Daily True or False
August 1, 2026

Keith Haring created a large mural at the Olympic Park in Seoul for the 1988 Summer Olympics, featuring his iconic figures.

False. Chinese astronomers recorded sunspots earlier. Galileo correctly argued they were on the Sun, but Thomas Harriot and others observed them around the same time.

Tarantulas are slow-moving ambush predators. The fastest spiders are species like giant house spiders or certain wolf spiders, not tarantulas.

Species like the southern two-striped walkingstick produce a chemical spray containing acetic acid, which gives it a vinegar-like odor. It deters predators but is harmless to humans.

President Gerald Ford awarded Norman Rockwell the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, recognizing his contributions to American art and culture.

Abramović taught performance art for many years at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, not at Yale. She has never held a professorship at Yale University.

Hammerhead sharks possess ampullae of Lorenzini, electroreceptors that sense electric fields—including the faint heartbeat of hidden prey like stingrays.

After returning from his first retirement, Jordan lost to the Orlando Magic in the 1995 Eastern Conference semifinals. He later won three more titles.

John Singer Sargent remained an American citizen his entire life. Although he lived in England for many years, he never renounced his U.S. citizenship.

Hiroshige was incredibly prolific, with estimates of his total print output ranging from 5,000 to over 10,000, including multiple famous series.