"""Create fact_checker
Generated by Phi-Octopus Eden
2025-11-07 21:10:24.791980
"""

```python
from typing import List, Dict
from datetime import date

class FactChecker:
    """
    A simple fact-checking system that verifies if a given statement is true based on predefined facts.
    This implementation has limited reasoning sophistication, meaning it can only check against direct comparisons and dates.
    """

    def __init__(self, facts: List[Dict[str, str]]):
        """
        Initialize the FactChecker with a list of facts.

        :param facts: A list of dictionaries where each dictionary contains 'statement' and 'truth_value'.
        """
        self.facts = {fact['statement']: fact['truth_value'] for fact in facts}

    def check_fact(self, statement: str) -> bool:
        """
        Check if the given statement is true according to the predefined facts.

        :param statement: The statement to be checked.
        :return: True if the statement is true, False otherwise.
        """
        return self.facts.get(statement.lower(), False)

    def check_date_fact(self, statement: str) -> bool:
        """
        Check if a date-based fact matches the current date.

        :param statement: The date fact to be checked in format 'YYYY-MM-DD'.
        :return: True if the statement is true according to today's date, False otherwise.
        """
        today = date.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
        return self.facts.get(statement.lower(), False) == (statement.lower() == today)

# Example usage
if __name__ == "__main__":
    facts = [
        {"statement": "Python was released in 1991", "truth_value": True},
        {"statement": "Today is the date of my birthday", "truth_value": False}, # This will depend on the current date
        {"statement": "The Earth orbits the Sun", "truth_value": True}
    ]

    fact_checker = FactChecker(facts)

    print("Is Python released in 1991?", fact_checker.check_fact("Python was released in 1991"))
    # Check against today's date will require modification based on current system date
    print("Is today my birthday?", fact_checker.check_date_fact(date.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')))
    print("Does the Earth orbit the Sun?", fact_checker.check_fact("The Earth orbits the Sun"))
```