specific claims get specific evidence
If a fact is about a particular species, experiment, behavior, or observation, the goal is to find evidence that actually supports that claim instead of stretching a broad article to fit.
interesting does not have to mean made up
A lot of fun-fact content gets copied until nobody knows where the original claim came from. Moth takes the opposite approach: factual cards are researched against identifiable sources, and the website keeps a public directory of the references used.
uncertainty stays uncertainty
If one study found something, the wording should say that rather than pretending the result applies everywhere.
the source is not hidden
You can open the source from the fact card, and the website has a separate source directory if you want to browse the research behind Moth.
what kind of facts are in Moth?
Moth is built around variety, so the factual content is not one narrow trivia category. You might get something about animals, science, weather, food, materials, plants, the human body, or the strange ways ordinary things work.
- Facts should be understandable without needing a textbook beside you.
- The wording should make the interesting part obvious instead of burying it in jargon.
- A fact can be weird, funny, surprising, useful, or just good enough to tell a friend.
- When a detail needs context, the card should give enough context to make it stand on its own.
it is not only facts
Moth mixes factual cards with other kinds of content so the feed does not feel like a trivia database. You can move from a fact to a vocabulary word, a riddle, an affirmation, a reflection, a quest, a mini-game, or a real moth species.
That mix is intentional. The point is not to cram information into every spare second. It is to make scrolling feel more curious, useful, playful, or reflective than a feed you opened by accident.
how Moth checks a fact
The full process lives on the Sources page, but the short version is simple: prefer evidence that matches the exact claim, avoid dramatic wording that outruns the source, and keep the citation available so someone else can inspect it.
want to see the receipts?
The public source directory shows the references currently used for factual content in Moth.
browse the sourcesquestions people usually have
does every fun fact have a source?
Moth's factual fun-fact cards are designed to connect back to a source used to research or verify the claim. The website also keeps a public directory of those references.
is Moth only a trivia app?
No. Facts are one part of the feed. Moth also includes affirmations, vocabulary, riddles, quests, reflections, collections, mini-games, and real moth species.
are the facts written like encyclopedia entries?
No. The goal is to keep them accurate without making them feel like homework. The wording is meant to make the interesting part easy to understand and easy to remember.