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Grok Fact Check: stories 301–350

50 stories published 22 Oct – 27 Oct 2026. Grok, the AI model made by xAI, has no connection to Badiyaa; we ask it every week to find the errors in what we published, and print its score and note here word for word.

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Was Dragon Age: The Veilguard to blame for EA closing Canada’s BioWare? What EA’s filings show –
Lamine Yamal’s late equalizer is not enough as PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 in Paris; Villarreal fall at Liverpool –
Brad Lander held for about three hours by Israeli forces at a West Bank olive grove, then released –
Chris Jericho apologizes to Nick Wayne on AEW Dynamite in Florida as Ilja Dragunov wins his debut –
Macron calls foreign leaders’ comments on France’s riots ‘unacceptable’ and ‘stupid’ before new protests –
Wembanyama’s 1-for-13 and Giannis’s 35 in Miami: what the NBA’s opening nights do and do not tell us –
Big Brother UK gives Omar an on-air warning after 7,138 Ofcom complaints over Rhianna scenes –
Oregon Zoo’s rescued sea otters slam-dunk mini pumpkins, a hoops habit that began as arthritis care –
Jay-Z closes his JAŸ-Z30 run at SoFi Stadium with Scarface, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg over two nights –
Roman color-changing glass may be repeatable again; Sheffield team grew gold and silver nanocrystals in a melt –
Kenny Ortega revisits Leonardo DiCaprio’s near-miss on Hocus Pocus at a Hartford fan panel –
Canadian cliff diver Molly Carlson becomes first woman to dive off an iceberg, off Newfoundland –
De La Soul’s Stakes Is High returns at 30 with J Dilla remixes, now on the group’s own label –
Prime Video’s Fallout Shelter: The Experiment sets a January 13 premiere and a $1 million prize –
Did Garrett Morgan invent the traffic light? His 1923 Cleveland patent added an all-way stop –
Madison Square Garden calls its fake Knicks championship ring phishing test an ‘unfortunate mistake’ –
Eminem’s Mom’s Spaghetti opens a permanent stand at Ford Field, with a $17.99 S’ghetti sandwich –
Lionesses bring their cubs to a floodlit Namibian waterhole, caught on a live safari camera near Etosha –
DC’s Clayface opens No. 1 at the North American box office with $24 million and an A-minus grade –
Polar Caves’ 80-ton hanging boulder fell after 104 years; 60 tons of it had hung over a New Hampshire trail –
Toosii returns from his football detour with Platinum Heart 2, featuring YoungBoy and Hunxho –
Mike Nesmith’s goofy Monkees bit became Linda Ronstadt’s first hit: the ‘Different Drum’ story –
Did Shah Jahan cut off the hands of the Taj Mahal’s builders? No 17th-century record says so –
A sprained ankle, 40 concrete statues: the Wisconsin farmhouse folk art site Grandview is trending again –
J. Cole opens his Dublin show from the stands as The Fall-Off Tour reaches Ireland and the UK –
Wicker, with Alexander Skarsgård as a woven husband, takes $5.75 million before going wide in the US and UK –
Viral ‘Damian Marley ft Bob Marley’ song When God Calls is an AI-made YouTube upload, not a real release –
SNL returns on Halloween night with Obsession star Inde Navarrette hosting and Gracie Abrams singing –
Saw-whet owl clip passes 38,000 YouTube views as the tiny owls migrate across North America –
A 13-year-old’s 2019 Voice Kids UK audition of Lauryn Hill’s Ex-Factor is trending again –
US safety regulator proposes cyan lights to flag driverless cars, with comments open until November 25 –
Two eggs over spaghetti: the 1.8 million-view YouTube meal is Naples’ old frittata di pasta –
SZA’s SOS climbs back into the US top 10 albums, nearly four years after its 2022 release –
Did Lewis Latimer invent the light bulb? His 1882 patent made its filament for Edison’s rival –
Marvel’s new Avengers: Doomsday spot jokes about ‘Captains America’ as the December 18 release nears –
Drake turns 40 as new RIAA plaques make him the first artist past 350 million certified units –
Viral ‘Shakira ft. Bob Marley’ Rolling in the Deep on YouTube is an AI copy that dropped its disclaimer –
An old folding card table becomes a plank-top bedroom desk in a trending YouTube DIY video –
Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in February –
Lil Wayne confirms he scrapped his first Forever verse after hearing Eminem’s, on Tyrann Mathieu’s podcast –
Chernobyl’s black mold may dim space radiation slightly; ISS sensors logged 147 counts a minute against 151 –
Katseye’s Lara Raj calls ‘Unloveu’ release ‘a long time coming’ as Wildworld Tour heads to Boston –
Did Betsy Ross sew the first American flag? The story first appeared 94 years later, from her grandson –
Lucky Daye sets a 24-date North American tour for his new album, opening in Orlando on March 2, 2027 –
Robert Pattinson calls Steven Soderbergh’s Batman Part II rescue ‘completely selfless’ as filming restarts –
Yeat officially releases Luh Leakyz Vol. 1, a 14-song tape of his long-leaked fan favorites –
Chip and Joanna Gaines list their Waco mansion for $7.39 million before its Fixer Upper series airs –
Lee Child says he only reads new Jack Reacher books when the publisher does, as his brother writes alone –
Boyz II Men sign with Warner Records Nashville for their first country album, due in 2027 –
Fans lose it as Russell Wilson drops TEARJERKER montage for Ciara’s 41st birthday! –

#301 · 22 Oct 2026 · Gaming