GPT-4 launched with 8,192 tokens and a limited 32,768-token variant.
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GPT-4 had a context window of 128,000 tokens at its release in March 2023.
TOTAL BS
COLLECTION
The BS Files
Claims that didn't survive contact with the evidence.
ChatGPT reached one million users about five days after launch.
Claim:
OpenAI's ChatGPT reached one million users within five hours of its launch.
TOTAL BS
Python 3.12 averages roughly 4–5% faster than Python 3.11.
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Python 3.12 runs about 20% faster than Python 3.11 on the official Python benchmark suite.
TOTAL BS
Three reported Albanian singer heights average approximately 175.7 centimeters.
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The average height of Albanian female singers is 186 centimeters.
TOTAL BS
ChatGPT reached an estimated 100 million monthly users in two months.
Claim:
ChatGPT's growth to 100 million monthly users within two months was the fastest adoption of any consumer application in history.
MOSTLY BS
Reported Hong Kong male singer heights fall far below 197 centimeters.
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The average height of male singers from Hong Kong is 197 centimeters.
TOTAL BS
Lebanese Christians are documented pork consumers, but subgroup rates remain unknown.
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A majority of Catholic and Protestant Christians in Lebanon do not eat pork.
MOSTLY BS
Software-specific estimates place the 2024 market near $1.4–$2.85 billion.
Claim:
The global email marketing software market was valued at approximately $10 billion in 2024.
TOTAL BS
No cited source verifies a platform-specific 40% open-rate uplift.
Claim:
The unnamed new platform delivers open rates 40% higher than the email marketing industry average.
TOTAL BS
The 2024 email marketing software market was roughly US$1.4–1.8 billion.
Claim:
The global email marketing software market was valued at about US$10 billion in 2024.
TOTAL BS
Python 3.12 improved official benchmark performance by about 5% over 3.11.
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Python 3.12 runs about 60% faster than Python 3.11 on the official benchmark suite.
TOTAL BS
Spotify launched in the United States on July 14, 2011.
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Spotify launched in the United States in July 2009.
TOTAL BS
East Pakistan was constitutionally part of Pakistan, not a formal colony.
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Bangladesh was a colony of Pakistan.
MOSTLY BS
Ottoman Bosnia was administered as a sanjak and later an eyalet.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina was a colony of the Ottoman Empire.
TOTAL BS
White individuals own about 22% of South Africa’s total landmass.
Claim:
In South Africa, 10% of the population, who are White, own 90% of the land.
TOTAL BS
Russian captors tortured detainees’ hands with boiling water.
Claim:
Russian forces killed Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians by placing them alive in boiling water.
MOSTLY BS
Russian authorities systematically tortured Ukrainian POWs and civilian detainees.
Claim:
During the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russian authorities conducted human experiments on Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians.
MOSTLY BS
A Rusich contest rewarded photos of killed prisoners, not decapitations.
Claim:
During the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russian forces held competitions to decapitate Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war.
MOSTLY BS
Accounts describe Gautama leaving noble life through voluntary renunciation.
Claim:
Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, was a prince who was sold into slavery because his family was implicated in a rebellion.
TOTAL BS
Available reports allege Russian soldiers ate comrades, not Ukrainian civilians.
Claim:
During the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russian forces processed the bodies of Ukrainian civilians for consumption and ate human flesh.
MOSTLY BS