What's new
Changes to the cards and the site, newest first.
Card updates
- Removed the card on Musk being "unfit" because of drug use: no solid sources confirm or rule it out.
- New Elon card: "He doesn't even have a physics degree" (False).
- Tesla fires: clearer like-for-like comparison, Swedish data for all cars added, and "gasoline fires" corrected to "vehicle fires (all fuel types)".
- Note added on three cards that cite think tanks with a political leaning.
Fact check: 6 figures corrected
- Musk left South Africa in 1989, not 1988.
- Tesla fire data now covers 2012–2024: about 1 fire per 225 million km.
- US vehicle fires: about 196,000 a year (NFPA average 2018–2022).
- Falcon 9 list price: about $74 million (2026).
- Reused Falcon 9 boosters: some past 30 flights (record: 37).
- Soyuz crew deaths: 1967 and 1971.
- 5 dead source links replaced.
Launch: The Record, version 1
- 50 claims in 5 topics, in 9 languages.
- Share images, Compare, and a correction form for every card.