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Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy
- The Athenian boule was the Council of 500, not 5,000. Standard reference works describe it as a 500-member council chosen by lot.
- In Liechtenstein, 1,500 citizens is the signature threshold to demand certain referendums, not a minimum number of affirmative votes required for passage.
- This list is incorrect because Louisiana does not have a statewide citizen initiative process for constitutional amendments; Louisiana uses legislatively referred amendments.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_neutrality#Criticism
- Swiss official histories do not support a wartime mobilization of 850,000 soldiers. They report about 430,000 troops plus 200,000 reserves/complementary personnel, i.e. roughly 630,000 total, not 850,000.
- Swiss authorities did not grant the U.S. a blanket Iraq-war surveillance overflight permission. The Federal Council said in February 2003 that U.S. military overflights would not be permitted, and once the war began it explicitly banned overflights connected with the Iraq conflict, including surveillance and reconnaissance flights.
- This was not Switzerland’s first military deployment since 1815. The Swiss Army says its military peace-support missions began in Korea in 1953, and Switzerland has also had troops in Kosovo since 1999.
- Swiss law does not name the OECD as a sanctions source. The Embargo Act says Switzerland may implement sanctions decreed by the UN, the OSCE, or Switzerland’s major trading partners.
- That timetable is outdated/incorrect. Switzerland’s federal initiative page shows the neutrality initiative was still in the parliamentary process in March 2026, so the referendum was not held in 2025.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETH_Zurich
- Credit Suisse’s crisis and merger happened in 2023, not 2025. ETH’s own pages show the Alumni Association first sponsored the teaching award in 2025.
- The SOLA-Stafette does have 14 sections, but its official total distance is about 114.77 km, not 140 km.
- ETH’s own project pages do not show a Hönggerberg opening in 2024. The original plan was for construction to begin in 2024, and the project is now delayed with completion expected in 2030.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:15 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Switzerland
- Switzerland has no fixed legal 2044 shutdown date for its nuclear plants. Existing plants may keep operating as long as regulators judge them safe.
- These electricity figures are far too high for Switzerland in 2020. Official Swiss data puts total 2020 electricity production at 69.9 billion kWh, not 200.79 billion kWh.
- That percentage is wrong if the denominator is total energy consumption. Official Swiss data implies wind was about 0.07% of total final energy use in 2022, not 0.3%.
- No such law was passed in 2021. In June 2021 the Federal Council approved a draft; Parliament adopted the act in 2023 and voters approved it in 2024.
- The levy did not start at CHF 96. Official sources say Switzerland introduced it in 2008 at CHF 12 per tonne of CO2 and later increased it to CHF 120 by 2022.
- Switzerland has not fixed a legal 2044 end-date for nuclear power. Existing reactors may keep operating as long as they are considered safe.
- This crude-oil consumption figure is wildly wrong. Official Swiss 2020 energy-balance data shows crude-oil final consumption of 0, not 80.3 million barrels per day.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism
- The timeline is wrong. Official LDS sources show blood-atonement preaching occurred in the mid-1850s, and the church publicly denounced killing apostates in 1889—not in the mid-19th century.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:56 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Garden,_Zurich
- The City of Zurich’s official page now lists different opening hours: the Chinese Garden is open daily year-round, with 11:00–17:00 from November to April and 11:00–19:00 from May to October.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiltl_Restaurant
- Hiltl’s own published history says Ambrosius Hiltl settled in Zurich in autumn 1897, not 1898.
- Hiltl’s own history places the family’s citizenship grant in 1909, not 1907, and describes it specifically as citizenship of Zurich.
- This location list is outdated and incorrect. Tibits says it now has 11 restaurants in Switzerland plus one in Darmstadt, Germany, and its current locations do not include London.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Zurich
- Einstein submitted his doctoral thesis in 1905, but UZH says his doctorate was conferred in 1906. The university's own records state he received the degree and certificate on January 15, 1906.
- UZH does not classify these as 13 museums. Its official pages say the university has 5 museums and 13 collections, and several places listed here are collections rather than museums.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society
- This construction date is wrong. Smart Living Lab said the 2022 start was postponed, and later stated construction was scheduled to begin in 2023.
- This is outdated. The 2000‑Watt Sites label was replaced in September 2023, and official Swiss program documentation says no site can be newly certified under that label from January 1, 2024.
- Zurich's target date is outdated. The City of Zurich says the 2,000‑watt primary-energy target must now be reached by 2040, not 2050.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_Sweden_an_Oil-Free_Society
- The ~43–44% figure refers to Sweden’s renewable share under EU renewables accounting, not to total primary energy supply. The IEA’s 2008 Sweden review says renewables provided about 28% of Sweden’s total primary energy supply.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:44 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETH_Zurich
- Credit Suisse did not collapse in 2025; UBS completed its acquisition on June 12, 2023.
- That planned Hönggerberg project did not open in 2024; ETH says the project was restarted and the building is now expected to be ready in 2030.
- ETH's own building-history pages attribute the main building to Gottfried Semper, not to Gustav Zeuner.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Watt_Initiative
- This overstates both countries' policies. Korea's 2005 program began as a voluntary scheme and only became mandatory in 2010, while Australia's own strategy targeted 2012 and the IEA says Australia moved to apply the 1-watt standard in late 2006, not by 2005.
- This mixes up two different California standards. The 2007 rule allowed up to 0.75 W no-load power for some external power supplies; the flat 0.5 W cap for any output took effect on July 1, 2008.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbon_economy
- The unit is wrong. Solar module prices are quoted in cents per watt of panel capacity, not cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society
- Zurich’s official target is now 2,000 watts by 2040, not 2050.
- This is outdated: the 2000-Watt-Areal label was replaced and is no longer being certified.
- The Smart Living Lab building did not start construction in 2022; the start was postponed.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Switzerland
- This understates the size of Zürich’s Jewish community in 1349. An official City of Zurich publication says the 1349 pogrom killed the majority of about 400 Jews in Zurich, while the ‘around 100’ figure refers to the later, second community after Jews resettled in 1354.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Switzerland
- Swiss official tourism-statistics planning began in 1851, not 1852.
- This is no longer correct: after a break in 2004, the Federal Statistical Office restarted tourism-accommodation statistics in 2005.
- Current official rankings show Zoo Zürich, not Zoo Basel, as Switzerland’s most-visited paid attraction.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turicum
- The Lindenhof kastell is dated earlier than Valentinian I’s reign. Official Zurich archaeology sources place its construction in the early or second quarter of the 4th century, not specifically in 364–375.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiltl_Restaurant
- Hiltl’s own history says the "Vegetarierheim" opened in 1898, not a year after 1898.
- Hiltl’s official locations page lists more than two later Zurich locations, so this "Two others" statement is outdated.
- Hiltl’s official saga says Ambrosius bought the building in 1907, but the family’s Zurich citizenship came in 1909, not 1907.
- Tibits’ official site says it now has 11 Swiss restaurants plus one in Darmstadt, Germany; London is not a current location.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentralbibliothek_Z%C3%BCrich
- This item count is outdated. The Zentralbibliothek Zürich's own website now says it has over seven million media, including a page stating it has over 7.5 million items.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swiss_companies_by_revenue
- This insurer was no longer a standalone company in 2016. AXA acquired Winterthur in 2006, and the Swiss operation was renamed AXA Winterthur in 2007.
- By 2016, the company was no longer called Zurich Financial Services. Zurich officially changed its name to Zurich Insurance Group in 2012.
- Aargauische Kantonalbank’s seat and headquarters are in Aarau, not Laufenburg.
- Swiss International Air Lines’ legal headquarters are in Kloten, not Basel.