1997) kept one of America's most distinguished private collections of Chinese art in a two-bedroom apartment in Summit, New Jersey.",culture,20th century,United States,silver,0.875,2,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/dr-paul-singer-19041997-kept-one-of-americas-2199,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-uncommon-treasure-house-41941496/ | https://asia-archive.si.edu/exhibition/one-mans-search-for-ancient-china-the-paul-singer-collection/ | https://asia-archive.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Singer-Paul.pdf | https://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2013/03/my-wsj-piece-on-paul-singers-chinese-art-collection-at-the-sackler-gallery-a-companion-slide-show.html
2214,"Archivist Anna Rimel discovered four small watercolors by Yayoi Kusama among materials preserved in the Joseph Cornell Study Center, and the works were subsequently transferred to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection.",culture,2020s,United States,silver,0.883,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/archivist-anna-rimel-discovered-four-small-watercolors-by-2214,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2019/12/18/lost-kusamas/ | https://news.artnet.com/art-world/smithsonian-just-discovered-four-yayoi-kusama-paintings-no-idea-existed-hidden-museums-files-1738578 | https://si-siris.blogspot.com/2020/02/discovering-yayoi-kusamaswatercolors-by.html | https://americanart.si.edu/blog/lost-kusamas
2226,"The Bible of Count Rorico was moved to St. Maur des Fossés around 868 due to the threat of a Viking invasion, and entered the Bibliothèque Royale in 1622.",history,medieval,France,gold,0.867,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-bible-of-count-rorico-was-moved-to-2226,https://loc.gov/loc/lcib/9515/france.html | https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc84492 | https://bibale.irht.cnrs.fr/13181 | https://www.persee.fr/doc/scrip_0036-9772_2006_num_60_2_3940
2245,The National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 established the governing statute for the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and requires publication at least every 5 years.,other,1990s,United States,gold,0.77,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-national-nutrition-monitoring-and-related-research-act-2245,https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9896931/ | https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/about-dietary-guidelines/history-dietary-guidelines | https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/dietary-guidelines/history-dietary-guidelines | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-104/pdf/STATUTE-104-Pg1034.pdf
2263,"The 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans do not mention the cancer risks associated with processed or red meat, and state that processed meat can fit into a diet if other nutrient limits are met.",science,2015-2020,United States,gold,0.95,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-20152020-dietary-guidelines-for-americans-do-not-2263,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-dietary-guidelines-for-americans/ | https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7265ca8a-d558-479e-9e27-974f6703cbf8 | https://www.aamp.com/usda-2015-dietary-guidelines/ | https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/2016/01/07/new-dietary-guidelines-remove-restriction-on-total-fat-and-set-limit-for-added-sugars-but-censor-conclusions/ | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-0009.12385 | https://time.com/4142859/2015-us-dietary-guidelines/
2272,"Under the FDA's updated criteria, highly sweetened cereals no longer qualify for a 'healthy' label.",other,2020s,United States,gold,0.95,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-the-fdas-updated-criteria-highly-sweetened-cereals-2272,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/1-20-mayo-clinic-minute-new-rule-for-healthy-food-labels/ | https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/advisories/2025/01/fdas-updated-definition-of-healthy | https://www.fdli.org/2025/05/fda-final-rule-updates-the-healthy-nutrient-content-claim/ | https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2025/2025-02-11-fda-publishes-rule-updating-healthy-nutrient-content-claim | https://www.fda.gov/media/184537/download
2275,"The FDA added fruits, vegetables, eggs, whole grains, fatty fish like salmon, olive oil, nuts, seeds, and water to its list of foods eligible for the 'healthy' label.",other,2020s,United States,gold,0.838,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-fda-added-fruits-vegetables-eggs-whole-grains-2275,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/1-20-mayo-clinic-minute-new-rule-for-healthy-food-labels/ | https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/use-healthy-claim-food-labeling | https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-finalizes-updated-healthy-nutrient-content-claim | https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/publications/fda-issues-final-%E2%80%9Chealthy%E2%80%9D-rule | https://www.khlaw.com/insights/fda-finalizes-healthy-claim | https://perkinscoie.com/insights/update/fda-publishes-final-rule-healthy
2280,"Reactions known as 'MSG symptom complex' are not allergic reactions, even though they can include headache, flushing, body tingling, nausea, muscle aches, chest pain or heaviness, and heart palpitations.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/reactions-known-as-msg-symptom-complex-are-not-2280,https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/monosodium-glutamate/faq-20058196 | https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/questions-and-answers-monosodium-glutamate-msg | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091674997800085 | https://quality.healthfinder.fl.gov/health-encyclopedia/HIE/1/001126
2282,Researchers have found no clear proof of a link between MSG and the symptoms attributed to MSG symptom complex.,science,contemporary,global,gold,0.99,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-have-found-no-clear-proof-of-a-2282,https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/monosodium-glutamate/faq-20058196 | https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/questions-and-answers-monosodium-glutamate-msg | https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001126.htm | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10736382/ | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MSG%20symptom%20complex | https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322303
2287,The first mentholated cigarette was created and marketed nearly 100 years ago as a 'throat cigarette.',history,1920s,United States,gold,0.988,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-first-mentholated-cigarette-was-created-and-marketed-2287,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-why-are-menthol-flavored-cigarettes-a-concern/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3088444/ | https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/07/light-up-spud.html | https://tobacco.stanford.edu/ad_tags/throat/page/4/ | https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/m22_4.pdf
2291,"Although little data suggest menthol itself is addictive, its reduction of smoke's irritant effect can lead people to smoke more, inhale more deeply, and hold smoke longer, increasing nicotine exposure.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/although-little-data-suggest-menthol-itself-is-addictive-2291,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-why-are-menthol-flavored-cigarettes-a-concern/ | https://www.fda.gov/media/157642/download | https://gumc.georgetown.edu/news-release/not-just-a-flavoring-menthol-and-nicotine-combined-desensitize-airway-receptors/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4330502/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027323001200089X
2306,"The 1890 U.S. census classified people of African descent as black, mulatto, quadroon, or octoroon, defining ""octoroon"" as anyone with one-eighth or any trace of black blood, and counted 6,337,980 blacks, 956,989 mulattoes, 105,135 quadroons, and 69,936 octoroons.",history,1890s,United States,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-1890-us-census-classified-people-of-african-2306,https://jlhochschild.scholars.harvard.edu/publications/racial-reorganization-and-united-states-census-1850-1930-mulattoes-half-br | https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/199-colored-population-african-chinese-japanese-indians.pdf | https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-1-race-and-multiracial-americans-in-the-u-s-census/ | https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1890_1.html | https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/9599/chapter/4
2310,"In the 1870 U.S. census, ""Chinese"" appeared as a color category alongside White, Black, Mulatto, and Indian, and for census purposes it included Japanese people but excluded Hawaiians.",history,19th century,United States,gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-1870-us-census-chinese-appeared-as-2310,https://jlhochschild.scholars.harvard.edu/publications/racial-reorganization-and-united-states-census-1850-1930-mulattoes-half-br | https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/censushistory/2016/01/22/asian-race-categorization-in-the-united-states-1910-1970/ | https://www.communitysolutions.com/resources/short-history-race-question-decennial-census | https://www.archives.gov/files/research/genealogy/charts-forms/1870-census.pdf | https://library.guilford.edu/c.php?g=111830&p=722484
2315,"The U.S. Census Bureau added ""Mexican"" as a racial category in 1930 for people born in Mexico or with Mexican-born parents who were ""definitely not white, Negro, Indian, Chinese, or Japanese,"" but in 1936 the census director ordered that ""Mexicans are Whites and must be classified as 'White.'""",history,1930s,United States,gold,0.988,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-us-census-bureau-added-mexican-as-a-2315,https://jlhochschild.scholars.harvard.edu/publications/racial-reorganization-and-united-states-census-1850-1930-mulattoes-half-br | https://www.gilderlehrman.org/veterans-legacy-program/wwii-veteran-research-guide/census/information-gathering/changes-1920-1950 | https://www.nber.org/papers/w31623 | https://muse.jhu.edu/book/19833 | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/law-and-history-review/article/abs/another-white-race-mexican-americans-and-the-paradox-of-whiteness-in-jury-selection/55A3C5A071CEA258A97F9B1B2053299D
2320,"A study found that when people from low- and high-income backgrounds live in the same neighborhood, more cross-class marriages form, but this pattern does not occur for interracial marriages.",psychology,contemporary,United States,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-study-found-that-when-people-from-low--2320,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/06/why-are-white-black-marriage-rates-so-low/ | https://www.nber.org/papers/w35140 | https://cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/Goldman-marriage_homophily.pdf | https://www2.census.gov/ces/wp/2024/CES-WP-24-30.pdf
2321,"Researchers Benjamin Goldman, Jamie Gracie, and Sonya Porter found that residential segregation does not explain the low rate of white-Black marriage in the United States.",psychology,contemporary,United States,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-benjamin-goldman-jamie-gracie-and-sonya-porter-2321,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/06/why-are-white-black-marriage-rates-so-low/ | https://www.nber.org/papers/w35140 | https://cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/Goldman-marriage_homophily.pdf | https://www2.census.gov/ces/wp/2024/CES-WP-24-30.pdf
2325,A matching model calibrated on 2002–2007 CPS data explains much of the observed outward shift in the Beveridge curve between 2008 and 2013.,science,2008-2013,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-matching-model-calibrated-on-20022007-cps-data-2325,https://lkatz.scholars.harvard.edu/publications/long-term-unemployment-and-great-recession-role-composition-duration-dependence | https://www.nber.org/papers/w20273 | https://www.nber.org/reporter/2019number3/long-term-unemployment-and-great-recession | https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/our-work/working-papers/2014/ipr-wp-14-25.html | https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/682390
2332,"The effects of age-distribution shifts on unemployment in the U.S. are larger than a mechanical shift-share model predicts, indicating amplifying indirect effects.",science,contemporary,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-effects-of-age-distribution-shifts-on-unemployment-in-2332,https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/impact-age-distribution-unemployment-evidence-us-states | https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/working-paper/2022/wp-2227-the-impact-of-the-age-distribution-on-unemployment | https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/research-department-working-paper/2022/the-impact-of-the-age-distribution-on-unemployment-evidence-from-us-states.aspx | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4251580
2335,Employment and wage growth from 1980 to 2012 were especially strong in jobs requiring high levels of both math skill and social skills.,science,1980-2012,United States,gold,0.988,4,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/employment-and-wage-growth-from-1980-to-2012-2335,https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/growing-importance-social-skills-labor-market | https://www.nber.org/papers/w21473 | https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/132/4/1593/3861633 | https://econofact.org/automation-and-the-growing-importance-of-social-skills-in-the-labor-market | https://journalistsresource.org/economics/social-skills-valuable-jobs-workers/
2343,The Gulf of Mexico's shallower waters at the impact site produced a dense cloud containing as much as 100 billion tons of vaporized sulfur.,science,prehistoric,Gulf of Mexico,gold,0.99,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-gulf-of-mexicos-shallower-waters-at-the-2343,https://www.history.com/articles/30-seconds-may-have-made-all-the-difference-for-dinosaurs | https://www.yahoo.com/news/last-day-dinosaurs-bbc-documentary-reveals-made-extinct-111457948.html | https://www.foxnews.com/tech/asteroid-that-wiped-out-dinosaurs-hit-in-exactly-the-wrong-place.amp | https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/122338-trending-science-so-close-how-the-dinosaurs-could-have-survived | https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2017/05/16/dinosaur-asteroid-hit-the-worst-possible-place/ | https://www.science.org/content/article/would-dinosaurs-still-be-around-if-asteroid-hit-moments-later
2356,A 2014 study linked hugging with stronger protection against the common cold.,science,2014,United States,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-2014-study-linked-hugging-with-stronger-protection-2356,https://www.healthline.com/health/hugging-benefits | https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/december/december17_hugsprotect.html | https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/hugs-may-help-protect-against-colds-stress-related-infection.html | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/hugs-help-protect-common-cold-research-finds | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614559284
2367,Organizations implemented the 'signing first' honesty intervention from the 2012 paper before the fraud in the paper was exposed.,psychology,2012-2021,global,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/organizations-implemented-the-signing-first-honesty-intervention-from-2367,https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/inside-academic-scandal-story-fraud-and-betrayal | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/dan-ariely-honesty-study-retraction | https://www.science.org/content/article/fraudulent-data-set-raise-questions-about-superstar-honesty-researcher | https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerdooley/2025/06/03/harvard-fires-honesty-researcher-for-research-fraudwhy-thats-ok/
2374,The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence conducted a four-year investigation into the CIA's rendition and interrogation program following the CIA videotape revelations.,world_events,2000s-2010s,United States,gold,0.917,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-senate-select-committee-on-intelligence-conducted-a-2374,https://www.cfr.org/articles/senate-torture-report-and-investigative-journalism | https://news.yahoo.com/look-senates-cia-interrogation-report-215711094--politics.html | https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/12/10/us-senate-report-slams-cia-torture-lies | https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-statement-on-senate-intelligence-committee-report-on-cia-detention-and-interrogation-program
2388,The Open Science Collaboration's article on psychological-science reproducibility was authored by a group of 270 coauthors.,science,2010s,global,gold,0.95,3,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-open-science-collaborations-article-on-psychological-science-reproducibility-2388,https://gking.harvard.edu/publications/comment-estimating-reproducibility-psychological-science | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281286234_Estimating_the_reproducibility_of_psychological_science | https://osf.io/ezcuj/overview | https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/estimating-the-reproducibility-of-psychological-science-2/
2407,"The Supreme Court held that Donald Trump is absolutely immune from prosecution for alleged conduct involving discussions with the Justice Department, while his alleged pressure on Vice President Mike Pence is subject to at least presumptive immunity.",history,2020s,United States,gold,0.975,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-supreme-court-held-that-donald-trump-is-2407,https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-capitol-riot-immunity-2dc0d1c2368d404adc0054151490f542 | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11194 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-immunity-decision-opinion/ | https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/07/justices-rule-trump-has-some-immunity-from-prosecution/ | https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/supreme-court-grants-trump-broad-immunity-for-official-acts-placing-presidents-above-the-law
2419,"In a two-year Duke University study, participants assigned to reduce calories by 25% achieved an average reduction of 12%, and their biological age increased by 0.11 years per year, compared with 0.71 years per year among people eating their usual diets.",science,2018,United States,gold,0.983,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-a-two-year-duke-university-study-participants-assigned-2419,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/do-low-calorie-diets-help-you-live-longer | https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/study-analysis-shows-cutting-calories-might-slow-biological-aging | https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/73/1/4/3834057 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5861848/
2433,"The Cahuilla earthquake swarm began in 2016 but went unnoticed until 2017, when a citizen emailed the Southern California Seismic Network about a cluster of tiny earthquakes.",science,2016-2017,"Southern California, USA",gold,1.0,3,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-cahuilla-earthquake-swarm-began-in-2016-but-2433,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/strange-earthquake-swarm-lasted-years-scientists-finally-know-wh | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/machine-learning-california-earthquake-swarm | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earthquake-swarm-reveals-complex-structure-california-fault-line-180975161/ | https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/how-science-is-using-ai-to-translate-the-nonstop-chatter-of-the-earth
2439,"The U.S. federal budget surplus for full fiscal year 1999 was projected at $100 billion to $120 billion, or more than 1 percent of GDP, compared with deficits approaching 5 percent of GDP in the early 1990s.",history,1990s,United States,gold,0.983,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-us-federal-budget-surplus-for-full-fiscal-2439,https://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/hh/1999/July/FullReport.txt | https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/106th-congress-1999-2000/reports/econsum.pdf | https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/economic-report-president-45/1999-8992 | https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/Documents/hist.pdf
2485,A study by Scandinavian scientists found that culling prey fish populations can be an effective strategy for helping restore threatened predator fish stocks.,science,2000s,Scandinavia,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-study-by-scandinavian-scientists-found-that-culling-2485,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/restoring-predator-numbers-by-culling-their-prey | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1141412 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17588929/ | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/it-sounds-fishy-but-cull-prey-predator-will-thrive/
2493,The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States.,history,1803,United States,gold,0.95,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-louisiana-purchase-nearly-doubled-the-size-of-2493,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-louisiana-purchase-changed-the-world-79715124/ | https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/loupur.html | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/louisiana-purchase-bargain-came-great-human-cost | https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/louisiana-lewis-clark/the-louisiana-purchase/
2494,The Louisiana Purchase cost the United States about four cents per acre.,history,19th century,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-louisiana-purchase-cost-the-united-states-about-2494,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-louisiana-purchase-changed-the-world-79715124/ | https://www.npr.org/2003/04/30/1248024/the-bicentennial-of-the-louisiana-purchase | https://www.archives.gov/dc/highlights/louisiana-purchase | https://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.pg.043.html
2498,Douglas Scott has worked at the Midwest Archeological Center of the National Park Service since 1983.,other,1983-present,United States,gold,0.95,3,2,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/douglas-scott-has-worked-at-the-midwest-archeological-2498,https://archive.archaeology.org/online/interviews/scott.html | https://www.battlefields.org/contributors/douglas-d-scott | https://www.oupress.com/9780806132921/archaeological-perspectives-on-the-battle-of-the-little-bighorn/ | https://coloradomesa.academia.edu/DouglasScott
2500,"Douglas Scott co-authored the book 'They Died With Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn', published in 1998.",history,1998 (publication); subject matter 1876,United States,gold,0.925,4,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/douglas-scott-co-authored-the-book-they-died-with-2500,https://archive.archaeology.org/online/interviews/scott.html | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03377134 | https://www.amazon.com/They-Died-Custer-Soldiers-Bighorn/dp/0806130954 | https://www.oupress.com/9780806135076/they-died-with-custer/ | https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/they-died-with-custer-douglas-d-scott/1112696686
2506,Researchers from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine found that epithelioid trophoblastic tumor recurrently exhibits an abnormal fusion of two genes.,science,2021,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-from-mayo-clinics-center-for-individualized-medicine-2506,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/gene-fusion-discovery-in-ultrarare-tumor-highlights-potential-therapeutic-target/ | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0250518 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8148365/ | https://advancingthescience.mayo.edu/2021/06/29/gene-fusion-discovery-in-ultrarare-tumor-highlights-potential-therapeutic-target
2513,"In 2018, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that shareholder demand was partly excused and claims for corporate waste, bad faith, and unjust enrichment could proceed against CBS Corporation over compensation paid to former Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone.",world_events,2018,United States,gold,0.85,5,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2018-the-delaware-court-of-chancery-held-2513,https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2018/05/25/continued-compensation-to-incapacitated-controllers/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4488315/ra-feuer-v-sumner-m-redstone/ | https://delawarechancery.foxrothschild.com/derivative-actions/corporate-waste-claim-survives-motion-to-dismiss/ | https://natlawreview.com/article/chancery-court-allows-complaint-alleging-waste-corporate-assets-to-move-forward-to | https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/03/18/520868.htm | https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/cbs-sumner-redstone-settlement-lawsuit-1203164537
2553,House Democrats investigating the COVID-19 pandemic response found that Trump adviser Peter Navarro pressured federal agencies to award pandemic-related contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.,world_events,2020-2021,United States,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/house-democrats-investigating-the-covid-19-pandemic-response-found-2553,https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-covid-pandemic-contracts | https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/04/documents-show-trump-officials-skirted-rules-reward-politically-connected-and-untested-firms-huge-pandemic-contracts/173069/ | https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/31/navarro-pandemic-supply-contracts-trump/ | https://coronavirus-democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/clyburn-issues-subpoena-trump-white-house-adviser-peter-navarro-pandemic | https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/coronavirus-house-panel-opens-probe-of-white-house-trade-advisor-navarro-after-cancellation-of-ventilator-contract.html
2564,"The monograph 'Out of the Ordinary: Finding Hidden Threats by Analyzing Unusual Behavior' was authored by John S. Hollywood, Diane Snyder, Kenneth N. McKay, and John E. Boon Jr.",other,2004,United States,gold,0.95,3,2,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-monograph-out-of-the-ordinary-finding-hidden-2564,https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG126.html | https://www.amazon.in/Out-Ordinary-MG-126-RC-Analyzing-Behavior/dp/0833035207 | https://libkoha.alfaisal.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-MARCdetail.pl?biblionumber=599181 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-9133.2009.00574.x
2572,"RAND Corporation's headquarters address is 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, California, 90401-2138.",other,contemporary,United States,gold,0.95,3,2,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/rand-corporations-headquarters-address-is-1776-main-street-2572,https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9079.html | https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2025/07/30/santa-monica-s-civic-center-could-see-retail-dining-new-services-with-updated-rand-agreement | https://www.rand.edu/about/visit.html | https://www.facebook.com/RANDCorporation/
2588,"One of the frog species rediscovered in Haiti is the Macaya burrowing frog, scientific name Eleutherodactylus parapelates.",nature,2010s,Haiti,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/one-of-the-frog-species-rediscovered-in-haiti-2588,https://iucn.org/content/mozart-and-ventriloquial-frogs-sound-a-note-hope-and-warning-haitis-recovery | https://news.mongabay.com/2011/01/pictures-6-lost-frog-species-discovered-in-haiti/ | https://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/nature/lost-frogs-have-been-rediscovered-in-haiti/ | https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-lost-frogs-of-haiti/ | https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-parapelates
2600,"Under 50 USC 435, the President was required to establish procedures governing access to classified information within 180 days after October 14, 1994.",history,1990s,USA,gold,0.983,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-50-usc-435-the-president-was-required-2600,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/57.html | https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-2000-title50-section435&num=0&edition=2000 | https://law.justia.com/codes/us/2011/title-50/chapter-15/subchapter-vi/section-435 | https://m.openjurist.org/50/usc/435
2601,"A 1999 amendment to 50 USC 435(a)(3), enacted via Pub. L. 106-120, added a requirement covering consent to access computers used in the performance of government duties, in addition to financial and travel records.",history,1990s,United States,gold,1.0,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-1999-amendment-to-50-usc-435a3-enacted-2601,https://projects.propublica.org/foia-exemptions/statutes/57.html | https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3161 | https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/PUBLAW/HTML/PUBLAW/0-0-0-19719.html | https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=%2Fprelim%40title50%2Fchapter44%2Fsubchapter6&edition=prelim | https://www.congress.gov/106/statute/STATUTE-113/STATUTE-113-Pg1606.pdf
2606,Guy Burgess's briefcase is among 20 objects from MI5's archives going on public display for the first time.,history,20th century,UK,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/guy-burgesss-briefcase-is-among-20-objects-from-2606,https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgenyp4vzg4o | https://www.expressandstar.com/uk-news/mi5-reveals-never-before-seen-spy-secrets-in-national-archives-exhibition-5710822 | https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/news/mi5-loan-never-before-seen-items-to-the-national-archives/ | https://www.mi5.gov.uk/groundbreaking-exhibition-at-the-national-archives
2610,Scientists discovered microbial life in Antarctica's Blood Falls.,science,modern,Antarctica,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/scientists-discovered-microbial-life-in-antarcticas-blood-falls-2610,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-life-antarcticas-blood-falls-180955128/ | https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/life-at-blood-falls/ | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.01396-06 | https://news.yale.edu/2026/08/04/red-marks-spot-network-complex-microbes-discovered-mysterious-blood-falls
2637,The UK has an AI Security Institute involved in testing AI models' cybersecurity behavior.,technology,2020s,UK,gold,0.917,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-uk-has-an-ai-security-institute-involved-2637,https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/anthropics-ai-used-fake-identities-malware-in-rogue-attack-on-github-project/ | https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog | https://www.engadget.com/2230628/openai-anthropic-models-hacking-spree-test-uk-ai-research-institute/ | https://dataconomy.com/2026/08/04/uk-ai-security-institute-unsanctioned-actions-online/
2655,"During the 1997–1998 El Niño, dry weather in Indonesia kept fires burning for months into the wet season because monsoon rains that would normally extinguish them did not arrive as expected.",nature,1997-1998,Indonesia,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/during-the-19971998-el-nio-dry-weather-in-2655,https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/26/what-you-need-to-know-about-el-nino/ | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hellish-fires-in-indonesia-spread-health-climate-problems/ | https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/assessments/assess_97/indo.html | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117703007361 | https://forces.si.edu/elnino/exhibition_3c.html
2656,"Peru's anchoveta, a fish about 14 centimeters long, supports one of the world's largest fisheries but can be decimated in population by warm El Niño waters.",nature,contemporary,Peru,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/perus-anchoveta-a-fish-about-14-centimeters-long-2656,https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/26/what-you-need-to-know-about-el-nino/ | https://aida-americas.org/en/blog/five-reasons-protect-peruvian-anchoveta | https://oceana.org/blog/overfishing-and-el-nino-push-worlds-biggest-single-species-fishery-critical-point/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454269/ | https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/82/12/fsaf214/8369710
2668,The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued vaccine recommendations since the 1930s.,history,1930s,United States,gold,0.925,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-has-issued-vaccine-2668,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/aap-child-vaccine-recommendations-break-with-cdc | https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/32762/AAP-has-been-leading-voice-on-childhood-vaccine | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X14013115 | https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/immunizations/Pages/History-of-Immunizations.aspx | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291376/
2669,"Before the rotavirus vaccine was added to the routine U.S. childhood vaccine schedule in 2006, nearly every child in the United States was infected with rotavirus before age 5, causing 55,000–70,000 hospitalizations and 20–60 deaths annually.",science,2000s,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/before-the-rotavirus-vaccine-was-added-to-the-2669,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/aap-child-vaccine-recommendations-break-with-cdc | https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-19-rotavirus.html | https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5841a2.htm | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9199965/ | https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1000446
2671,"During the 2024–25 influenza season, at least 280 children died in the U.S., the highest non-pandemic pediatric flu death count since the CDC began tracking in 2004, while pediatric flu vaccination rates fell to 50.2%, their lowest level in about 15 seasons.",science,2024-2025,United States,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/during-the-202425-influenza-season-at-least-280-2671,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/aap-child-vaccine-recommendations-break-with-cdc | https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7436a2.htm | https://www.cdc.gov/fluvaxview/coverage-by-season/2024-2025.html | https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/cdc-reports-highlight-2024-25-flu-seasons-deadly-impact-us-kids | https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2025-07-28-pediatric-flu-deaths-reach-266-2024-2025-season
2677,"In a food-sharing experiment, bonobo sharing behavior remained similar from juveniles (6.83 out of 9 trials) to adults (6.33 out of 9 trials), unlike chimpanzees.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-a-food-sharing-experiment-bonobo-sharing-behavior-remained-2677,https://dash.harvard.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/29bf50c9-c318-4293-9a49-260117ec9e18/content | https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)02141-1 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982209021411 | https://evolutionaryanthropology.duke.edu/sites/evolutionaryanthropology.duke.edu/files/site-images/bonobos-exhibit-delayed-development-of-social-behavior-and.original.pdf
2684,"During food competition experiments, male bonobos' cortisol levels increased when a dominant partner was expected to monopolize food and decreased when food was expected to be shared, whereas male chimpanzees showed changes in testosterone instead.",science,2010s,global,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/during-food-competition-experiments-male-bonobos-cortisol-levels-2684,https://dash.harvard.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/29bf50c9-c318-4293-9a49-260117ec9e18/content | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1007411107 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20616027/ | https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/men-are-apes-when-competing-status-flna1c9456563
2701,The Senate confirmed more appellate-level judges during President Donald Trump's first two years in office than during any president's first two years going back at least to Harry S. Truman.,world_events,2017-2019,United States,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-senate-confirmed-more-appellate-level-judges-during-president-2701,https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-congress-d61b9e2b710e4dc69487435aa87f30c9 | https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-judges-circuit-court-1353506 | https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/469519-trump-has-officially-appointed-one-in-four-circuit-court-judges/ | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45189
2716,An earlier version of the whistleblower protection bill passed the U.S. Senate unanimously before being amended in the House.,history,2010,United States,gold,0.875,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/an-earlier-version-of-the-whistleblower-protection-bill-2716,https://www.propublica.org/article/which-senator-secretly-sabotaged-the-popular-whistleblower-protection-bill | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/372/all-info | https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/whistleblower-protection-bill-passes-senate | https://www.sej.org/publications/government/help-identify-senator-whose-secret-hold-killed-whistleblower-bill | https://sgp.fas.org/congress/2010/wpea.html
2717,"When the amended whistleblower protection bill returned to the Senate for a final vote, a single senator placed an anonymous hold on it, effectively killing the legislation.",world_events,2010s,United States,gold,0.875,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/when-the-amended-whistleblower-protection-bill-returned-to-2717,https://www.propublica.org/article/which-senator-secretly-sabotaged-the-popular-whistleblower-protection-bill | https://www.sej.org/publications/government/help-identify-senator-whose-secret-hold-killed-whistleblower-bill | https://whistleblower.org/general/whistleblowers/blow-the-whistle-identifying-the-u-s-senator-who-killed-whistleblower-protection/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/nm0311-234a | https://www.change.org/p/identify-the-senator-that-placed-a-secret-hold-on-whistleblower-protection
2723,Margaret Hamilton led the NASA software engineering team that developed the software enabling the Apollo program's astronauts to land on the Moon.,history,1960s,United States,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/margaret-hamilton-led-the-nasa-software-engineering-team-2723,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/margaret-hamilton-led-nasa-software-team-landed-astronauts-moon-180971575/ | https://computerhistory.org/profile/margaret-hamilton/ | https://nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj/a11/a11Hamilton.html | https://science.nasa.gov/people/margaret-hamilton/ | https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/16/579/margaret-hamilton/
2728,"The Irish elk shed its giant antlers every year, similar to modern deer species.",nature,prehistoric,Eurasia,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-irish-elk-shed-its-giant-antlers-every-2728,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/irish-elk-biggest-antlers-ever-180977706/ | https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/irish-elk-giant-deer.html | https://www.popsci.com/environment/irish-elk-ireland-deer/ | https://peabodyevolved.yale.edu/?p=1637 | https://daily.jstor.org/the-cartoonishly-giant-antlers-of-the-irish-elk
2742,"Ars Technica published an article titled 'Spectre, Meltdown researchers unveil 7 more speculative execution attacks' on November 14, 2018.",technology,2018,global,gold,0.917,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/ars-technica-published-an-article-titled-spectre-meltdown-2742,https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/spectre-meltdown-researchers-unveil-7-more-speculative-execution-attacks/ | https://betanews.com/2018/11/14/spectre-meltdown-systematic-analysis/ | https://www.theregister.com/2018/11/14/spectre_meltdown_variants/ | https://cacm.acm.org/news/232749-spectre-meltdown-researchers-nveil-7-more-speculative-execution-attacks/fulltext
2772,"In late May 2021, Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block Democrats' effort to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.",world_events,2020s,United States,gold,1.0,4,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-late-may-2021-senate-republicans-used-a-2772,https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-filibusters-gun-politics-government-and-politics-93c53b3aa8d2b91d3c2d5884f3cdf139 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-commission-bill-capitol-riot-senate-republicans-block/ | https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1001376495/senate-republicans-have-blocked-jan-6-commission | https://www.cbc.ca/1.6044235 | https://govinfo.gov/link/crec/167/s/3929
2787,The BBC article '10 things we found out because of Freedom of Information' was written by journalist Martin Rosenbaum.,culture,contemporary,UK,gold,0.838,4,2,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-bbc-article-10-things-we-found-out-2787,https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30645383 | https://eno.ombudsman.europa.eu/home/news/archives-2015/maincontent/10-years-of-foi-in-the-uk-tony-t.html | https://informationrightsandwrongs.com/2023/09/28/review-of-freedom-of-information-a-practical-guidebook-by-martin-rosenbaum/ | https://rosenbaum.org.uk/freedom-of-information/ | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Freedom-Information-practical-Martin-Rosenbaum/dp/1739800540
2793,The British Guiana 1c Magenta stamp went on display in London after being sold for $8.3 million.,culture,2021,United Kingdom,silver,0.875,2,7,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-british-guiana-1c-magenta-stamp-went-on-2793,https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57845086 | https://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/11/10/the-mona-lisa-of-stamps-worth-8-million-goes-on-display-in-london | https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-most-valuable-stamp-bought-for-8-m-by-u-ks-stanley-gibbons-102403853.html
2806,"Zavacephale rinpoche is the oldest known pachycephalosaur, dating to roughly 108 million years ago.",science,Early Cretaceous,Mongolia,gold,0.99,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/zavacephale-rinpoche-is-the-oldest-known-pachycephalosaur-dating-2806,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/dinosaur-dome-head-new-fossil-oldest-mongolia | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09213-6 | https://news.ncsu.edu/2025/09/teen-pachycephalosaur-butts-into-fossil-record/ | https://www.sci.news/paleontology/zavacephale-rinpoche-14223.html | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oldest-known-pachycephalosaur-fossil-discovered-in-mongolia/ | https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025/september/new-dome-headed-dinosaur-most-complete-ever-found.html
2811,"Fossil footprints discovered in southeastern Poland are 395 million years old, making them the oldest known tetrapod tracks and the oldest evidence of true tetrapods.",science,Middle Devonian (~395 million years ago),"Holy Cross Mountains, southeastern Poland",gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/fossil-footprints-discovered-in-southeastern-poland-are-395-2811,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100106-tetrapod-tracks-oldest-footprints-nature-evolution-walking-land | https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/07/tetrapods.poland.evolution.discovery/index.html | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08623 | https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-four-legged-beasts-leave-their-mark | https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/tetrapod-tracks-reset-timing-four-legged-evolution/
2812,Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki of Warsaw University co-authored a study on 395-million-year-old tetrapod footprints found in Poland.,science,prehistoric,Poland,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/grzegorz-niedwiedzki-of-warsaw-university-co-authored-a-study-2812,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100106-tetrapod-tracks-oldest-footprints-nature-evolution-walking-land | https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/07/tetrapods.poland.evolution.discovery/index.html | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08623 | https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/tetrapod-tracks-reset-timing-four-legged-evolution/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20054388/
2814,"The 395-million-year-old tetrapod tracks are 10 million years older than the oldest known fossils of elpistostegids, lobe-finned fishes considered transitional forms between fish and tetrapods.",science,Devonian period (~395 million years ago),"Zachełmie, Poland",gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-395-million-year-old-tetrapod-tracks-are-10-million-years-2814,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100106-tetrapod-tracks-oldest-footprints-nature-evolution-walking-land | https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/07/tetrapods.poland.evolution.discovery/index.html | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08623 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20054388/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/463040a
2823,"The 110-million-year-old Mongolian dinosaur Zavacephale was identified as the oldest pachycephalosaur yet discovered and already possessed a domed skull, 14 million years earlier than paleontologists had thought pachycephalosaurs evolved that feature.",science,Early Cretaceous (~110 million years ago),Mongolia,gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-110-million-year-old-mongolian-dinosaur-zavacephale-was-identified-as-2823,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-top-ten-dinosaur-discoveries-of-2025-from-preserved-blood-vessels-to-the-return-of-a-short-king-180987925/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09213-6 | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oldest-known-pachycephalosaur-fossil-discovered-in-mongolia/ | https://www.sciencealert.com/stunningly-complete-dome-headed-dinosaur-emerges-from-the-sands-of-mongolia | https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/oldest-complete-fossil-dome-headed-dinosaur-found-mongolia-rcna232070
2824,The first hand and foot bones clearly linked to the extinct human relative Paranthropus boisei have been discovered.,science,prehistoric,"Kenya, East Africa",gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-first-hand-and-foot-bones-clearly-linked-2824,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-of-first-fossil-hand-linked-to-p-boisei-suggests-the-bygone-human-relative--could-have-used-tools-180987527/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09594-8 | https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/science/fossil-kenya-extinct-human-hand | https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/new-fossil-of-an-ancient-human-relative-shows-it-had-strong-grip-human-like-dexterity
2826,"Paleoanthropologist Tracy Kivell stated that the Paranthropus boisei hand has features remarkably similar to those of gorillas, and no other known hominin has hand morphology so gorilla-like.",science,prehistoric,East Africa,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/paleoanthropologist-tracy-kivell-stated-that-the-paranthropus-boisei-2826,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-of-first-fossil-hand-linked-to-p-boisei-suggests-the-bygone-human-relative--could-have-used-tools-180987527/ | https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/science/fossil-kenya-extinct-human-hand | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03129-x | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/paranthropus-boisei-hand-leakey
2827,"Paranthropus boisei had human-like hand proportions but its wrist lacked the highly adaptive structure found in Neanderthals and later humans, while its grasp was powerful and gorilla-like.",science,prehistoric,East Africa,gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/paranthropus-boisei-had-human-like-hand-proportions-but-its-2827,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-of-first-fossil-hand-linked-to-p-boisei-suggests-the-bygone-human-relative--could-have-used-tools-180987527/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09594-8 | https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/science/fossil-kenya-extinct-human-hand | https://news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/new-fossil-of-an-ancient-human-relative-shows-it-could-grip-and-had-surprising-dexterity/ | https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/paranthropus-boisei-had-human-like-grip/
2835,"People used boats to settle Australia as early as 50,000–60,000 BCE, indicating boat technology was already well known during the period humans were moving through or out of Beringia.",history,"prehistoric (~50,000-60,000 BCE)",Australia / Beringia,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/people-used-boats-to-settle-australia-as-early-2835,https://www.britannica.com/topic/Native-American/Prehistory | https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-to-australia-more-than-50-000-years-ago-96118 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/modern-humans-reached-australia-around-60000-years-ago-via-two-routes-genetic-analysis-suggests-180987821/ | https://geog.ku.edu/news/article/2020/05/08/study-suggests-remnants-bering-strait-and-other-human-migration-paths-exist-underwater- | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714783/
2837,"Cyrus Thomas, an archaeologist employed by the Smithsonian Institution, demonstrated in the 1890s that the effigy mounds, burial mounds, and temple mounds of the Northeast and Southeast United States were built by Native Americans, not by a separate 'Mound Builder' civilization.",history,1890s,United States,gold,0.87,5,6,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cyrus-thomas-an-archaeologist-employed-by-the-smithsonian-2837,https://www.britannica.com/topic/Native-American/Prehistory | https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/anthropology/mounds-and-mound-builders | https://www.americanheritage.com/mound-country | https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/contributors/cyrus-thomas | https://academic.oup.com/whq/article-abstract/52/4/459/6335895 | https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/91661
2845,"According to the conventional theory, a migration corridor into North America became passable after the Cordilleran and Laurentide ice sheets receded.",history,prehistoric,North America,gold,1.0,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/according-to-the-conventional-theory-a-migration-corridor-2845,https://www.history.com/articles/new-study-refutes-theory-of-how-humans-populated-north-america | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19085 | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1601077113 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ice-free-corridor-north-americans-1.3715397
2846,"The migration corridor formed by the retreating Cordilleran and Laurentide ice sheets was nearly 1,000 miles long.",history,"prehistoric (~13,000-14,000 years ago)",North America,gold,1.0,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-migration-corridor-formed-by-the-retreating-cordilleran-2846,https://www.history.com/articles/new-study-refutes-theory-of-how-humans-populated-north-america | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19085 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-colonized-americas-along-coast-not-through-ice-180960103/ | https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0810/A-final-blow-to-myth-of-how-people-arrived-in-the-Americas | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ice-free-corridor-first-americans-archaeology-migration
2854,"In a 2002 study, researchers Donald Grayson and David Meltzer found evidence of big-animal hunting at only 14 Clovis sites after examining data from scores of sites.",science,prehistoric (research published 2002),North America,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-a-2002-study-researchers-donald-grayson-and-2854,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-clovis-point-and-the-discovery-of-americas-first-culture-3825828/ | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022912030020 | https://www.washington.edu/news/2003/02/24/evidence-acquits-clovis-people-of-ancient-killings-archaeologists-say/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440315000473
2858,"The Debra L. Friedkin site in Texas yielded 15,528 artifacts dating from 13,200 to 15,500 years ago.",history,"prehistoric (13,200–15,500 years ago)","Texas, United States",gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-debra-l-friedkin-site-in-texas-yielded-2858,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-first-americans-889302/ | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1201855 | https://www.aaas.org/news/science-artifacts-texas-predate-clovis-culture-2500-years | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030544031200218X
2862,"Sediment layers containing pre-Clovis artifacts at Page-Ladson also contained remains of an extinct prehistoric camelid, bison, and mastodon.",science,prehistoric,"North America (Florida, USA)",gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/sediment-layers-containing-pre-clovis-artifacts-at-page-ladson-also-2862,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/160513-first-americans-clovis-mastodon-florida-page-ladson | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600375 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303052097_Pre-Clovis_Occupation_14550_Years_Ago_At_The_Page-Ladson_Site_Florida_And_The_Peopling_Of_The_Americas | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27386553/
2864,"Researchers obtained 71 radiocarbon dates throughout the Page-Ladson sediment sequence, and the artifact deposit was covered by four meters of sediment and a shell layer dated to 14,400 years ago.",history,"Late Pleistocene (~14,400 years ago)","Florida, United States (Aucilla River, Page-Ladson site)",gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-obtained-71-radiocarbon-dates-throughout-the-page-ladson-2864,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/160513-first-americans-clovis-mastodon-florida-page-ladson | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1600375 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27386553/ | https://news.umich.edu/new-evidence-that-humans-settled-in-southeastern-us-far-earlier-than-previously-believed/
2866,"Radiocarbon dating indicates that people at Cooper's Ferry in western Idaho were making tools and butchering animals between 15,000 and 16,000 years ago.",history,"prehistoric (~15,000-16,000 years ago)","Cooper's Ferry, western Idaho, North America",gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/radiocarbon-dating-indicates-that-people-at-coopers-ferry-2866,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/coopers-landing-idaho-site-americas-oldest | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax9830 | https://www.science.org/content/article/first-people-americas-came-sea-ancient-tools-unearthed-idaho-river-suggest | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/coopers-ferry-tools-07546.html | https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/new-artifacts-suggest-first-people-arrived-north-america-earlier-previously-thought | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/idaho-site-shows-humans-were-north-america-16000-years-ago-180973024/
2869,"The ice-free corridor through North America's interior is thought to have opened roughly 14,000 years ago, yet Cooper's Ferry contains evidence of human activity dating to 15,000–16,000 years ago.",history,"prehistoric (Late Pleistocene, ~14,000-16,000 years ago)","North America (Idaho, Cooper's Ferry site)",gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-ice-free-corridor-through-north-americas-interior-is-2869,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/coopers-landing-idaho-site-americas-oldest | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax9830 | https://www.science.org/content/article/first-people-americas-came-sea-ancient-tools-unearthed-idaho-river-suggest | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/coopers-ferry-tools-07546.html | https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/new-artifacts-suggest-first-people-arrived-north-america-earlier-previously-thought
2871,"The Friedkin site in Texas is dated to about 15,500 years old, and the Gault site in Texas is dated to about 16,000 years old.",history,prehistoric,North America,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-friedkin-site-in-texas-is-dated-to-2871,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/coopers-landing-idaho-site-americas-oldest | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/pre-clovis-spear-points-texas-06545.html | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aat4505 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-were-texas-3000-years-earlier-previously-thought-180969743/ | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/pre-clovis-projectile-points-gault-site-texas-06208.html
2873,"Until 1997, no archaeological site was widely accepted by mainstream archaeologists as predating the Clovis culture, dated to approximately 11,000–11,500 radiocarbon years before present.",history,prehistoric (Pleistocene/early Holocene); historiography event 1997,Americas,gold,0.867,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/until-1997-no-archaeological-site-was-widely-accepted-2873,https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/clovis/ | https://lacgeo.com/monte-verde-archaeological-site | https://www.science.org/content/article/debate-explodes-over-age-key-south-american-archaeological-site | https://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/video-interviews/2353-monte-verde-site-interview
2874,"In 1997, a blue-ribbon commission of Paleoindian specialists visited the Monte Verde site in Chile and declared it a valid pre-Clovis archaeological site.",history,1997,Chile,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-1997-a-blue-ribbon-commission-of-paleoindian-specialists-2874,https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/clovis/ | https://www.science.org/content/article/debate-explodes-over-age-key-south-american-archaeological-site | https://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/video-interviews/2353-monte-verde-site-interview | https://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu/traditions/w130/documents/095
2910,"A meta-analysis found that soy products, especially tofu and natto, were associated with lower risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular events, but this risk reduction did not apply to miso, partly due to its higher sodium content.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-meta-analysis-found-that-soy-products-especially-tofu-2910,https://www.webmd.com/diet/miso-soup-good-for-you | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/6/1358 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10058927/ | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230315/How-does-soy-consumption-affect-the-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-diseases.aspx
2911,"Studies have found conflicting results on miso and cancer: frequent miso consumption was linked to a raised risk of stomach cancer in Japanese men, while two separate studies found miso consumption may reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in men.",science,contemporary,Japan,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/studies-have-found-conflicting-results-on-miso-and-2911,https://www.webmd.com/diet/miso-soup-good-for-you | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4728120/ | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.20897 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8342188_Dietary_Habits_and_Risk_of_Death_due_to_Hepatocellular_Carcinoma_in_a_Large_Scale_Cohort_Study_in_Japan_Univariate_Analysis_of_JACC_Study_Data
2913,A meta-analysis found that symptoms followed a circadian pattern in 71% of cluster headache patients.,science,2023,global,gold,0.963,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-meta-analysis-found-that-symptoms-followed-a-circadian-2913,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-your-migraine-or-cluster-headaches-happen-at-the-same-time-of-day | https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207240 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36990725/ | https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5067 | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230329/Cluster-headache-and-migraine-are-stronly-linked-to-the-circadian-system.aspx
2915,"Cluster headaches were found to be more likely to occur in spring and fall, with attacks generally happening between late night and early morning.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cluster-headaches-were-found-to-be-more-likely-2915,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-your-migraine-or-cluster-headaches-happen-at-the-same-time-of-day | https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5067 | https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/5003-cluster-headaches | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK544241/ | https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content?contenttypeid=56&contentid=723
2923,"Both cluster headaches and migraine have been associated with circadian genes and altered levels of circadian-related hormones, including cortisol and melatonin.",science,modern,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/both-cluster-headaches-and-migraine-have-been-associated-2923,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-your-migraine-or-cluster-headaches-happen-at-the-same-time-of-day | https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207240 | https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5067 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11858532/ | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ane.13317
2924,People with cluster headache were found to have higher cortisol and lower melatonin levels compared to individuals without headache disorders.,science,1980s-2020s,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/people-with-cluster-headache-were-found-to-have-2924,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-your-migraine-or-cluster-headaches-happen-at-the-same-time-of-day | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36990725/ | https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5067 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1046/j.1468-2982.1995.015003224.x | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6518501/ | https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/wnl.0000000000207240
2929,"A 2023 PLOS ONE meta-analysis found that aerobic exercise interventions—including dance, swimming, cycling, walking, running, and other sports—were effective for treating and preventing postpartum depression, except for yoga, which showed no significant improvement compared with a control group.",science,2023,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-2023-plos-one-meta-analysis-found-that-aerobic-2929,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/exercise-helps-treat-prevent-postpartum-depression | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0287650 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10686497/ | https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13121419
2931,"In the UCSD sleep deprivation study, fMRI showed less activity in the prefrontal cortex during a sleep-deprived arithmetic task, a region associated with working-memory functioning.",science,1999-2001,United States,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-ucsd-sleep-deprivation-study-fmri-showed-2931,https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/braincatchup | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10716202/ | https://www.ovid.com/jnls/neuroreport/abstract/00001756-199912160-00004~sleep-deprivation-induced-reduction-in-cortical-functional?redirectionsource=fulltextview | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0893133X01003256
2932,A verbal-learning study published in Nature (Vol. 403) in February 2000 found that prefrontal brain areas remained active after sleep deprivation while parietal-lobe activity increased.,science,2000s,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-verbal-learning-study-published-in-nature-vol-403-2932,https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/braincatchup | https://www.nature.com/articles/35001068 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10688201/ | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2012.00059/full
2938,"A study published in the Journal of Sleep Research (Vol. 10, No. 2) in June 2001 found that sleep-deprived participants showed poorer performance, reduced activation in the left temporal region, and increased activation in prefrontal and parietal regions during a task combining arithmetic and verbal learning.",science,2001,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-study-published-in-the-journal-of-sleep-2938,https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/braincatchup | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11422722/ | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2869.2001.00245.x | https://www.nature.com/articles/1395768
2944,"Archaeologists found stone tools up to 3 million years old buried alongside fossils of Paranthropus in southwestern Kenya, providing evidence that a non-human hominin developed stone technology.",science,prehistoric (c. 2.6-3 million years ago),"Nyayanga, southwestern Kenya",gold,0.988,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/archaeologists-found-stone-tools-up-to-3-million-2944,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/11-astonishing-scientific-discoveries-2023 | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7452 | https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/29-million-year-old-butchery-site-reopens-case-who-made-first-stone-tools | https://www.sci.news/archaeology/nyayanga-oldowan-tools-11645.html | https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/february/oldest-remains-ancient-human-relative-paranthropus-suggest-possible-tool-use.html
2948,"In 2010, scientists identified Denisovans, an archaic human lineage that went extinct around the same time as Neanderthals, using mitochondrial DNA extracted from a finger bone.",science,2010 (discovery); prehistoric subject matter (Late Pleistocene),"Siberia, Russia (Denisova Cave)",gold,1.0,3,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2010-scientists-identified-denisovans-an-archaic-human-2948,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/top-discoveries-in-the-last-25-years | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08976 | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1188021 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-mystery-of-the-denisovans-1596534/
2954,"In 2022, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved nuclear-fusion net energy gain, and repeated the result in 2023, though the experimental apparatus consumed far more power than the fusion fuel produced.",science,2020s,United States,gold,1.0,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2022-researchers-at-lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory-2954,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/top-discoveries-in-the-last-25-years | https://www.aip.org/fyi/2022/national-ignition-facility-achieves-long-sought-fusion-goal | https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/08/06/nuclear-fusion-net-energy-gain-higher-yield/ | https://lasers.llnl.gov/science/achieving-fusion-ignition | https://spectrum.ieee.org/national-ignition-facility-impractical | https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/laser-powered-fusion-experiment-more-than-doubles-its-power-output/
2962,"Older female mice, equivalent in age to 60-year-old women, lived about 12 percent longer when given daily injections of the active ingredient in Ozempic compared to mice that did not receive the drug.",science,2026,global,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/older-female-mice-equivalent-in-age-to-60-year-old-2962,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/category/smartnews-science/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02757-1 | https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/glp-1-treatment-late-life-extends-lifespan-animal-model | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/glp-1-weight-loss-medication-could-slow-aging-and-extend-lifespan/ | https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/semaglutide-mouse-longevity/104/web/2026/09 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10940-7
2966,"The Lagar Velho child's grave was dug into a little-used section of a rock shelter, where pine branches were burned inside the pit before the body was placed there.",history,"Upper Paleolithic (~24,500 years ago)",Iberian Peninsula (Portugal),gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-lagar-velho-childs-grave-was-dug-into-2966,https://www.britannica.com/place/Lagar-Velho | https://donsmaps.com/lagar.html | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp5769 | https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/lapedo-child-00903
2969,"The Lagar Velho child's skeleton also has a sloping chin region, evidence of well-developed arm musculature, and relatively short lower legs—features characteristic of Neanderthals.",science,"Upper Paleolithic (~24,500 years ago)",Iberian Peninsula (Portugal),gold,0.875,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-lagar-velho-childs-skeleton-also-has-a-2969,https://www.britannica.com/place/Lagar-Velho | https://donsmaps.com/lagar.html | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.96.13.7604 | https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/neanderthal/lagar-velho-1-child-skeleton/ | https://archive.archaeology.org/0007/abstracts/neandertals.html
2971,"The Lagar Velho burial included pierced deer teeth and shell ornaments, and the body was covered with red ochre pigment.",history,"Upper Paleolithic (~24,500 years ago)",Iberia (Portugal),gold,0.838,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-lagar-velho-burial-included-pierced-deer-teeth-2971,https://www.britannica.com/place/Lagar-Velho | https://donsmaps.com/lagar.html | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.96.13.7604 | https://www.antropologi.info/blog/docs/anthropology/pdf/Loeb-Lagar_Velho.pdf | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12922572_The_Early_Upper_Paleolithic_Human_Skeleton_from_the_Abrigo_Do_Lagar_Velho_Portugal_and_Modern_Human_Emergence_in_Iberia
2978,"Archaeologists discovered an Indigenous settlement near Coatepec, Veracruz, dating back approximately 1,400 years.",history,Early Classic period (c. AD 200-600),"Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico",gold,0.963,4,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/archaeologists-discovered-an-indigenous-settlement-near-coatepec-veracruz-2978,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-monolith-archaeologists-unearthed-in-mexico-may-depict-people-receiving-divine-liquid-in-a-ritual-180989049/ | https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/en-veracruz-el-inah-descubre-estructura-y-escultura-prehispanicas-con-caracteristicas-unicas | https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/coatepec-inah-ceremonial-plaza-stele/ | https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/veracruz-archaeology-00102899 | https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/992107/archaeologists-discover-never-before-seen-pre-hispanic-ruins-in-mexico/story/
2984,"The stone platform at the Coatepec, Veracruz settlement is nearly 100 feet long and 40 feet wide, decorated with lines, squarish shapes, and two circular stones.",history,pre-Columbian (circa 600-900 CE),"Veracruz, Mexico",gold,0.838,4,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-stone-platform-at-the-coatepec-veracruz-settlement-2984,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-monolith-archaeologists-unearthed-in-mexico-may-depict-people-receiving-divine-liquid-in-a-ritual-180989049/ | https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/en-veracruz-el-inah-descubre-estructura-y-escultura-prehispanicas-con-caracteristicas-unicas | https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/veracruz-archaeology-00102899 | https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/archaeological-find-in-veracruz-settlement/ | https://arkeonews.net/a-1400-year-old-veracruz-monolith-reveals-a-rare-ritual-scene-unlike-any-found-in-the-region/
3001,"The initial AI-assisted reading of a Vesuvius-burned scroll revealed 15 columns of text and more than 2,000 written characters about how to enjoy life, likely written by a follower of the Greek philosopher Epicurus.",technology,ancient (1st century BCE/CE) / modern discovery 2023-2024,Italy (Herculaneum),gold,0.963,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-initial-ai-assisted-reading-of-a-vesuvius-burned-scroll-3001,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/archaeological-discoveries-2024 | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/secrets-ancient-herculaneum-scroll-deciphered-ai-rcna137960 | https://www.neh.gov/news/students-decipher-2000-year-old-herculaneum-scrolls | https://scrollprize.org/grandprize | https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2024/02/07/ai-reveals-text-of-2000-year-old-scroll-charred-in-mount-vesuvius-eruption/
3005,"Stonehenge's altar stone originated in Scotland, hundreds of miles from Salisbury Plain, weighs more than six tons, and was transported approximately 4,600 years ago, probably without the use of wheels.",science,prehistoric (c. 2600 BCE),United Kingdom,gold,1.0,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/stonehenges-altar-stone-originated-in-scotland-hundreds-of-3005,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/archaeological-discoveries-2024 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07652-1 | https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/stonehenge-altar-rock-origin-scotland-study-rcna166265 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stonehenge-altar-stone-came-from-scotland-not-wales-research/ | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stonehenges-strangest-rock-came-from-500-miles-away/
3011,"Scientists sequenced the oldest and most complete ancient Egyptian genome yet recovered, from a man who lived about 4,500 years ago, finding 80 percent of his DNA came from Neolithic North African groups and 20 percent from populations in West Asia.",science,ancient (c. 2855-2570 BCE),Egypt / North Africa / West Asia,gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/scientists-sequenced-the-oldest-and-most-complete-ancient-3011,"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/6-archaeology-discoveries-2025 | https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/science/ancient-egyptian-genome-sequenced | https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-07-02_researchers-sequence-first-genome-from-ancient-egypt | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09195-5 | https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/549075/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Unveiling-ancient-Egypt-,yearold-genome-rewrites-h.aspx"
3017,Excavations at the Campo Viejo site in eastern Mexico uncovered a circular stone platform made from circular stones and decorated with squared lines or figures.,history,Early Classic period (200-600 AD),"Veracruz, Mexico",gold,1.0,3,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/excavations-at-the-campo-viejo-site-in-eastern-3017,https://archaeology.org/news/2026/06/24/unusual-platform-and-monolith-found-in-eastern-mexico/ | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-monolith-archaeologists-unearthed-in-mexico-may-depict-people-receiving-divine-liquid-in-a-ritual-180989049/ | https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/en-veracruz-el-inah-descubre-estructura-y-escultura-prehispanicas-con-caracteristicas-unicas | https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260620-mexican-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-ruins-with-unique-mayan-features
3040,"At least 20% of people who develop lung cancer are nonsmokers, according to Catherine Madaffari, M.D.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/at-least-20-of-people-who-develop-lung-3040,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-with-lungs-can-get-lung-cancer/ | https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/cancer/types-treatments/lung-cancer/non-smokers-and-never-smokers | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7618360/ | https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/lung-cancer-in-nonsmokers
3041,Women are twice as likely as men to develop lung cancer among nonsmokers.,science,contemporary,global,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/women-are-twice-as-likely-as-men-to-3041,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-with-lungs-can-get-lung-cancer/ | https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/for-patients/lung-cancer-facts/women-and-lc/ | https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/cancer-keys/women-never-smokers-are-more-likely-to-develop-lung-cancer/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169500225007287 | https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2018/09/why-are-more-nonsmoking-women-getting-lung-cancer
3049,"In a Mayo Clinic study, all 25 participants had two arthritic knees, and both knees improved dramatically even though only one knee received stem cells while the other received only a saline control injection.",science,2010s,United States,gold,1.0,3,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-a-mayo-clinic-study-all-25-participants-3049,https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-finds-surprising-results-on-first-ever-test-of-stem-cell-therapy-to-treat-arthritis/ | https://www.healthnewsreview.org/news-release-review/pr-release-claims-stem-cell-injections-for-arthritic-knees-led-to-surprising-and-dramatic-results-but-the-therapy-and-placebo-performed-equally/ | https://discoverysedge.mayo.edu/2018/01/08/regenerativemedicineflorida/ | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01931007
3060,Stomach size does not correlate with body weight; naturally thin people can have stomachs the same size as or larger than those of people who struggle with their weight.,science,contemporary,global,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/stomach-size-does-not-correlate-with-body-weight-3060,https://www.webmd.com/women/features/stomach-problems | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/does-dieting-actually-make-your-stomach-shrink-180955521/ | https://weightwise.com/blogs/blog/4-facts-about-your-stomach | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2001.98 | https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(04)01454-4/pdf
3064,"The human small intestine is over 20 feet long, while the large intestine is about 5 feet long.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-human-small-intestine-is-over-20-feet-3064,https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-fascinating-body-facts | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532263/ | https://www.chp.edu/our-services/transplant/intestine/education/about-small-large-intestines | https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22135-small-intestine
3065,A single human mouth can contain more bacteria than there are people on Earth.,science,modern,global,gold,0.838,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-single-human-mouth-can-contain-more-bacteria-3065,https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-fascinating-body-facts | https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2026/03/world-inside-your-mouth | https://www.listerine.com/bad-breath/good-vs-bad-oral-microbiome-bacteria | https://www.rdhmag.com/infection-control/water-safety/article/16404976/oral-bacteria-how-many-how-fast | https://www.dentistrytoday.com/mouth-contains-more-germs-than-total-number-of-people-on-earth/
3067,"Eight-legged mites can live on the human face, especially around the hairline, eye sockets, and eyelashes, where they mate, lay eggs, and hatch.",science,modern,global,gold,0.963,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/eight-legged-mites-can-live-on-the-human-face-3067,https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-fascinating-body-facts | https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22775-demodex-face-mites | https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/demodex-mites-blepharitis-itchy-red-eyelid-eyelash | https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/eyelash-mites-are-normal-part-of-bodys-microbiome | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12028426/
3068,"Scientists have found about 2,400 different germs living in the human belly button.",science,2010s,global,gold,1.0,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/scientists-have-found-about-2400-different-germs-living-3068,https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-fascinating-body-facts | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/121114-belly-button-bacteria-science-health-dunn | https://news.ncsu.edu/2012/11/wms-belly-button-biodiversity/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492386/ | https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/belly-button-microbiome
3072,A neuron's axon can be up to 1 meter long.,science,not_applicable,global,gold,0.963,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-neurons-axon-can-be-up-to-1-3072,https://www.healthline.com/health/fun-facts-about-the-nervous-system | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554388/ | https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/what.html | https://mstrust.org.uk/a-z/nerve-cells-neurons | https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain/brain-anatomy/axons-cable-transmission-neurons
3073,"Scientists have developed methods to control brain cells with flashes of light by genetically altering the cells to react to light, with such studies performed using mouse cells.",science,modern,global,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/scientists-have-developed-methods-to-control-brain-cells-3073,https://www.healthline.com/health/fun-facts-about-the-nervous-system | https://spectrum.ieee.org/neuroscientists-wirelessly-control-the-brain-of-a-scampering-lab-mouse | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4756725/ | https://www.statnews.com/2018/02/08/brain-optogenetics-wireless/
3087,"Comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025, is only the third known interstellar visitor to the solar system, following 1I/'Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.",science,2025,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/comet-3iatlas-discovered-on-july-1-2025-is-3087,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-ten-most-significant-science-stories-of-2025-from-medical-breakthroughs-to-an-interstellar-visitor-180987905/ | https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/3i-atlas-facts-and-faqs/ | https://about.ifa.hawaii.edu/research/3i/ | https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7575576
3088,"Comet 3I/ATLAS was traveling at approximately 137,000 miles per hour.",science,2025,global,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/comet-3iatlas-was-traveling-at-approximately-137000-miles-3088,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-ten-most-significant-science-stories-of-2025-from-medical-breakthroughs-to-an-interstellar-visitor-180987905/ | https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/3i-atlas-facts-and-faqs/ | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-captured-speeding-through-the-solar-system-by/ | https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/comet-3i-atlas-interstellar-comet-visits-solar-system/1792533
3092,"Scientists recovered proteins from the tooth of an extinct rhinoceros found in Canada's high Arctic, dating to between 21 million and 24 million years old, far older than the previous widely accepted protein record of 3.5 million years.",science,"prehistoric (Miocene, ~21-24 million years ago)","Canada (Nunavut, High Arctic)",gold,1.0,5,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/scientists-recovered-proteins-from-the-tooth-of-an-3092,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-ten-most-significant-science-stories-of-2025-from-medical-breakthroughs-to-an-interstellar-visitor-180987905/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09231-4 | https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/science/ancient-protein-rhino-fossil | https://www.science.org/content/article/record-setting-recovery-ancient-protein-used-identify-extinct-rhino-relative | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-tooth-proteins-rewrite-the-rhino-family-tree-are-dinosaurs-next/ | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ancient-dna-rhino-1.7581115
3098,"In 2024, Egyptologist Frédéric Payraudeau identified a granite fragment discovered in Egypt's Abydos necropolis in 2009 as the long-lost sarcophagus of Ramses II.",history,ancient Egypt (identification announced 2024),Egypt,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2024-egyptologist-frdric-payraudeau-identified-a-granite-3098,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seventy-seven-fascinating-finds-revealed-in-2024-from-a-mysterious-anomaly-near-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-to-a-missing-portrait-of-henry-viii-180985718/ | https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/press-releases/sarcophagus-found-2009-finally-identified-ramses-ii | https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-long-lost-sarcophagus-of-ramses-ii-has-finally-been-found | https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/10/science/ramesses-ii-egypt-sarcophagus-scn | https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/05/23/ramesses-iis-sarcophagus-fragment-likely-identified/
3110,"Animals—including humans, dinosaurs, and trilobites—appeared only about 85 percent of the way through Earth's history.",science,Precambrian to present,global,gold,0.988,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/animalsincluding-humans-dinosaurs-and-trilobitesappeared-only-about-85-3110,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/interesting-facts-about-earth-from-harvard-paleontologist/ | https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/721754 | https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19850024398 | https://www.paleosoc.org/assets/docs/Oldest_Fossil.pdf | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4484972
3113,"Cyanobacteria ingest carbon dioxide and release oxygen, and billions of years ago they began producing more oxygen than Earth's natural processes consumed, causing oxygen to build up in the atmosphere.",science,Precambrian (~2.4-3.4 billion years ago),global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cyanobacteria-ingest-carbon-dioxide-and-release-oxygen-and-3113,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/interesting-facts-about-earth-from-harvard-paleontologist/ | https://www.planetary.org/articles/how-did-earth-get-its-oxygen | https://asm.org/articles/2022/february/the-great-oxidation-event-how-cyanobacteria-change | https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/little-things-matter-a-lot/ | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/origin-of-oxygen-in-atmosphere/
3114,"For nearly the first half of Earth's history, the planet's air and oceans were essentially oxygen-free.",science,Precambrian (~4.5-2.4 billion years ago),global,gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/for-nearly-the-first-half-of-earths-history-3114,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/interesting-facts-about-earth-from-harvard-paleontologist/ | https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geoscience/great-oxidation-event-13012.html | https://www.science.org/content/article/what-triggered-one-most-dramatic-changes-earth-s-history | https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/ocean-oxygenation/
3118,"Researchers found that human imagination's capacity for tracking disappeared moving objects was limited to one object, contrary to their initial expectation that it could track approximately three or four.",psychology,2020s,global,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-found-that-human-imaginations-capacity-for-tracking-3118,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/08/researchers-uncover-surprising-limit-on-human-imagination/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61021-8 | https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-uncover-limit-human.html | https://www.earth.com/news/surprising-limits-of-human-imagination-revealed-by-science/
3120,"The study found that for disappeared objects, human imagination primarily uses a serial process, tracking each object one after another rather than simulating multiple objects in parallel.",psychology,2025,global,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-study-found-that-for-disappeared-objects-human-3120,https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/08/researchers-uncover-surprising-limit-on-human-imagination/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61021-8 | https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-uncover-limit-human.html | https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/researchers-uncover-surprising-limit-on-human-imagination/
3124,"In a study published in Science, more than 2,000 conspiracy believers had an approximately 8.4-minute, three-round conversation with an AI chatbot called DebunkBot, which reduced their confidence in the conspiracy by 20%.",psychology,2024,global,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-a-study-published-in-science-more-than-3124,https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1126471/chatbots-are-surprisingly-effective-at-debunking-conspiracy-theories/ | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814 | https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbot-shows-promise-talking-people-out-conspiracy-theories | https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/mit-study-ai-chatbot-can-reduce-belief-conspiracy-theories | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39264999/ | https://retractionwatch.com/2026/06/11/science-ai-chatbots-debunk-conspiracy-theories-expression-of-concern/
3126,The reduction in conspiracy belief caused by DebunkBot conversations remained just as large two months later as it was immediately after the conversation.,psychology,2024,global,gold,0.92,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-reduction-in-conspiracy-belief-caused-by-debunkbot-3126,https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1126471/chatbots-are-surprisingly-effective-at-debunking-conspiracy-theories/ | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814 | https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/mit-study-ai-chatbot-can-reduce-belief-conspiracy-theories | https://retractionwatch.com/2026/06/11/science-ai-chatbots-debunk-conspiracy-theories-expression-of-concern/ | https://undark.org/2024/10/30/could-ai-help-curb-conspiracy-theory-beliefs/ | https://boingboing.net/2024/11/01/send-the-conspiracy-theorists-in-your-life-to-the-debunk-bot.html | https://www.science.org/content/page/2026-aaas-newcomb-cleveland-prize-winners
3132,"A 2019 paper coauthored by Harvard's Boaz Barak showed that double descent can occur not only as models gain parameters, but also when they receive more training data or are trained for longer.",science,2019,global,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-2019-paper-coauthored-by-harvards-boaz-barak-3132,https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/04/1089403/large-language-models-amazing-but-nobody-knows-why/ | https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.02292 | https://openai.com/index/deep-double-descent/ | https://windowsontheory.org/2019/12/05/deep-double-descent/ | https://quantum.harvard.edu/boaz-barak
3144,"A GDP measure of underlying U.S. economic strength, which includes consumer spending and private investment but excludes exports, inventories and government spending, grew 2.9% from April through June 2025, up from 1.9% in the first quarter.",world_events,2025,United States,gold,1.0,3,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-gdp-measure-of-underlying-us-economic-strength-3144,https://apnews.com/article/economy-gdp-spending-trump-federal-reserve-rates-97346d37c4edaa00f519e45941f75264 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gdp-q2-second-quarter-revision-3-8-percent-growth/ | https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-2nd-quarter-2025-third-estimate-gdp-industry-corporate-profits | https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PB0000031Q225SBEA
3145,"The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.8% annual pace from April through June 2025, revised up from the Commerce Department's previous estimate of 3.3%.",world_events,2025,United States,gold,1.0,4,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-us-economy-expanded-at-a-38-annual-3145,https://apnews.com/article/economy-gdp-spending-trump-federal-reserve-rates-97346d37c4edaa00f519e45941f75264 | https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/economy/us-gdp-q2-final | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gdp-q2-second-quarter-revision-3-8-percent-growth/ | https://www.bea.gov/taxonomy/term/566?page=1 | https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/us-gdp-second-quarter-consumers-buying-rcna233692
3146,The U.S. economy contracted at a 0.6% annual pace in the first quarter of 2025.,world_events,2025,United States,gold,0.867,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-us-economy-contracted-at-a-06-annual-3146,https://apnews.com/article/economy-gdp-spending-trump-federal-reserve-rates-97346d37c4edaa00f519e45941f75264 | https://bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-2nd-quarter-2025-third-estimate-gdp-industry-corporate-profits | https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-economy-q3-2025-initial | https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/your-money/gdp-forecast-tariff-business-economy-impact/
3150,"Declining business inventories reduced U.S. second-quarter 2025 GDP growth by more than 3.4 percentage points, while residential investment fell 5.1%.",world_events,2025,United States,gold,0.9,5,5,low,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/declining-business-inventories-reduced-us-second-quarter-2025-gdp-3150,https://apnews.com/article/economy-gdp-spending-trump-federal-reserve-rates-97346d37c4edaa00f519e45941f75264 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gdp-q2-second-quarter-revision-3-8-percent-growth/ | https://wolfstreet.com/2025/09/25/what-slowdown-q2-gdp-growth-revised-up-to-the-hot-zone-of-3-8-on-stronger-consumer-spending-private-fixed-investment/ | https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A014RY2Q224SBEA | https://www.independent.org/article/2025/12/31/third-quarter-gdp-growth/ | https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/research/national_economy/national_economic_indicators/pdf/all_charts.pdf
3151,"U.S. Labor Department revisions showed the economy created 911,000 fewer jobs than originally reported in the year ending March 2025, reducing average monthly job gains from 147,000 to fewer than 71,000, with monthly job creation slowing further to 53,000 since March.",world_events,2020s,United States,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/us-labor-department-revisions-showed-the-economy-created-3151,https://apnews.com/article/economy-gdp-spending-trump-federal-reserve-rates-97346d37c4edaa00f519e45941f75264 | https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/911000-fewer-jobs-created-april-2024-march-2025-bls-says-rcna230065 | https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/09/jobs-report-revisions-september-2025-.html | https://realeconomy.rsmus.com/bls-revisions-show-911000-fewer-jobs-created-than-estimated/ | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-employment-falls-by-911000-in-government-revision-revealing-weaker-than-reported-jobs-market-144822652.html | https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20250909
3153,"The 19-nucleotide sequence referenced in the SARS-CoV-2 genome is associated with the virus's furin cleavage site, which helps the virus infect cells.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.77,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-19-nucleotide-sequence-referenced-in-the-sars-cov-2-genome-3153,https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-161756112404 | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virology/articles/10.3389/fviro.2022.834808/full | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virology/articles/10.3389/fviro.2022.884169/xml | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.00753-22 | https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.30.318311v1.full
3169,A mathematical model using brain activity from nine control-network areas predicted participants' number of wins in cheating-opportunity trials with almost 80% accuracy in Greene and Paxton's study.,science,2009,global,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-mathematical-model-using-brain-activity-from-nine-3169,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/will-vs-grace-are-people-honest-because-they-resist-temptation-or-because-they-dont-feel-it | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0900152106 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2718383/ | https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/will-vs-grace-are-people-honest-because-they-resist-temptation-or-because-they-dont-feel-it
3170,"In honest participants in Greene and Paxton's study, brain activity in the control network (including the anterior cingulate cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex) showed no significant difference between losses from an honest choice and unavoidable losses.",science,2009,global,gold,0.988,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-honest-participants-in-greene-and-paxtons-study-3170,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/will-vs-grace-are-people-honest-because-they-resist-temptation-or-because-they-dont-feel-it | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0900152106 | https://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/32/10564 | https://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/node/1213 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6802594
3178,"On May 22, 1967, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, blockading the southern Israeli port city of Elat.",history,20th century,Middle East,gold,0.875,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-may-22-1967-egyptian-president-gamal-abdel-3178,https://www.britannica.com/event/Six-Day-War | https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-1967-six-day-war | https://www.sixdaywar.org/war/the-egyptian-front/ | https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v19/summary | https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1968/december/gulf-aqaba-and-strait-tiran
3179,"On May 30, 1967, Jordan's King Hussein signed a mutual defense pact with Egypt in Cairo, placing Jordanian forces under Egyptian command, and Iraq joined the alliance shortly afterward.",history,20th century,Middle East,gold,0.9,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-may-30-1967-jordans-king-hussein-signed-3179,https://www.britannica.com/event/Six-Day-War | https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-1967-six-day-war | https://www.meforum.org/middle-east-quarterly/an-inevitable-conflict | https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/jordan-in-the-1967-war/on-the-brink-of-war/0DBC309748314E70119675D0E1BFC737 | https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/intelligence-during-the-six-day-war-1967-2 | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/31/six-day-war-50th-anniversary-shows-arabs-still-wan/
3188,"Excavations at Durrington Walls recovered approximately 8,500 animal bones, with pig bones outnumbering cattle bones by ten to one.",history,Neolithic (c. 2500 BC),"Britain (Wiltshire, England)",gold,0.95,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/excavations-at-durrington-walls-recovered-approximately-8500-animal-3188,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/stonehenge-pig-roasts-united-ancient-britain | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440314003446 | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/342334/1/2011_RDRS_29-2011_WEB_REPORT.pdf | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283317681_A_passion_for_pork_meat_consumption_at_the_British_late_Neolithic_site_of_Durrington_Walls | https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Plan-of-Durrington-Walls_fig1_267339191
3191,"The vast majority of pigs eaten at late Neolithic ceremonial sites in southern England were not raised locally, but brought from different parts of Britain, including Wales and Scotland, from distances of at least 30 miles and potentially more than 350 miles.",history,Late Neolithic (c. 2800-2400 BCE),"Britain (Southern England, Wales, Scotland)",gold,0.99,5,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-vast-majority-of-pigs-eaten-at-late-3191,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/stonehenge-pig-roasts-united-ancient-britain | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aau6078 | https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/monumental-meeting-points-in-neolithic-britain.htm | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415963/ | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stonehenge-pig-roasts-drew-people-all-over-neolithic-britain-180971709/ | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/1425426-prehistoric-britons-rack-up-food-miles-for-feasts-near-stonehenge
3192,"Pig remains from Durrington Walls showed widely varying strontium, oxygen, and sulfur isotope signatures, indicating different environments of origin, but similar carbon isotope signatures, indicating the pigs had eaten similar diets.",science,"prehistoric (Late Neolithic, c. 2500 BC)","Britain (Durrington Walls, Wiltshire, England)",gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/pig-remains-from-durrington-walls-showed-widely-varying-3192,https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/stonehenge-pig-roasts-united-ancient-britain | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aau6078 | https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/monumental-meeting-points-in-neolithic-britain.htm | https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/neolithic-food-miles-travelling-to-stonehenge/
3196,Between 10 and 12 million birds pass through the Wadden Sea annually on major migratory flyways.,nature,contemporary,"Wadden Sea (Netherlands, Germany, Denmark)",gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/between-10-and-12-million-birds-pass-through-3196,https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2018/features/netherlands-texel-shipwreck/ | https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1314/ | https://worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org/node/1110 | https://www.cms.int/news/cooperation-between-world-heritage-benefit-migratory-birds-wadden-sea-and-banc-d%E2%80%99arguin | https://www.waddensea-worldheritage.org/breeding-and-migratory-birds
3227,"The 1966 book 'The Influence of Culture on Visual Perception' reported that U.S. college students perceived some visual illusions to a much greater degree than people from many other cultures, including the San foragers of the Kalahari.",psychology,20th century,global,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-1966-book-the-influence-of-culture-on-3227,https://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/05/weird | https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/WeirdPeople.pdf | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.139.3556.769 | https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/keith-2011-crosscultural-psychology-contemporary.html
3246,Solenodon venom consists of multiple kallikrein-1 serine proteases.,nature,contemporary,Caribbean (Hispaniola),gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/solenodon-venom-consists-of-multiple-kallikrein-1-serine-proteases-3246,https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191125152959.htm | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1906117116 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31772017/ | https://mdpi.com/2072-6651/13/3/231/htm
3257,MIT Technology Review reported that a quarter of rare diseases take between 5 and 30 years to diagnose.,science,2010s,global,gold,1.0,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/mit-technology-review-reported-that-a-quarter-of-3257,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-search-engine-helps-doctors-diagnose-rare-obscure-diseases-4305795/ | https://www.technologyreview.com/2013/03/18/179360/the-rare-disease-search-engine-that-outperforms-google/ | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60519-5/fulltext | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670379/ | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0222637
3258,Researchers from Denmark built a search engine dedicated to rare diseases called FindZebra.,technology,2010s,Denmark,gold,0.85,6,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-from-denmark-built-a-search-engine-dedicated-3258,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-search-engine-helps-doctors-diagnose-rare-obscure-diseases-4305795/ | https://www.technologyreview.com/2013/03/18/179360/the-rare-disease-search-engine-that-outperforms-google/ | https://research.regionh.dk/en/publications/findzebra-a-search-engine-for-rare-diseases | https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.3229 | https://searchengineland.com/search-engine-designed-for-medical-community-helps-diagnose-rare-diseases-156046 | https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/258270 | https://www.imedicalapps.com/2013/03/search-engine-diagnose-rare-medical-diseases-findzebra/
3260,FindZebra uses the open source information retrieval tool Indri to search its index.,technology,2013,global,gold,0.986,7,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/findzebra-uses-the-open-source-information-retrieval-tool-3260,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-search-engine-helps-doctors-diagnose-rare-obscure-diseases-4305795/ | https://www.technologyreview.com/2013/03/18/179360/the-rare-disease-search-engine-that-outperforms-google/ | https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/258270 | https://www.findzebra.com/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1386505613000166 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3932942/ | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1750-1172-9-S1-O5 | https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pdig.0000269
3282,Field research conducted during the Black Saturday fires showed bushfire fighters did not get above 38.5°C core temperature.,science,2009-2016,Australia,gold,1.0,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/field-research-conducted-during-the-black-saturday-fires-3282,https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2016-01-11/firies-working-culture-saves-them-from-heat-exhaustion/7015146 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574983/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23149116/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687012001482 | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2015.00322/full
3283,"Studies have shown that elite athletes such as tennis players can reach core temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius, associated with collapse from heat exhaustion.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/studies-have-shown-that-elite-athletes-such-as-3283,https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2016-01-11/firies-working-culture-saves-them-from-heat-exhaustion/7015146 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588574/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17473783/ | https://www.uptodate.com/contents/exertional-heat-illness-in-adolescents-and-adults-epidemiology-thermoregulation-risk-factors-and-diagnosis/print | https://www.laykold.com/news/tennis-feels-the-heat | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3017490 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12152093/
3294,"Under the draft EU AI Regulation, conformance with harmonised standards creates a presumption of conformity for high-risk AI applications and services.",technology,2020s,European Union,gold,1.0,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/under-the-draft-eu-ai-regulation-conformance-with-3294,https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/reports/harmonising-artificial-intelligence/ | https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/40/ | https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/navigating-ai-act | https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/faqs/understanding-standardisation-ai-act | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-risk-regulation/article/european-ai-standards-technical-standardisation-and-implementation-challenges-under-the-eu-ai-act/E5157BA0391FFA9E1A3233E636005192 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600834.2025.2570966
3299,Patricia Shaw is registered as a solicitor in both England & Wales and the Republic of Ireland.,other,contemporary,United Kingdom / Ireland,gold,0.85,6,3,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/patricia-shaw-is-registered-as-a-solicitor-in-3299,https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/now-that-the-ai-act-has-been-politically-agreed-whats-next-harmonised-european-standards/ | https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/about/people/trish-shaw/ | https://membercenter.itechlaw.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=e484f792-d3f2-499f-8430-cb1a125bbfd9 | https://forhumanity.center/fellow/trish-shaw/ | https://www.3cl.org/the-conference/conference-speakers/patricia-shaw/ | https://aiforgood.itu.int/speaker/patricia-shaw/ | https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/person/75677/patricia-shaw
3304,California's attempted AI legislation defined anyone investing more than $10 million in fine-tuning a model as a 'developer'.,technology,2024,"California, USA",gold,0.858,6,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/californias-attempted-ai-legislation-defined-anyone-investing-more-3304,https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-post/2024/12/global-ai-governance-part-1-decoding-developers-and-deployers | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1047 | https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=deb75902-efe7-43c6-b886-82bec918ca1a | https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/2024/08/californias-sb-1047-would-impose-new-safety-requirements-for-developers-of-large-scale-ai-models | https://www.gibsondunn.com/regulating-the-future-eight-key-takeaways-from-californias-sb-1047-vetoed-by-governor-newsom/ | https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2024/09/california-sb1047-ai-safety-regulation | https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2024/08/ai-safety-bill-california-legislature/
3310,The word 'filibuster' derives from a Dutch word meaning 'freebooter' or pirate.,culture,19th century,Europe/Americas,silver,0.887,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-word-filibuster-derives-from-a-dutch-word-3310,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/filibuster-cloture-us-senate-rules-featured-in-abortion-debate | https://www.etymonline.com/word/filibuster | https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/filibuster-word-history-origin | https://waywordradio.org/filibuster-freebooter/ | https://www.npr.org/2005/05/18/4656990/history-of-the-word-filibuster
3311,The term 'filibuster' came into use in the 1850s to describe Senate tactics that allowed any senator to capture floor debate and prevent action on legislation.,history,19th century,United States,gold,1.0,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-term-filibuster-came-into-use-in-the-3311,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/filibuster-cloture-us-senate-rules-featured-in-abortion-debate | https://www.senate.gov/reference/Index/Filibuster.htm | https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/origins-of-filibuster-united-states-senate | https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5349305/filibuster-word-history-booker-speech | https://www.foxnews.com/story/the-long-illustrious-history-of-filibusters.print | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/overview.htm
3312,"Rule 22, the Senate's cloture rule, was adopted in 1917.",history,1917,United States,gold,1.0,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/rule-22-the-senates-cloture-rule-was-adopted-3312,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/filibuster-cloture-us-senate-rules-featured-in-abortion-debate | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/senate-adopts-cloture-rule.htm | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41342 | https://ballotpedia.org/Cloture | https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/Archives/jcoc2n.htm
3313,The 1917 version of Rule 22 required an affirmative vote of two-thirds of senators present and voting to end debate.,history,1917,United States,gold,1.0,6,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-1917-version-of-rule-22-required-an-3313,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/filibuster-cloture-us-senate-rules-featured-in-abortion-debate | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/origins-of-filibuster-united-states-senate | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/overview.htm | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm | https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL32149.html | https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/filibustering-in-the-modern-senate&lang=en | https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-is-the-senate-filibuster-and-what-would-it-take-to-eliminate-it/ | https://www.npr.org/2022/01/17/1072714887/filibuster-explained
3314,"In 1975, the number of votes needed for cloture was reduced to three-fifths of the Senate, or 60 votes.",history,1970s,United States,gold,1.0,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-1975-the-number-of-votes-needed-for-3314,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/filibuster-cloture-us-senate-rules-featured-in-abortion-debate | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL30360 | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm | https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Origins_Cloture.htm | https://www.axios.com/2021/06/25/filibuster-evolution-debate-senate | https://mondale-librarycollections.law.umn.edu/filibuster-cloture
3315,The Senate filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 lasted 60 days and ended when the Senate invoked cloture by a vote of 71 to 29.,history,1960s,United States,gold,1.0,6,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-senate-filibuster-against-the-civil-rights-act-3315,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/filibuster-cloture-us-senate-rules-featured-in-abortion-debate | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/civil-rights-filibuster-ended.htm | https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/civil-rights-1964/cloture-motion.html | https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-act-of-1964.html | https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-filibuster-that-almost-killed-the-civil-rights-act | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/30/facebook-posts/group-southern-democrats-not-all-democrats-held-19/ | https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/case-against-filibuster
3317,"In 2017, Republicans lowered the confirmation threshold for Supreme Court justices from 60 votes to 51 votes.",history,2010s,United States,gold,1.0,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2017-republicans-lowered-the-confirmation-threshold-for-3317,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/9/filibuster-cloture-us-senate-rules-featured-in-abortion-debate | https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/senate-nuclear-option-neil-gorsuch/ | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R44819 | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-block-neil-gorsuch-s-supreme-court-nomination-n743326 | https://www.npr.org/2017/04/06/522847700/senate-pulls-nuclear-trigger-to-ease-gorsuch-confirmation
3319,"In 1917, the US Senate voted to create a cloture process by which a two-thirds supermajority of senators present and voting could cut off a filibuster.",history,20th century,United States,gold,1.0,5,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-1917-the-us-senate-voted-to-create-3319,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/the-federal-shutdown-and-the-senate-filibuster-what-could-happen-now | https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/filibuster-explained | https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/08/26/finding-60-votes-in-an-evenly-divided-senate-a-high-bar-but-not-an-impossible-one/ | https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-is-the-senate-filibuster-and-what-would-it-take-to-eliminate-it/ | https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41342
3320,"In 1975, the US Senate voted to lower the cloture threshold to three-fifths of senators serving overall, establishing the current 60-vote requirement.",history,1970s,United States,gold,0.95,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-1975-the-us-senate-voted-to-lower-3320,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/the-federal-shutdown-and-the-senate-filibuster-what-could-happen-now | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm | https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Origins_Cloture.htm | https://mondale-librarycollections.law.umn.edu/filibuster-cloture | https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures.htm | https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/senate-filibuster-explained/
3328,Traces of SARS-CoV-2 were detected in open-sea water samples collected at different sites during the Sea Care project.,science,2020s,global,gold,0.867,6,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/traces-of-sars-cov-2-were-detected-in-open-sea-water-3328,https://www.iss.it/en/-/comunicato-stampa-n%C2%B041/2023-il-mare-%C3%A8-malato-per-colpa-dell-uomo-i-segni-dal-mediterraneo-al-polo-nord | https://www.aogoi.it/notiziario/ambiente-salute-iss/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723059703 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37751837/ | https://iris.uniroma1.it/handle/11573/1690336 | https://www.healthdesk.it/scenari/curare-oceani-curare-lumanit | https://prometeo.adnkronos.com/territorio/mare-conserva-inquinamento-microplastiche-antibiotico-resistenza-planetary-health/
3348,"On October 14, 1962, CIA U-2 overflights of Cuba photographed and confirmed the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States.",history,1962,Cuba/United States,gold,1.0,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/on-october-14-1962-cia-u-2-overflights-of-3348,https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/ten-fascinating-cia-missions/ | https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-cuban-missile-crisis | https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/index.htm | https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis
3365,"Royal jelly contains approximately 1,000 μg/g of acetylcholine.",science,modern,global,gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/royal-jelly-contains-approximately-1000-gg-of-acetylcholine-3365,https://link.healthline.com/click/45437564.4155101/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbWMubmNiaS5ubG0ubmloLmdvdi9hcnRpY2xlcy9QTUMxMTE3MjUwMy8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSUyMEVtYWlsJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09RW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWdlbmVyYWxoZWFsdGgmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9MjAyNi0wNC0yOSZ1dG1fdGVybT1zOmhsX246d2V3aSZhcGlkPTQwODAzOTQwJnJ2aWQ9OWE1MTVlMDg5YzNjN2YyZjJhZTY0NTUyNTllNWZmYWU1ODM0MTZiOTY1MjI1YmUyOWE2ZTFkOGJjN2VmZTE4OA/629ae6b2ba50b6a71d0242f4B48e7a9d9 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30119189/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0753332218331299 | https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/elps.200800721 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902251/
3388,"The KM3NeT/ARCA experiment detected the most energetic neutrino ever measured, at 220 petaelectronvolts (PeV), on 13 February 2023.",science,2023-2025,Mediterranean Sea (Italy),gold,0.988,4,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-km3netarca-experiment-detected-the-most-energetic-neutrino-3388,https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/un-neutrino-eblouit-lastrophysique | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08543-1 | https://home.cern/news/news/physics/km3net-detects-most-energetic-neutrino-ever-observed | https://www.km3net.org/ | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly7z1eq327o
3391,About 60 billion neutrinos pass through each square centimeter of Earth every second.,science,modern,global,gold,0.95,3,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/about-60-billion-neutrinos-pass-through-each-square-3391,https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/un-neutrino-eblouit-lastrophysique | https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/june-2015/five-facts-about-neutrinos | https://neutrinos.fnal.gov/facts/ | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/09/25/ask-ethan-how-many-neutrinos-are-in-the-universe/
3392,The experimental measurement of the muon's magnetic properties has diverged from Standard Model theoretical predictions for over 10 years (as of 2021).,science,2000s-2020s,global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-experimental-measurement-of-the-muons-magnetic-properties-3392,https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/physique-des-particules-les-muons-nous-meneront-ils-vers-une-nouvelle-physique | https://muon-g-2.fnal.gov/result2021.pdf | https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/april-2021/fermilab-muon-g-2-results | https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=13208
3409,Combination-pill users who miss two or more hormone-containing pills in a row should take only the most recently missed pill immediately and discard the other missed pills.,science,contemporary,global,gold,0.94,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/combination-pill-users-who-miss-two-or-more-hormone-containing-3409,https://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/missed-birth-control-pill | https://health.cornell.edu/sites/health/files/pdf-library/missed-birth-control-pill.pdf | https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-orange-san-bernardino/about-us/blog/i-forgot-to-take-my-birth-control-pill-what-should-i-do | https://www.cdc.gov/contraception/hcp/usspr/combined-hormonal-contraceptives.html | https://dph.sc.gov/sites/scdph/files/Library/00354-ENG-CR.pdf | https://helloclue.com/articles/sex/what-to-do-if-you-miss-a-birth-control-pill
3423,The House-approved SAVE America Act would require voters to present a passport or birth certificate when registering to vote.,world_events,2020s,United States,gold,0.892,6,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-house-approved-save-america-act-would-require-voters-3423,https://apnews.com/article/trump-gop-save-bill-citizenship-id-filibuster-744071b0a3c86ef64aa19aeb3b552509 | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-gop-pushes-strict-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-for-voters-ahead-of-midterm-elections | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-save-america-act-trump-backed-election-bill-rcna258614 | https://www.votebeat.org/2026/02/16/save-america-act-passes-house-proof-of-citizenship-register-vote-photo-id/ | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12902 | https://www.factcheck.org/2026/03/qa-on-the-save-america-act/ | https://www.naco.org/news/house-passes-save-america-act-major-impacts-county-election-administration
3425,"President Donald Trump is demanding that the voting bill largely ban mail-in voting, with exceptions for people who are disabled, serving in the military, or in other situations.",world_events,2020s,United States,gold,0.943,7,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/president-donald-trump-is-demanding-that-the-voting-3425,https://apnews.com/article/trump-gop-save-bill-citizenship-id-filibuster-744071b0a3c86ef64aa19aeb3b552509 | https://www.factcheck.org/2026/03/qa-on-the-save-america-act/ | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/09/trump-gop-save-bill-citizenship-id-filibuster/c2326e26-1c1c-11f1-a29c-fd43da9a479a_story.html | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-save-america-voting-bill-rcna262706 | https://www.whitehouse.gov/saveamerica/ | https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/politics/whats-in-the-save-america-act | https://api.politifact.com/article/2026/mar/11/trump-voting-by-mail-save-america-act-congress | https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/2029680923126681693
3448,Time use surveys have been used since at least 1900.,history,1900s,Russia/global,gold,0.967,6,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/time-use-surveys-have-been-used-since-at-3448,https://theconversation.com/studying-how-people-spend-their-time-reveals-how-societies-differ-and-change-over-time-180940 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6760-y | https://www.ilo.org/media/416511/download | https://www.mtusdata.org/mtus/resources/linked_docs/workshop2016/02_History.pdf | https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/online/all/?id=20824 | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/russian-inequality-on-the-eve-of-revolution/A5CED37A899914A15F9CFB1777A441DF | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014498310000240
3449,The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals use time use surveys to measure gender differences in unpaid labor.,world_events,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals-use-time-3449,https://theconversation.com/studying-how-people-spend-their-time-reveals-how-societies-differ-and-change-over-time-180940 | https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-05-04-01.pdf | https://unstats.un.org/wiki/display/SDGeHandbook/Indicator+5.4.1 | https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/gender-equality | https://genderdata.worldbank.org/en/topics/sdgs | https://unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/statcom/session_53/documents/2022-12-GenderStats-E.pdf
3450,Smartphone or tablet-based time use surveys can passively collect data such as geolocation for activities and periods when the device was in use.,technology,2010s-2020s,global,gold,0.983,6,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/smartphone-or-tablet-based-time-use-surveys-can-passively-3450,https://theconversation.com/studying-how-people-spend-their-time-reveals-how-societies-differ-and-change-over-time-180940 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0894439319877872 | https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/7385 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11116-024-10546-w | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41810331/ | https://surveyinsights.org/?p=13330 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.11940
3452,Time use research has combined time use surveys with wearable devices and bodycams to add context to collected data.,science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/time-use-research-has-combined-time-use-surveys-3452,https://theconversation.com/studying-how-people-spend-their-time-reveals-how-societies-differ-and-change-over-time-180940 | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0142198 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6546612/ | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0081175019884591 | https://www.escoe.ac.uk/the-role-of-online-time-use-diaries/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5690271/
3456,"In 2013, the scheduled five-yearly update of Australia's time use survey was shelved to make budget savings.",world_events,2013,Australia,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2013-the-scheduled-five-yearly-update-of-australias-3456,https://theconversation.com/if-the-abs-guts-australias-time-use-survey-womens-work-will-count-for-little-223453 | https://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/51st-session/side-events/documents/20200302-1M-Michelle-M.pdf | https://genderinstitute.anu.edu.au/news/counting-nothing-cancellation-time-use-survey | https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2022/media-releases/abs-commence-regular-time-use-survey-2024 | https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/meetings/2024/tus-wk-china-2024/01c. The drivers and uses of time-use data in Australia_Australia_Ms. Lisa Scanlon.pdf
3457,"Australia's time use survey was not revived until 2020-21, during which physical diaries were replaced with online diaries without an expectation they be completed in real time.",world_events,2020-2021,Australia,gold,0.77,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/australias-time-use-survey-was-not-revived-until-3457,https://theconversation.com/if-the-abs-guts-australias-time-use-survey-womens-work-will-count-for-little-223453 | https://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/51st-session/side-events/documents/20200302-1M-Michelle-M.pdf | https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/how-australians-use-their-time-methodology/2024 | https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2022/media-releases/abs-commence-regular-time-use-survey-2024 | https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/meetings/2024/tus-wk-china-2024/01c. The drivers and uses of time-use data in Australia_Australia_Ms. Lisa Scanlon.pdf | https://www.abs.gov.au/about/legislation-and-policy/documents-tabled-parliament-abs/statistical-collections-tabled-parliament/Proposal%204%20of%202020.pdf | https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/how-australians-use-their-time-methodology/2020-21
3484,"Researchers identified Denisovan remains at Bianfu Cave in Yunnan Province, China, by analyzing proteins in more than 60,000 bone fragments, even though DNA was not preserved in the fossils.",science,prehistoric,China,gold,0.9,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/researchers-identified-denisovan-remains-at-bianfu-cave-in-3484,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-a-trove-of-denisovan-fossils-and-tools-in-southwest-china-giving-an-unprecendented-glimpse-into-our-extinct-cousins-lives-180989483/ | https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/09/science/china-denisovan-fossil-discovery | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10976-9 | https://www.ksl.com/article/51621950/cave-fossils-in-china-reveal-lives-of-mysterious-human-relatives | https://www.anthropology.net/p/five-denisovan-fossils-in-china-confirmed
3489,"Archaeologists found mastodon bones at a site dated to around 130,000 years ago.",science,"prehistoric (~130,000 years ago)","San Diego, California, USA",gold,1.0,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/archaeologists-found-mastodon-bones-at-a-site-dated-3489,https://daily.jstor.org/have-humans-been-in-the-americas-longer-than-we-thought/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22065 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/study-humans-north-america-130000-years-ago-shocks-scientists-180963434/ | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/science/mastodon-fossil-early-humans.html
3497,Dark chocolate products can contain high levels of lead and cadmium.,science,contemporary,global,gold,0.97,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/dark-chocolate-products-can-contain-high-levels-of-3497,https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-812/cocoa | https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/heavy-metals-found-in-popular-brands-of-dark-chocolate | https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/ | https://www.npr.org/2022/12/17/1143239430/dark-chocolate-lead-cadmium-consumer-reports | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11321977/ | https://amp.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6744120
3506,Only 2.9–7.7% of U.S. adults consume the recommended amount of whole grains each day.,science,2010s,United States,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/only-2977-of-us-adults-consume-the-recommended-3506,https://www.healthline.com/health-news/eating-more-whole-grains-lowers-cardiovascular-risk | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24655489/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271531714000050 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-dont-eat-enough-whole-grains-fiber-study/ | https://www.foxnews.com/health/americans-need-to-eat-more-whole-grains-study-suggests | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5331584/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4722728
3530,"As of 2019, approximately 75% of global chip-manufacturing capacity was located in East Asia, while the United States accounted for approximately 13%.",technology,2019,global,gold,0.925,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/as-of-2019-approximately-75-of-global-chip-manufacturing-3530,https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/30/1026438/global-microchip-shortage-problem-m1-apple-tsmc-intel/ | https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BCG_Strengthening-the-Global-Semiconductor-Supply-Chain_Antonio-Varas-and-Raj-Varadarajan.pdf | https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG10/20210720/113911/HHRG-117-IG10-Wstate-IsaacsD-20210720.pdf | https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R46581.html | https://www.icaew.com/library/industry-profiles/semiconductors
3547,"More than 30 vent mollusc species are not considered threatened because they live inside marine protected areas where mining is prohibited, including the snail Provanna exquisita in the Mariana Arc of Fire National Wildlife Refuge.",nature,2026,Pacific Ocean (Mariana Arc of Fire),gold,0.87,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/more-than-30-vent-mollusc-species-are-not-3547,https://www.marinebio.org/iucn-warns-seabed-mining-threatens-rare-molluscs/ | https://iucn.org/press-release/202607/desert-frog-deep-sea-molluscs-remarkable-species-risk-iucn-red-list | https://www.senckenberg.de/en/press-releases/62-of-hydrothermal-vent-molluscs-now-threatened-by-deep-sea-mining/ | https://www.mining.com/deep-sea-mining-threatens-60-of-vent-species-iucn/ | https://www.northernminer.com/news/deep-sea-mining-threatens-60-of-vent-species-iucn/1003892869/ | https://www.discovermagazine.com/viral-desert-rain-frog-moves-closer-to-extinction-in-new-iucn-update-49357
3594,"The James Webb Space Telescope has found numerous compact objects called 'little red dots' that are common in the early Universe, within the first two billion years after the Big Bang.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.97,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-found-numerous-3594,https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/virgil-galaxy-little-red-dots-black-hole | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz8603 | https://cerncourier.com/the-mystery-of-the-little-red-dots/ | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-jwsts-little-red-dots-astronomers-may-finally-have-an-answer/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.03244 | https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318231/20260611/jwst-little-red-dots-mystery-lensed-spectrum-delivers-strongest-black-hole-star-proof-yet.htm | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.05537v2
3595,"Little red dots observed by JWST show broad spectral emission lines typical of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), indicating gas spinning around a black hole.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/little-red-dots-observed-by-jwst-show-broad-3595,https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/virgil-galaxy-little-red-dots-black-hole | https://aasnova.org/2025/08/06/distant-little-red-dot-hosts-a-huge-and-growing-black-hole/ | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.04609 | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5e6b | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.00100 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09900-4
3596,"Pierluigi Rinaldi discovered an early-Universe object he named 'Virgil', together with another object he named 'Cerberus', naming Virgil after a character in Dante's The Divine Comedy.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/pierluigi-rinaldi-discovered-an-early-universe-object-he-named-3596,https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/virgil-galaxy-little-red-dots-black-hole | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-jwsts-little-red-dots-astronomers-may-finally-have-an-answer/ | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ade5a6 | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18207 | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16942 | https://news.arizona.edu/news/monster-hiding-plain-sight-jwst-reveals-cosmic-shapeshifter-early-universe
3599,JWST's mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) is less sensitive than the telescope's other instruments.,technology,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,3,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/jwsts-mid-infrared-instrument-miri-is-less-sensitive-than-3599,https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/virgil-galaxy-little-red-dots-black-hole | https://news.arizona.edu/news/monster-hiding-plain-sight-jwst-reveals-cosmic-shapeshifter-early-universe | https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-mid-infrared-instrument | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.08169 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1404.0005 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1110.6202 | https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0304226
3611,The Air Commerce Act of 1926 declared the navigable airspace of the United States to be free for use.,history,1920s,United States,gold,1.0,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-air-commerce-act-of-1926-declared-the-3611,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-much-sky-you-own-180959133/ | https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/328/256 | https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/uscode/uscode1925-00304/uscode1925-003049006/uscode1925-003049006.pdf | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1268737/cheyenne-airport-board-v-rogers/ | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-law-journal/article/abs/property-in-thin-air/8577254C1FABAA2C1945FA55C82A8EE6
3616,"The truck drivers argued that 'packing for shipment or distribution' referred to a single job, and that since they only delivered goods rather than packing them, they were owed overtime pay.",culture,2010s,United States,gold,0.756,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-truck-drivers-argued-that-packing-for-shipment-3616,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/missing-oxford-comma-just-changed-course-court-case-180962551/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4374922/oconnor-v-oakhurst-dairy/ | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901/pdf/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901-0.pdf | https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca1/16-1901/16-1901-2017-03-13.html | https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/06/the-law-and-punctuation/ | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oxford-comma-defenders-rejoice-judge-bases-ruling-punctuation-n734371
3617,A United States Court of Appeals sent the Oakhurst Dairy overtime case back to a lower court due to ambiguity caused by the lack of a serial (Oxford) comma in the Maine statute.,culture,2017,United States (Maine),gold,0.971,7,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-united-states-court-of-appeals-sent-the-3617,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/missing-oxford-comma-just-changed-course-court-case-180962551/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4374922/oconnor-v-oakhurst-dairy/ | https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-1st-circuit/1852572.html | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901/pdf/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901-0.pdf | https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca1/16-1901/16-1901-2017-03-13.html | https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/08/584391391/maine-dairy-drivers-settle-overtime-case-that-hinged-on-an-absent-comma | https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd | https://www.pressherald.com/2018/02/08/dairy-drivers-ot-case-made-famous-by-a-missing-comma-settled-for-5-million/
3618,"Judge David J. Barron wrote in the ruling, ""For want of a comma, we have this case.""",culture,2017,United States,gold,0.92,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/judge-david-j-barron-wrote-in-the-ruling-3618,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/missing-oxford-comma-just-changed-course-court-case-180962551/ | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/think-commas-don-t-matter-omitting-one-cost-maine-dairy-n847151 | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4374922/oconnor-v-oakhurst-dairy/ | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-want-of-a-comma-a-lawsuit-lives-on/ | https://houstonlawreview.org/article/4447.pdf | https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/first-circuit/for-want-of-a-comma-we-have-this-case/
3619,Maine's own legislative style guide discourages the use of the serial (Oxford) comma.,culture,contemporary,"Maine, USA",gold,0.908,6,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/maines-own-legislative-style-guide-discourages-the-use-3619,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/missing-oxford-comma-just-changed-course-court-case-180962551/ | https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/06/the-law-and-punctuation/ | https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/citations/Draftman2009.pdf | https://scribes.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Marcello-8.23.21.pdf | https://www.boston.com/news/business/2017/03/16/lack-of-oxford-comma-costs-maine-company-millions-in-overtime-dispute/ | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/lack-of-oxford-comma-costs-maine-company-millions-in-overtime.html | https://www.isba.org/committees/governmentlawyers/newsletter/2017/05/the10millioncomma
3632,"The Tribunal de les Aigües de la Vega de Valéncia has operated for over 1,000 years.",culture,medieval to present (c. 10th century–present),"Valencia, Spain",silver,0.96,5,7,medium,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-tribunal-de-les-aiges-de-la-vega-3632,https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/drink-history-world-oldest-court-180956951/ | https://www.comunitatvalenciana.com/en/valencia/valencia/monuments/tribunal-de-las-aguas | https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/irrigators-tribunals-of-the-spanish-mediterranean-coast-the-council-of-wise-men-of-the-plain-of-murcia-and-the-water-tribunal-of-the-plain-of-valencia-00171 | https://www.portalinmaterial.cultura.gob.es/pci-ccaa/comunidad-valenciana/tribunal-aguas.html | https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/journals/continuity-and-change/article/not-only-peasants-the-myth-of-continuity-in-the-irrigation-communities-of-valencia-spain-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-periods/F13E34B89D54430E0BBAD6A87404FB43 | https://www.amusingplanet.com/2025/04/valencias-water-tribunal-is-worlds.html
3645,Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president to have been granted a patent.,history,19th century,United States,gold,0.95,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/abraham-lincoln-is-the-only-us-president-to-3645,https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/history/freedom250/americas-innovative-history | https://www.si.edu/spotlight/abraham-lincoln/patent | https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/may-22/ | https://www.history.com/news/patented-invention-of-abraham-lincoln
3681,"In 1867, Glasgow surgeon Joseph Lister demonstrated that the use of antiseptics drastically reduced postoperative mortality.",history,19th century,Scotland,gold,1.0,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-1867-glasgow-surgeon-joseph-lister-demonstrated-that-3681,https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/the-case-of-the-cancerous-stomach | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341916/ | https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joseph-lister/ | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(67)90128-4/fulltext
3726,The 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games featured the first symbolic lighting of the Olympic flame at the Winter Olympics.,history,1930s,Germany,gold,0.838,4,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-1936-garmisch-partenkirchen-winter-games-featured-the-first-3726,https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/watch-the-evolution-of-the-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-11648/innsbruck-austria-1976-11274/ | https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/garmisch-partenkirchen-1936 | https://olympic.ca/games/1936-garmisch-partenkirchen/ | https://www.topendsports.com/events/winter/flame.htm | https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/the-history-of-the-olympic-flame | https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/oslo-1952/torch-relay | https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/Torches/Reference-document-Torches-and-Torch-Relays-of-the-OWG-from-Oslo-1952-to-Sochi-2014.pdf
3740,The dog weighed approximately 19 kilograms and was of medium build.,history,17th century,"Patagonia, Argentina",gold,0.867,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-dog-weighed-approximately-19-kilograms-and-was-3740,https://www.conicet.gov.ar/primer-registro-sudamericano-descubren-en-patagonia-restos-arqueologicos-de-un-perro-utilizado-como-animal-de-carga/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X24002499 | https://www.rionegro.com.ar/sociedad/inedito-descubren-restos-arqueologicos-de-un-perro-usado-como-animal-de-carga-en-patagonia-3639423/ | https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/hallazgo-sin-precedente-huachen-el-perro-del-siglo-xvii-que-fue-utilizado-como-animal-de-carga-en-la-nid13062024/ | https://www.dicyt.com/noticias/hallados-los-primeros-restos-arqueologicos-en-sudamerica-de-un-perro-utilizado-como-animal-de-carga
3747,A study published in Environmental Research estimated that failing to adapt to rising heat would cost Spain approximately 50 billion euros per year.,science,contemporary,Spain,gold,0.925,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-study-published-in-environmental-research-estimated-that-3747,https://www.isciii.es/en/w/un-estudio-cifra-en-cerca-de-50.000-millones-de-euros-anuales-el-coste-que-tendria-para-espana-la-no-adaptacion-al-calor-1 | https://www.elagoradiario.com/economia-circular/no-adaptarse-olas-calor-costara-50-000-millones-espana/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935119301215 | https://researchgate.net/publication/331374059_Mortality_attributable_to_high_temperatures_over_the_2021-2050_and_2051-2100_time_horizons_in_Spain_Adaptation_and_economic_estimate | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13449177/
3757,"In 1983, The Lancet published two brief letters with the same title, separately signed by Warren and Marshall, presenting their preliminary findings on the new bacterium.",science,1980s,Australia,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-1983-the-lancet-published-two-brief-letters-3757,https://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?pid=S1130-01082006001000007&script=sci_arttext&tlng=es | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(06)69925-X/fulltext | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(83)92719-8/fulltext | https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2005/183/11/2005-nobel-prize-physiology-or-medicine | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10620-013-2863-y | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)67587-3/fulltext
3797,"A result published in March 2021 by the LHCb experiment, combining data collected between 2010-2016 and 2017-2018, found only a 1 in 1,000 chance that an observed difference between B meson decays into two muons versus an electron-positron pair was due to random statistical fluctuation.",science,2021,global,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-result-published-in-march-2021-by-the-3797,https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/vers-un-nouveau-continent-de-la-physique | https://home.cern/news/news/physics/tantalising-hints-lepton-universality-violation-lhcb-experiment | https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.11769 | https://physicsworld.com/a/lhcb-experiment-finds-intriguing-hints-of-new-physics/
3808,"Bioinformatic analysis identified nearly 30,000 species of Obelisks in biological samples collected worldwide, including soils, rivers, oceans, wastewater, and animal microbiomes.",science,2024,global,gold,0.77,3,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/bioinformatic-analysis-identified-nearly-30000-species-of-obelisks-3808,https://www.csic.es/es/actualidad-del-csic/descubren-una-nueva-entidad-biologica-que-habita-en-el-cuerpo-humano | https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576352v1 | https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002536 | https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(24)00348-2
3818,The observed graphene electroluminescence emits light in the mid-infrared range at a wavelength of 6.5 µm.,science,2020s,global,gold,0.838,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-observed-graphene-electroluminescence-emits-light-in-the-3818,https://www.inp.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/lelectroluminescence-du-graphene-une-decouverte-inattendue | https://www.techno-science.net/en/news/graphene-electroluminescence-an-unexpected-discovery-N26894.html | https://www.nature.com/subjects/materials-for-optics/nature | https://www.nature.com/subjects/nanophotonics-and-plasmonics/nature | https://phantomsfoundation.com/GRAPHENECONF/2026/Abstracts/Grapheneconf2026_Baudin.pdf | https://www.institut-langevin.espci.fr/electroluminescence_and_energy_transfer_mediated_by_hyperbolic_polaritons?lang=fr
3819,"The graphene electroluminescence regime occurs only when the graphene crystal is highly pure and free of defects, and encapsulated in a hexagonal boron nitride matrix.",science,2025,global,gold,0.838,4,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-graphene-electroluminescence-regime-occurs-only-when-the-3819,https://www.inp.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/lelectroluminescence-du-graphene-une-decouverte-inattendue | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08627-6 | https://www.ens.psl.eu/actualites/decouverte-de-l-electroluminescence-du-graphene-une-premiere-pour-un-materiau-apparente | https://www.institut-langevin.espci.fr/electroluminescence_and_energy_transfer_mediated_by_hyperbolic_polaritons?lang=fr | https://in2p3.hal.science/IL/hal-05014291v1 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08686-9
3820,"In the graphene/boron nitride stack, near-field electromagnetic energy transfer via hyperbolic phonon-polaritons was found to account for up to 75% of the electrical power injected into the device, becoming the dominant energy transfer mechanism.",science,2020s,global,gold,0.89,5,8,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-the-grapheneboron-nitride-stack-near-field-electromagnetic-energy-3820,https://www.inp.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/lelectroluminescence-du-graphene-une-decouverte-inattendue | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08627-6 | https://www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualites/2025/le-graphene-emet-de-la-lumiere-au-dela-de-l | https://pontlevis.institut-langevin.espci.fr/electroluminescence_and_energy_transfer_mediated_by_hyperbolic_polaritons?lang=fr | https://www.techno-science.net/actualite/electroluminescence-graphene-decouverte-inattendue-N26894.html | https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2310.08351
3828,Membranous glomerulonephritis is the glomerular lesion most frequently reported in association with sarcoidosis.,science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/membranous-glomerulonephritis-is-the-glomerular-lesion-most-frequently-3828,https://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-71992002001200006 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1498173/ | https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1750-1172-8-65 | https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/30/6/1047/2324947 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11212182/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37284677 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2059300719834928 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13445812/
3842,As many as 25-50% of women with infertility have endometriosis.,science,contemporary,global,gold,0.988,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/as-many-as-25-50-of-women-with-infertility-3842,https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis | https://www.asrm.org/practice-guidance/practice-committee-documents/endometriosis-and-infertility-a-committee-opinion-2012/ | https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/endometriosis | https://academic.oup.com/hropen/article/2025/2/hoaf012/8046018 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13437375/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28742581/
3844,The average time to diagnosis of endometriosis is between 4 and 12 years.,science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-average-time-to-diagnosis-of-endometriosis-is-3844,https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis | https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17973 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472648325006121 | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00849173 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073113/ | https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.08.24300988v1.full
3847,"A 2025 paper by Endo, Uryu, Fukasawa, Kang, and Kubo found that disease outbreaks in wildlife changed online sales of management items, published in the journal One Health.",science,2025,Japan,gold,0.983,3,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/a-2025-paper-by-endo-uryu-fukasawa-kang-3847,https://www.nies.go.jp/biology/en/news.html | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771425000242 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11848763/ | https://doaj.org/article/5378bdf376cd4eeba236717292c7c26a
3851,Cases of smallpox have been identified in the study of Egyptian mummies dating as early as 1350 BCE.,history,"ancient (18th Dynasty Egypt, c. 1580-1350 BCE)",Egypt,gold,1.0,5,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/cases-of-smallpox-have-been-identified-in-the-3851,https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-smallpox-vaccination | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/microbiolspec.poh-0004-2014 | https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blaw/bt/smallpox/who/red-book/9241561106_chp5.pdf | https://smallpoxbook.com/chapter-5-the-history-of-smallpox-and-its-spread-around-the-world/ | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122032470X | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B15B505D959E90824B6B9DCFAB1FA124/S1047759422000290a.pdf/smallpoxs_antiquity_in_doubt.pdf
3853,"People with endometriosis have higher rates of other immune-mediated conditions such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel disease.",science,contemporary,global,gold,1.0,5,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/people-with-endometriosis-have-higher-rates-of-other-3853,https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis | https://academic.oup.com/humupd/article/25/4/486/5518352 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s44294-025-00086-8 | https://www.autoimmuneinstitute.org/research_updates/is-there-a-connection-between-endometriosis-and-autoimmune-diseases/ | https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04-28-new-research-reveals-shared-genetic-link-between-endometriosis-and-immune-conditions | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6551373/
3854,"Endometriosis can occur outside the pelvis, including in the abdomen and chest.",science,contemporary,global,gold,0.867,3,7,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/endometriosis-can-occur-outside-the-pelvis-including-in-3854,https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6684338/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11604425/ | https://www.ctsnet.org/article-video/recurrent-pneumothorax-due-diaphragmatic-endometriosis-case-report/ | https://endometriosisaustralia.org/endometriosis-of-the-diaphragm-and-the-chest/
3919,"The HBSC 2022 survey found that fewer than 10% of adolescents get at least one hour of daily physical activity, the amount recommended by the World Health Organization.",world_events,2020s,Italy,gold,0.838,4,6,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-hbsc-2022-survey-found-that-fewer-than-3919,https://www.epicentro.iss.it/hbsc/indagine-2022-nazionali | https://www.sportesalute.eu/studiedatidellosport/blog-studi-e-dati-dello-sport/indagine-hbsc-health-behaviour-in-school-aged-children-2022-i-dati-nazionali.html | https://www.sossanita.org/archives/19640 | https://www.salutelazio.it/documents/10182/41624448/Report+Regionale+2023+HBSC.pdf/a0309a82-daf8-8a0c-fa86-5a3a28c86e0b?t=1713366616760 | https://iris.who.int/server/api/core/bitstreams/faa83413-d89e-4be9-bb01-b24671aef7ca/content
3942,"'Culture, Class, Distinction' was authored by Tony Bennett, Mike Savage, Elizabeth Silva, Alan Warde, Modesto Gayo-Cal, and David Wright.",culture,2000s-2010s,United Kingdom,gold,0.808,6,1,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/culture-class-distinction-was-authored-by-tony-bennett-3942,https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I028568880 | https://www.routledge.com/Culture-Class-Distinction/Bennett-Savage-Silva-Warde-Gayo-Cal-Wright/p/book/9780415560771 | https://researchers.westernsydney.edu.au/en/publications/culture-class-distinction/ | https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/culture-class-distinction/ | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/41247/ | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259833622_Culture_Class_Distinction_by_Tony_Bennett_Mike_Savage_Elizabeth_Silva_Alan_Warde_Modesto_Gayo-Cal_David_Wright | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09548963.2010.495280
3966,The first edition of Buddenbrooks was priced at 12 Mark.,culture,1900s,Germany,gold,0.838,4,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-first-edition-of-buddenbrooks-was-priced-at-3966,https://blog.dnb.de/zauberer-der-worte-thomas-mann/ | https://dewiki.de/Lexikon/Buddenbrooks | https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/german-bestseller-in-the-late-nineteenth-century/buddenbrooks-as-bestseller/552007764351AC3F5A6B80B6611EC498 | https://de-academic.com/dic.nsf/dewiki/207123 | https://www.zvab.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=thomas+mann&tn=buddenbrooks+verfall+familie&sortby=1&cm_sp=plpafe-_-coll-_-link
3980,The 1957 H2N2 influenza pandemic caused about 1.1 million deaths globally.,history,20th century,global,gold,1.0,5,5,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/the-1957-h2n2-influenza-pandemic-caused-about-11-3980,https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/flu/pandemic-resources/pandemic-timeline-1930-and-beyond.htm | https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/213/5/738/2459470 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26908781/ | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/united-states-vaccine-1957-flu-pandemic-180974906/ | https://www.history.com/articles/pandemics-timeline | https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/pandemic-influenza
3984,"In 2001, CDC received its first funding from Congress for stroke and established the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry.",history,2001,United States,gold,1.0,3,4,high,https://www.deepinquiry.ai/fact/in-2001-cdc-received-its-first-funding-from-3984,https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/dhdsp/history.htm | https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.str.0000048160.41821.b5 | https://taggs.hhs.gov/Detail/CFDADetail?arg_CFDA_NUM=93810 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/05/17/01-12418/development-of-prototypes-for-the-paul-coverdell-national-acute-stroke-registry-notice-of