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September 1, 2026

10 true or false questions from this day's daily challenge. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The first modern Olympics included a cycling race that lasted over 12 hours.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

No cycling race lasted that long. The longest cycling event in 1896 was the 100 km race, which took about 3.5 hours. The 12-hour myth likely stems from early endurance events.

2.

Marina Abramović was born in 1946 in Belgrade, which was then part of Yugoslavia.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

Marina Abramović was born on November 30, 1946, in Belgrade, Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia. This is confirmed in official biographies.

3.

A tarantula is the world's fastest spider.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

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

4.

Elon Musk has a cameo as himself in the movie Iron Man 2.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Elon Musk appears as himself in Iron Man 2 (2010) at a Monaco party, where he talks to Tony Stark about an electric jet.

5.

Artemisia Gentileschi was the daughter of the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Caravaggio had no known children. Artemisia's father was Orazio Gentileschi, a contemporary of Caravaggio but a different painter entirely.

6.

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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✓ TRUE

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.

7.

Pablo Picasso died at the age of over 100 in 1973.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Picasso died on April 8, 1973, at age 91. He did not reach 100.

8.

Scorpion gained his powers from a radioactive scorpion bite.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Scorpion's powers came from a scientific procedure involving a scorpion-themed suit and tail, not a bite.

9.

Dolphins can only breathe voluntarily, meaning they can't breathe automatically.

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✓ TRUE

Dolphins are conscious breathers; they must decide to take each breath, which is why they never fully sleep and only rest half their brain at a time.

10.

The Minecraft End Poem was written by a novelist, not a game developer.

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Hard
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Julian Gough, a novelist, wrote the End Poem. It was added in version 1.0 and is credited to him in the game's credits.

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