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日本ファクトチェックセンター

中国人観光客が金閣寺の金箔を剥がした

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review says Kinkakuji’s office and Kyoto police denied that such an incident occurred: the temple said, “そのような事件はない,” and police said there was no such reported case. The temple also explained that visitors cannot get close to the Golden Pavilion and that security would respond if someone entered a restricted area.

First CheckHealth & medicine

Lack of sleep can cause the brain to “eat itself”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading. While sleep deprivation could lead brain disorder including Alzheimer’s, ‘brain eating itself’ is an oversimplification

The review says the claim is based on a 2017 study of mice, which found increased activity in brain cells involved in clearing damaged neurons and waste, including greater removal of synapses in sleep-deprived mice. It says this process is not the brain literally consuming itself, and notes that more research is needed to confirm long-term effects in humans.

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