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Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 06:07 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Wilde#Personal_life
- This film year is wrong. Official sources place Paul Haggis's Third Person at 2013/2014, not 2012.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 06:04 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776
- The Declaration was not signed on July 2. Congress voted for independence on July 2, adopted the Declaration’s text on July 4, and most delegates signed the engrossed copy on August 2, 1776.
- Benjamin Franklin did not draft the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft; Franklin helped revise it as a member of the drafting committee.
- St. Petersburg’s Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre did not open in 1776. The Mariinsky’s own history dates that theatre and company to 1783; the year 1776 refers instead to the founding of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre.
- Kentucky County itself did not become the state of Kentucky. It was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties in 1780; Kentucky became a state in 1792 after a longer separation process from Virginia.
- The Second Continental Congress did not end on December 12, 1776. It continued until March 1, 1781; on December 12, 1776, Congress merely adjourned Philadelphia and soon reconvened in Baltimore.
- Valcour Island did not buy time to defend New York City. British control of New York City had already been opened on September 15, 1776; the battle instead delayed the British advance from Canada toward the Hudson Valley.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 06:01 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle
- The year is wrong. Authoritative sources place *The Disappointment* in 1767, not 1762.
- The date is wrong. The congressional resolution was introduced on June 25, 1999, not July 25, 1999.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 05:33 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sirens_and_Ulysses
- This location is outdated. Manchester Art Gallery’s current 2026 gallery materials place *The Sirens and Ulysses* in Gallery 5, not Gallery 3.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 05:09 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel
- This overstates the law. The 1856 legislation made policing compulsory in counties and boroughs of England and Wales, not in all cities across Britain.
- This appears outdated. Bury FC's official website identifies the club mascot as Peeler, not Robbie the Bobby.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 05:08 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
- This overstates the 3 pm schedule. UK Parliament says PMQs moved to one Wednesday session in 1997, but only stayed at 3:00–3:30 pm until the start of 2003; they now take place at 12 noon.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 05:08 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebe...
- This sentence misstates both Dalmeny’s constituency and his Admiralty office: he represented Stirling Burghs, not the county seat of Stirling, and he was a Lord/Civil Lord of the Admiralty, not First Lord of the Admiralty.
- Rosebery did not retire from politics permanently in 1896. He remained politically active for years afterward and only withdrew altogether in 1905.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:34 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Legacy_(soundtrack)
- The nomination is real, but the Grammy category name is misstated. The official 54th Grammy category was “Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media,” not “Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media.”
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:31 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(soundtrack)
- Wendy Carlos's own site says the tape baking and high-resolution transfers happened years earlier, during work that led to the 2002 CD/DVD release—not for a first-time 2018 effort.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:27 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laestrygonians
- The date is off by decades. The Odyssey landscapes from the House of Via Graziosa are generally dated to the mid-1st century BC, around 60–40 or circa 50 BC, not about 125 BC.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:22 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism_in_Sichuan
- This parenthetical identification is anachronistic and incorrect. The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society was a mission board, while American Baptist Churches USA was not formed until 1972.
- The book itself does not say it has 13,484 entries. Its introduction says it contains 13,484 examples, including 401 proverbs.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:19 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake
- The $441 billion figure was reported as planned investment, not money already spent. Contemporary reporting said Sichuan planned to invest 3 trillion yuan (about US$441 billion) by 2010.
- The amounts are wrong. Chinese state reporting said Saudi Arabia donated US$50 million in cash and US$10 million in relief materials, not €40 million and €8 million.
- This mislabels EMS intensity XI. On the European Macroseismic Scale, XI is 'Devastating'; 'Very destructive' is intensity X.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:18 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan
- Sichuan has 21 prefecture-level divisions, not 20. The provincial government says it has jurisdiction over 21 cities/autonomous prefectures.
- The UNESCO World Heritage site is Mount Qingcheng, not "Mount Qincheng."
- This is outdated. Official sources say the transit-visa-free policy is now 240 hours, not 144, and it currently covers 55 countries.
- The official 2021 accounts for the Sichuan Public Security Department were far larger than this: 113,875.40万元 total, with 108,618.40万元 in general public-budget spending.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:14 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Strathairn
- The River Wild was released in 1994, not 1995.
- David Strathairn’s character in Memphis Belle is Col. Craig Harriman, not Craig Harrington.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:12 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Harlow
- This sentence misidentifies the network. The Sharon Stone-hosted documentary aired on TNT in August 1993, not on Turner Classic Movies, which did not launch until April 14, 1994.
- This marriage year is off by one. Reliable biographical sources place Harlow's marriage to Charles McGrew in 1927, not 1928.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:06 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean
- This misstates the Harper’s Bazaar article. The piece was published on July 9, 2025, and it explicitly says the 50 men are presented "in no particular order," so James Dean was not ranked the "top choice" in a 2024 list.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:05 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Kelly
- This overstates Kelly's control over his film choreography. Reliable film references say he was not initially allowed to choreograph at MGM, and that 'Cover Girl' was his first major chance to do so.
- Woody Allen wrote and appeared in the TV special, but he was not its director. UCLA and the Paley Center both credit Charles S. Dubin as director.
- The Emmy nomination for 'Dancing: A Man's Game' was for choreography, not for 'best singing.' Official Television Academy records list Gene Kelly as a nominee for Best Choreography for Television.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:05 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Poitier
- This year is off by one. Official Golden Globes sources say Sidney Poitier received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1982, not 1981.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:03 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien_Leigh
- The 1947–48 Hollywood boycott was a boycott of the British market/UK distribution of new American films, not a boycott of British films themselves.
Wikipedia Jul 21, 2026 at 04:02 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years...100_Stars
- This is not the complete male nominee list. AFI’s official 250-male-nominee list also includes many winning legends, such as Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, James Cagney, Gary Cooper and others that are omitted here.
- This is not the complete female nominee list. AFI’s official 250-female-nominee list also includes winning legends such as Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe, which are omitted here.