Fact or Fiction
Real facts from our database mixed with plausible AI-generated lies. 10 rounds. Can you tell which is which?
Easy mode: pick something you know. Hard mode: Chaos.
Or pick a category
How to play Fact or Fiction
How to spot a fake
Watch for suspiciously round or specific numbers
AI-generated fakes love specifics that "sound" official — "exactly 47 days," "by 73 percent," "in 1882." A real curated fact will use approximations or be plain about uncertainty. If the precision feels overcalibrated for the topic, lean fake.
Be suspicious of "first," "only," and "largest" claims
Superlatives are easy to fabricate and hard to verify in the moment. "X was the first/only/largest Y" is a favorite shape for AI-confident-but-wrong output. Real facts more often describe behaviors or relationships than rankings.
Plausible names attached to plausible deeds
"Composer Y created theme Z performed by N people" sounds great, but a fake will often blend a real name with invented details. The name might be right; the detail attached to it might not. When you don't recognize the specific claim, lean fake.
Topic obscurity is a tell
If you've never heard of the topic and the "fact" reads as confidently as one about Napoleon, that's a yellow flag. Models confidently invent details for obscure subjects because nothing in training pushes back.
Questions people ask
Where do the "real" facts come from?
From our archive of 102,000+ verified facts across 13,000+ topics on factjuice.com. Each one was generated on-demand by Claude when someone hit a Squeeze button, and is permanently saved. When a Real round comes up, the game pulls one at random from that archive.
Where do the fakes come from?
The fakes are generated live, one per round, by Claude Haiku with a prompt that explicitly asks for plausible-but-false statements about the same topic. Each fake is saved separately (clearly marked, never mixed into the real archive) so future games can also use them.
Is the score saved anywhere?
No. Scores are session-only and disappear when you close the tab. Share a screenshot if you want bragging rights.
What is Chaos Mode?
Normal mode draws topics only from your chosen category — easier because you can use your knowledge of the area. Chaos Mode pulls from every category at random. Even Britannica-level players bottom out around 6/10 in Chaos.
Are the workers in this game?
Indirectly. The 20 pixel-fruit workers squeeze the real facts. A separate crew — the Bitter Press — squeezes the fakes for this game (Persimmon, Mock Orange, Crab Apple, Durian, Quince, Pomelo, Sloe, Pokeberry). Tap any of them to see their dossier.