What really happened — historical claims measured against the sources.
Claim:
Australian sculptor Bronwyn Oliver mainly used copper and bronze wire, which she bent, twisted, wove, and soldered to form complex three-dimensional shapes.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
Australian sculptor Bronwyn Oliver created a sculpture titled "Globe" that is a rounded, hollow sphere made from copper and bronze wire using weaving and soldering techniques.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
In the thesis of the essay titled "La modernización y la pérdida de identidad cultural," José María Arguedas argues that a society guided by ambition can cause loss of identity and deterioration of Indigenous cultures.
MOSTLY BS
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In the book "Romulus and Remus: The Myth of Rome's Origins", T. P. Wiseman wrote the sentence: "The legend as a whole encapsulates Rome’s ideas of itself, its origins and moral values."
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
Adam Smith argued that markets operate more efficiently when there is no government intervention.
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea in October 2018.
NOT BS
Claim:
Sigmund Freud said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
The Aztec Empire greatly predates any existing universities.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire.
NOT BS
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During the Middle Ages, scholars thought the Earth was round.
NOT BS
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The tooth fairy collects baby teeth placed under a pillow.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
Neil Armstrong said "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on the moon.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
The origin of the quote "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" is unknown.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
Virginia Woolf wrote the statement "You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
Michael Cunningham wrote "You cannot find peace by avoiding life" in "The Hours".
TOTAL BS
Claim:
Einstein flunked math in school.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
Rousseau attributed the statement "Let them eat cake" to a princess, possibly Maria Theresa of Spain.
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
During European colonial rule in Africa, European colonial powers attempted to undermine the intellectual legitimacy of Africans.
NOT BS
Claim:
The United States Central Intelligence Agency supported the expansion of Protestant Christianity in Latin America as a strategy to reduce the influence of liberation theology.
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
The United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq in 2003.
NOT BS
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