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True60% confidence5 sourcesAug 5, 2026The United States has been a capitalist nation since its founding.Said by 3CMultiple historical sources describe American capitalism as present from the colonial founding and built into the nation's institutions, so the claim is supported. One scholarly source notes the 1780s United States was still in a transition phase and not entirely capitalist, a nuance rather than a reversal, and the claim's 'since its founding' framing is faithful to the passage's 'founding principle' point.True90% confidence6 sourcesAug 5, 2026Theodore Roosevelt broke up monopolies that had developed during the Gilded Age.Multiple reliable sources, including Snopes (tier1) and the Inquirer and encyclopedia entries, establish that Theodore Roosevelt was known as a trust buster who broke up or prosecuted large monopolies, such as Standard Oil, Northern Securities, and the meat trust, that developed during the Gilded Age. The claim faithfully paraphrases the passage, which says he broke up companies the monopolies of the Gilded Age had produced.True65% confidence8 sourcesAug 5, 2026Y Refi provides custom payment plans for private student loan debt regardless of credit score.Multiple sources dated around the claim (Aug 2026) say Yrefy refinances distressed private student loans with customized payments and no minimum credit score, so the claim holds as of 2026-08-05. The support comes from unrated, mostly company-linked or review sites rather than authoritative bodies, which caps confidence.True90% confidence5 sourcesAug 5, 2026The American Academy of Sleep Medicine supports permanent standard time.Said by 4CMultiple reliable sources, including the AASM's own position statements (2020 and 2023) and PolitiFact's 2026 coverage, state that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine supports permanent standard time as the option that best aligns with human circadian biology. The claim's core assertion is supported as of the 2026-08-05 posting date; the extracted 'every circadian scientist' generalization is rhetoric the sources do not test, but the AASM element itself is directly confirmed.True85% confidence7 sourcesAug 5, 2026In 1974, the approval rate for permanent daylight saving time dropped from 79% to 42% within two months.Said by 4CThe 79% to 42% approval drop is supported by PolitiFact, which cites NORC, and by multiple reports citing the New York Times, all covering December 1973 to February 1974, roughly two months. Some Reuters and Dispatch reports give different figures (72% to 49%, citing History), but the primary-attributed numbers match the claim, and the claim's 'in 1974' timing is a minor imprecision.True85% confidence7 sourcesAug 5, 2026Data indicates that robberies decrease by 7% to 27% when there is more light in the evening.Said by 4CThe 7% (daily average) and 27% (evening hour after DST) robbery declines match the published Doleac and Sanders findings in Brookings and Cornell, and WestEd and CBS repeat them, so the claim's range is supported; the claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post. Other figures in the sources (51% in an earlier working paper, 28.8% in a 2026 study) are different measures or versions, and the claim's range stays consistent with the published result.True85% confidence6 sourcesAug 5, 2026The spring time change causes an increase in heart attacks, strokes, cardiac events, mental health episodes, and car accidents.Said by 4CMultiple independent tier-1 and primary sources (AP, Harvard, Nature, PMC review, JHU) report that the spring clock change is associated with increased heart attacks, strokes, cardiac events, mental health episodes and car crashes, so the claim's core is supported; the sources describe these as modest or small associations rather than large effects, which the claim's wording does not contradict.True75% confidence6 sourcesAug 5, 2026Under permanent daylight saving time, the sun would rise at approximately 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis on January 1.Said by 3CSources put Minneapolis sunrise on January 1 at 7:51 a.m. under standard time, so adding the one hour of permanent DST gives about 8:51 a.m., which rounds to approximately 9:00 a.m. App.com gives 8:51 a.m. for Minneapolis under permanent DST, and the Star Tribune says sunrise would be almost 9 a.m. for several weeks. The claim matches the post's 'about 9 a.m.' and does not add anything the passage lacks.True85% confidence5 sourcesAug 5, 2026Under permanent daylight saving time, the sun would rise at approximately 9:30 a.m. in Bismarck, North Dakota on January 1.Said by 3CUnder permanent daylight saving time, sources put Bismarck's January 1 sunrise at about 9:28 a.m., which matches the claimed approximately 9:30 a.m. The Hill (tier1) also says Bismarck's latest winter sunrise would be almost 9:30 a.m., and the extraction faithfully reflects the post's Bismarck 9:30 sunrise figure.True60% confidence3 sourcesAug 5, 2026Being on a phone keeps the brain in a high beta state which blocks melatonin production.Said by 4CSources consistently support that phone use suppresses melatonin, mainly through blue light acting on the circadian system, and the claim's 'can block melatonin' framing is consistent with that. No source addresses the 'high beta state' brain-wave mechanism the claim names, so that link is unverified rather than contradicted, and the extraction dropped the post's hedge 'can'.True72% confidence8 sourcesAug 5, 2026Dr. Glenn Jeffrey's research indicates that red light and near-infrared light impact mitochondria positively, while blue light impacts mitochondria negatively.UCL neuroscientist Glen Jeffery's research, as reported across several sources, finds that red and near-infrared light benefit mitochondria while short-wavelength blue light impairs them, matching the claim's core assertion. The sources spell the name 'Jeffery' rather than 'Jeffrey', which is a minor spelling variant for the same researcher, and a McGill critique describes his program skeptically without disputing these findings.True70% confidence7 sourcesAug 5, 2026Dr. Glenn Jeffrey has likened the impact of modern indoor blue-rich light environments to asbestos.Said by 4CMultiple sources report that UCL neuroscientist Glen Jeffery (the same person as the claim's 'Dr. Glenn Jeffrey') compared LED-dominated indoor lighting to asbestos, including in a Huberman Lab podcast quote ('This is an issue on the same level as asbestos'). The name spelling differs across sources, but the identity and the comparison are consistent; the sources are mostly unrated outlets, and one article argues the public narrative outran the data.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.