Daily True or False
July 23, 2026
10 true or false questions from this day's daily challenge. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.
1.Hammerhead sharks can survive in freshwater environments for extended periods.
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Hammerhead sharks can survive in freshwater environments for extended periods.
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Hammerhead sharks are strictly marine and cannot tolerate freshwater. Only a few shark species, like the bull shark, can survive in rivers and lakes.
2.Camille Pissarro painted the famous series of haystacks in the late 1880s.
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Camille Pissarro painted the famous series of haystacks in the late 1880s.
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The haystack series was painted by Claude Monet. Pissarro focused on rural landscapes and city views, not haystacks in series.
3.Robots were used in the Chernobyl cleanup, but many failed due to high radiation; human 'liquidators' performed much of the work.
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Robots were used in the Chernobyl cleanup, but many failed due to high radiation; human 'liquidators' performed much of the work.
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Soviet remote-controlled robots suffered electronics failures from radiation, so thousands of human 'liquidators' cleaned the reactor roof and other areas in short, intense shifts.
4.Artemisia Gentileschi was a student of the painter Caravaggio.
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Artemisia Gentileschi was a student of the painter Caravaggio.
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Caravaggio died in 1610 when Artemisia was 17; she was influenced by his style but never studied under him. Her teacher was her father, Orazio.
5.The only primary source for Cabot's 1497 voyage is a letter from a Bristol merchant to a Spanish duke.
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The only primary source for Cabot's 1497 voyage is a letter from a Bristol merchant to a Spanish duke.
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Multiple contemporary letters describe the voyage, including Lorenzo Pasqualigo's August 1497 letter and Raimondo de Soncino's dispatch. John Day's letter is an important source, but it is not the sole one.
6.Meryl Streep was a high school cheerleader and voted 'Most Likely to Succeed.'
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Meryl Streep was a high school cheerleader and voted 'Most Likely to Succeed.'
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Meryl Streep was indeed a cheerleader and homecoming queen at Bernards High School in New Jersey. She was also voted 'Most Likely to Succeed,' which proved prophetic.
7.Michael Jordan was a first-round pick in the MLB draft before his NBA career.
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Michael Jordan was a first-round pick in the MLB draft before his NBA career.
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Jordan was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1988 MLB Draft, but it was in the 22nd round (506th overall), not the first round.
8.A tarantula can regrow a lost leg during its next molt.
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A tarantula can regrow a lost leg during its next molt.
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Tarantulas can regenerate lost legs gradually through molting. A missing limb may reappear smaller and return to full size over successive molts.
9.Max Ernst created the collage novel 'Une Semaine de Bonté' using images from Victorian catalogs.
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Max Ernst created the collage novel 'Une Semaine de Bonté' using images from Victorian catalogs.
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Published in 1934, 'Une Semaine de Bonté' contains 182 collages made from 19th-century engravings, a landmark of Surrealist book art.
10.Alexander Calder created the large red stabile "Flamingo" in Chicago.
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Alexander Calder created the large red stabile "Flamingo" in Chicago.
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Calder's "Flamingo" is a 53-foot-tall red stabile installed in Chicago's Federal Plaza in 1974.
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