Fact Checks

Artemis II is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, at 22:24 UTC (6:24 p.m. EDT) from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B.

Artemis II will fly a free-return trajectory around the Moon and will not enter lunar orbit.

The term 'Al-Aqsa Mosque' primarily refers to the wider Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount compound, not just the silver-domed southern prayer hall.

Quran 17:1’s phrase 'al-masjid al-aqsa' did not refer to a standing mosque building at Jerusalem at the time of the Quran’s composition.

Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were introduced at a dinner party hosted by journalist Charles L. Bartlett, and their relationship became serious after a later meeting in May 1952.

Jacqueline Bouvier worked at the Washington Times-Herald as an 'Inquiring Camera Girl' (inquiring photographer) in the early 1950s.

The 2026 constitutional referendum rejected the reform by about 53.2% to 46.8%.

The referendum was held on 22–23 March 2026 as a confirmatory referendum under Article 138, so no turnout quorum was required for validity.

The English Wikipedia article contains unverified, likely unreliable claims about a December 2025 STC offensive (including that the STC seized Hadhramaut and al-Mahrah, was later pushed out in January 2026, and then dissolved).

The statement that the UN announced a two-month nationwide truce on 2 April 2022, extended it (including on 2 June 2022), and that it expired on 2 October 2022 but remained partly in effect is broadly accurate.

The ScanPyramids project discovered a previously unknown large void (“Big Void”) above the Grand Gallery, detected robustly by three independent muon-imaging methods.

A sealed corridor on the north face (North Face Corridor) was detected and then directly explored in 2023; it is about 9 m long and roughly 2×2 m in cross-section.

The Kosovo conflict ended because NATO’s March 1999 air strikes caused Yugoslav forces to withdraw from Kosovo.

In 2001, a UN-administered Supreme Court in Kosovo found there was a systematic campaign of terror against Kosovo Albanians but ruled it was not genocide because the intent was forced expulsion rather than destruction of the group.

The crash resulted in 70 deaths and 56 injured survivors (126 people total onboard).

The aircraft was taking off from Caucayá Airport (Puerto Leguízamo) en route to Tres de Mayo Airport (Puerto Asís) when it crashed during the initial climb-out.

International humanitarian law treats civilians, medical personnel/chaplains, and persons hors de combat as protected from direct attack unless they take a direct part in hostilities.

The Wikipedia article’s statement that “This particular status was first recognized under the First Geneva Convention of 1864” is potentially misleading because the 1864 convention focused on wounded/sick combatants and medical services, not civilians generally.

The Law of Armed Conflict / International Humanitarian Law is distinct from (but related to) jus ad bellum, and primarily governs conduct of hostilities (jus in bello) rather than the legality of resorting to force.

The 1820 Armistice and Treaty for the Regularization of War (Bolívar–Morillo, Trujillo) is fairly described as an early milestone/precursor in codifying humanitarian restraints in warfare, though calling it "the" precursor can be overstated.

Chicago’s homicide total hit a 25-year high in 2021.

Chicago reached a five-year low in homicides in 2024.

Video evidence shows the ambulances and fire truck were clearly marked and had emergency lights on when Israeli forces opened fire, contradicting early IDF claims that the vehicles approached without lights/signals.

An Israeli internal examination released on April 20, 2025 concluded the incident involved professional failures, breaches of orders, and incomplete/inaccurate reporting, and it resulted in removal/dismissal of a Golani unit deputy commander.