The sourced record on contested topics
What is established, what is disputed, what is debunked - every claim with its evidence and confidence. We present the record; you decide.
- The Medieval Flat-Earth MythNon-fictionSources B110 established1 disputed3 debunked1 unresolved
- The Great Emu War: Did Australia Really Lose to Birds?Non-fictionSources B17 established2 disputed2 debunked2 unresolved
- The Dancing Plague of 1518Non-fictionSources B17 established2 disputed1 debunked2 unresolved
- The Guillotine: Was It Really a Humane French Invention?Non-fictionSources B16 established5 disputed2 debunked1 unresolved
- Who really invented the light bulb?Non-fictionSources B18 established3 disputed2 debunked1 unresolved
- What really happened to Walt Disney's body?Non-fictionSources B18 established2 disputed3 debunked1 unresolved
- D.B. Cooper: Was the 1971 Skyjacker Ever Identified?Non-fictionSources A15 established5 disputed1 debunked3 unresolved
- How dangerous is the Bermuda Triangle really?Non-fictionSources B16 established2 disputed4 debunked1 unresolved
- What happened to the Radium Girls?Non-fictionSources A110 established1 disputed2 debunked1 unresolved
- The Mary Celeste: the ghost ship that Conan Doyle half-inventedNon-fictionSources B15 established5 disputed5 debunked1 unresolved
- The Wow! SignalNon-fictionSources A110 established1 disputed1 debunked2 unresolved
- What Caused the 1908 Tunguska Event?Non-fictionSources B16 established4 disputed2 debunked3 unresolved
- Dyatlov Pass: did a Disney-coded snow model finally crack the mystery?Non-fictionSources B14 established5 disputed4 debunked1 unresolved
- What is the Voynich manuscript, and has anyone decoded it?Non-fictionSources B15 established3 disputed4 debunked2 unresolved
- The Antikythera MechanismNon-fictionSources A19 established3 disputed1 debunked1 unresolved
- What happens to hair and fingernails after death?Non-fictionSources B18 established1 disputed2 debunked1 unresolved
- What does reading in dim light actually do to your eyes?Non-fictionSources A18 established2 disputed2 debunked1 unresolved
- What really happens when you drop food on the floor?Non-fictionSources B16 established3 disputed3 debunked1 unresolved
- What does shaving actually do to hair regrowth?Non-fictionSources B17 established2 disputed3 debunked1 unresolved
- What happened when Wegener proposed continental drift?Non-fictionSources B17 established3 disputed2 debunked1 unresolved
- How well can bats actually see?Non-fictionSources B19 established2 disputed1 debunked1 unresolved
- How long is a goldfish's memory really?Non-fictionSources B17 established2 disputed2 debunked2 unresolved
- What colour is the blood in your veins?Non-fictionSources B17 established2 disputed2 debunked2 unresolved
- Where did the 'we swallow spiders in our sleep' claim come from?Non-fictionSources B18 established2 disputed2 debunked1 unresolved