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Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 10:49 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Dona...
- As written in this global-climate context, this is inaccurate. March 2026 was not the hottest March globally on record.
- This gets the chronology wrong. The 2022 Russian invasion did not start the Russo-Ukrainian War; the war began in 2014 with Russia’s seizure of Crimea and conflict in the Donbas.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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- The HELP Committee did not confirm McEntarfer; it reported her nomination to the Senate. She was confirmed later by the full Senate on January 11, 2024.
- Available sources say McEntarfer warned that budget pressures might force a 5,000-household cut, but that the cut was not decided and she later worked to prevent proposed reductions.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 10:47 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ren%C3%A9e_Good
- Governor Tim Walz did not proclaim January 9, 2026 as “Renee Good Day.” He proclaimed it a “Day of Unity” in honor and remembrance of Renée Nicole Good.
- That is not what Martin v. United States held. Martin was an FTCA wrong-house-raid case about suing the federal government, not a ruling that broadly limited criminal prosecution of federal officers to “necessary and proper” conduct.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 10:44 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Bovino
- CBP’s own biography says Bovino’s first Border Patrol assignment was in El Centro, California, not El Paso, Texas.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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- This overstates the agreement among estimates. Published research says estimates diverge after 2010, and some measures show stability or increases rather than a substantial decline through 2018.
- The 2021 record was for border encounters, not apprehensions. Official and congressional sources say FY2020-FY2021 totals mixed apprehensions with Title 42 expulsions, so they are not comparable to earlier apprehension peaks.
- There is no single universal 10% assumption. Current residual-method estimates use different undercount adjustments: Pew applies subgroup-specific adjustments, and DHS uses explicit undercount components well below 10% of the total population.
- This is incorrect. Census data show Latin America is the largest origin region for U.S. immigrants, and the Asian-born share of the foreign-born population was about 31%, not 40%.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 10:41 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration
- The cited San Diego State research was not a U.S.-wide estimate of 2.4 million Mexican trafficking victims. It studied unauthorized Spanish-speaking migrant workers in San Diego County and estimated that over 30% were labor-trafficking victims.
- The EU does not have 28 member countries. Official EU materials say the European Union has 27 countries.
- This count is wrong. Current official EU information says the Schengen area covers 29 European countries, not 27.
- This omits important legal conditions. A child born in France to foreign parents becomes French at 18 only if residency and other requirements are met.
LessWrong Jun 29, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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- Anthropic did publicly suggest a coordinated slowdown/pause option. Its own June 2026 essay said it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 09:43 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II
- This misattributes a global ranking to Gallup. Gallup’s “Most Admired” poll surveys Americans, while Queen Elizabeth II’s 2021 third-place worldwide ranking came from YouGov’s international survey.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 09:41 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Costello
- Costello’s tax-evasion conviction was in 1954, not 1952. The Supreme Court later described him as having been convicted of the tax offenses in 1954.
- This sentence mixes two different dates. Denaturalization proceedings began in 1952, but Costello’s tax-evasion indictment came in 1953, not 1952.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 09:35 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_stand-up_comedia...
- Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, not a comedian from the United States.
- Russell Peters is Canadian, not a stand-up comedian from the United States.
- JJ Whitehead's own comedian bio says Canada is his home country and that he grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, so he is not from the United States.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 09:31 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_of_New_York
- The Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards for 2002 films were announced on January 30, 2003, not January 30, 2002.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 08:04 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corp.
- The SEC filings for Musk’s Twitter bid did not name the entities X Corp, X Holdings, and X Holdings Corp. They were X Holdings I, Inc., X Holdings II, Inc., and X Holdings III, LLC.
- Those valuation figures are wrong. Fidelity’s July 2023 mark implied roughly $18.5 billion, and later reporting put late-August 2023 around $16.9 billion—not $27 billion and $28.5 billion.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 07:58 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap
- The July 11, 2018 announcement did not make John Donovan a board member. It said he would have observer rights on Magic Leap’s board.
- This funding total is too low. By January 2024, multiple reports said Magic Leap had raised about $4.5 billion in total.
Substack Jun 29, 2026 at 07:49 PM
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- The cited American Economic Review paper reports an average founder exit payoff of $5.8 million, not $4.4 million. The $4.4 million figure appears in an earlier working-paper version, so attributing it to the AER paper is inaccurate.
- The drop may be roughly 93%, but the time span stated here is wrong. April 2019 to June 2020 is about 14 months, not 6 months.
- Anthropic had filed confidentially for an IPO, but it had not priced one yet. The company said on June 1, 2026 that the number of shares and the price had not been set.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 06:04 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country
- This reverses the historical order. The region was called East Bengal first, then renamed East Pakistan, and became Bangladesh in 1971.
- This is too absolute. Transnistria has been recognized by at least other non-UN states, including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 05:12 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Greenspan
- The CFTC chairman’s surname is misspelled here. The official name was William J. Rainer, not "Ranier."
- Greenspan’s fifth term was not unprecedented. William McChesney Martin had already been appointed to a fifth four-year term as Fed chair in 1967.
- January 31, 2006 was not the scheduled end of Greenspan’s fifth chairmanship term. His fifth four-year term as chair began on June 20, 2004; January 31, 2006 was the end of his separate Board membership term.
- The Fed had already cut the federal funds target to 1.00% in June 2003, not 2004. In 2004 it began raising rates, moving the target up to 1.25% on June 30, 2004.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 04:19 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University
- Harvard’s official 2025 endowment figure is $56.9 billion, not $55.7 billion.
- The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1890; 1872 refers to the earlier Graduate Department, not the school itself.
- Harvard’s Graduate School of Design was established in 1936, not 1914.
- Harvard officially dates SEAS to 1847; 2007 was when it was elevated from a division to a school.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 02:50 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Saint_James
- This overstates what the transcript says. Maxwell did not say Campbell probably visited the island; she said Campbell "may have" and said she had no independent memory.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 07:38 AM
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konsistorium
- Die Zusammensetzung ist falsch. Die SELK gibt aktuell neun Mitglieder an: den Bischof, vier Pröpste und vier Kirchenrätinnen/-räte — nicht den geschäftsführenden Kirchenrat plus sechs Laienkirchenräte.
- Die Datierung ist anachronistisch: 1808 gab es keine Batavische Republik mehr. Sie endete 1806 und wurde durch das Königreich Holland ersetzt.
Wikipedia Jun 29, 2026 at 06:00 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT
- The ads pilot was announced by OpenAI on February 9, 2026, not January 17, and the pilot covered both Free and Go tiers.
- OpenAI’s Windows app release notes say the early Windows app became available on October 17, 2024, not October 15.
- In March 2025, ChatGPT’s default image generator became GPT-4o image generation, not GPT Image.
- OpenAI released at least three GPT-5.3-branded models, including GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark in February 2026.
- OpenAI said Instant Checkout launched for U.S. Free, Plus, and Pro users, and users could also pay with another card or express payment options.