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Each excavation files its claims with evidence, confidence and limits.

Browse: Area History Politics and Government Current Events Technology and Engineering Law and Justice Media and Misinformation Question Did it happen? Who wrote or made it? Is the document or object genuine? What caused it? What did people know, and when? Is a widely shared claim true? Where and when did it begin? Starts from a widely shared claim Show all

• Did a second attack on US destroyers happen in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964?
  No (high confidence)
  Politics and Government · Did it happen?, What did people know, and when? · starts from a widely shared claim open excavation
• Was the Surfside condominium collapse tied to John McAfee's death?
  No (high confidence)
  Current Events · Is a widely shared claim true?, What caused it? · starts from a widely shared claim open excavation
• Who wrote the King's Book (Eikon Basilike): Charles I or John Gauden?
  Unsettled, leans slightly toward not Charles I alone
  History · Who wrote or made it?, Is the document or object genuine? open excavation
• Did Mary Queen of Scots write the Casket Letters?
  Unsettled, leans slightly toward yes
  History · Is the document or object genuine?, Who wrote or made it? · starts from a widely shared claim open excavation
• Was the Flydubai FZ1073 cockpit attack of 30 September 2026 manufactured?
  Unsettled, leans slightly toward no
  Current Events · What caused it?, Is a widely shared claim true? · starts from a widely shared claim open excavation
• Who invented the light bulb?
  Partly
  Technology and Engineering · Where and when did it begin?, Is a widely shared claim true? · starts from a widely shared claim open excavation