Daily True or False
September 5, 2026

Wildebeest are indeed called gnus, a name derived from the Khoikhoi word for these antelopes.

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.

Otoro is the fattiest, most prized cut of bluefin tuna, taken from the belly. Its rich, melt-in-your-mouth texture makes it the most expensive sushi ingredient.

The Birth of Venus was painted by Sandro Botticelli in the 1480s. Artemisia Gentileschi is best known for Judith Slaying Holofernes and Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting.

Joe Perry left in 1979, but was replaced by Jimmy Crespo, not Jimmy Page.

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

This explicit realist painting of a female nude was privately owned for over a century and first shown to the public at the Musée d'Orsay in 1995.

Tarantulas are arachnids, not insects. They have eight legs, two body segments, and eight eyes, unlike insects which have six legs.

Taylor Swift does not own any of her Big Machine masters. She is re-recording them as 'Taylor's Versions' to regain control, but the originals are still owned by others.

John Singer Sargent was highly prolific. His catalog includes roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, plus drawings and sketches.