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Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondue
- This reverses the timeline. Swiss official sources say the earliest records of fondue date to 1699, while the word “fondue” in culinary use is first attested later, in 1735.
- The date is off by a year. Swiss official sources identify the earliest known modern cheese-fondue recipe as coming from a 1699 Zurich book, not a 1698 one.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Piccard
- This date is wrong. Bertrand Piccard’s solar-powered around-the-world flight was completed on July 26, 2016; in 2009 Solar Impulse was only making its first test flights.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzerland
- Swiss law does not exempt all hunting rifles from permits, and exempt firearms are acquired with a written contract/notification process, not merely a criminal-record extract.
- Ordinary Swiss weapons-acquisition permits for handguns and other permit-required firearms do not generally require the buyer to state a special reason; that requirement applies to special permits for banned weapons.
- Swiss fedpol says a transported firearm must be unloaded and magazines empty, but the gun and ammunition may be carried in the same bag; physical separation is not required.
- This is outdated: Switzerland later held a 19 May 2019 referendum on tighter firearms rules, and voters approved the stricter law.
- The article misstates the follow-up requirement for sport shooters: fedpol says "regular" use means five shooting sessions in five years, not once every year.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Switzerland
- This is outdated. Switzerland abolished the cantonal preferential regimes for holding, domiciliary and similar "status companies" when the TRAF reform entered into force on 1 January 2020.
- The start date is wrong. Switzerland introduced the OECD minimum corporate tax on 1 January 2024, not in 2023.
- The threshold is no longer 20%. Current federal tax guidance says the participation deduction applies from a qualifying stake of at least 10% (or certain CHF 1 million holdings).
- The current count is wrong. Switzerland's Federal Gaming Board says there are 11 Category B casinos, not 13.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland
- Swiss federal constitutional votes do not have a 40% turnout quorum. At the federal level, constitutional amendments and popular initiatives require a majority of voters and a majority of cantons, not a minimum participation rate.
- Single-seat cantons do not use 'apparentment' in National Council elections. They use the majority system, where the candidate with the most votes wins.
- For federal votes and elections, Swiss voting materials are generally sent about three to four weeks before polling day, not 'approximately two months' before.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_incidents_in_Switzerland_in_Wor...
- The $14.4 million figure was the value of the October 21, 1949 settlement, not a 1944/45-dollar amount.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:43 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm%E2%80%93Hoffmann_affair
- This office title is wrong. The Swiss parliament's lower chamber is the National Council, and Robert Grimm served as its president in 1945/46.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:38 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult
- The current revision of this page does not actually contain any World Inequality Database table farther down. Its contents only show the UBS section, followed by See also, References, and External links.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult
- The current page does not contain any World Inequality Database table farther down. After the UBS tables, the article goes straight to See also, References, and External links.
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.