Neil Armstrong delivered the “one small step” line on the Moon.
Claim:
Neil Armstrong said "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on the moon.
HARDLY BS
History
What really happened — historical claims measured against the sources.
No definitive source for “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” has been established.
Claim:
The origin of the quote "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" is unknown.
HARDLY BS
The line originated in David Hare’s 2002 screenplay for The Hours.
Claim:
Virginia Woolf wrote the statement "You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
TOTAL BS
The quote “You cannot find peace by avoiding life” comes from the 2002 film adaptation.
Claim:
Michael Cunningham wrote "You cannot find peace by avoiding life" in "The Hours".
TOTAL BS
Albert Einstein earned top marks in mathematics, including algebra and geometry.
Claim:
Einstein flunked math in school.
TOTAL BS
Rousseau linked “Let them eat cake” to an unnamed princess.
Claim:
Rousseau attributed the statement "Let them eat cake" to a princess, possibly Maria Theresa of Spain.
MOSTLY BS
Colonial administrations and missionary schools systematically privileged European knowledge over African traditions.
Claim:
During European colonial rule in Africa, European colonial powers attempted to undermine the intellectual legitimacy of Africans.
NOT BS
U.S. anti-communist efforts sometimes leveraged religious networks in Latin America.
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
In March 2003, the United States led a coalition invasion of Iraq.
Claim:
The United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq in 2003.
NOT BS
The 1924 Immigration Act set quotas at 2% of each nationality’s foreign-born U.S. population in the 1890 census.
Claim:
The Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson–Reed Act) limited annual immigration for each nationality to 2% of the foreign-born population of that nationality living in the United States as recorded in the 1890 census.
NOT BS
Late-1930s and 1940s Japanese officials tied eugenics to national strength.
Claim:
During the 1930s and 1940s, the Japanese government linked eugenics to nationalism by arguing that Japan's national strength depended on the biological quality of its citizens.
HARDLY BS
Japan’s early eugenics policies drew on U.S. sterilization laws and European models.
Claim:
Japan's eugenics policies in the early 20th century were influenced by eugenics policies in Europe and the United States.
NOT BS
Sterilizations under Japan’s 1940 National Eugenics Law were generally consent-based.
Claim:
Under Japan's National Eugenics Law of 1940, sterilization decisions were often made by medical professionals and government officials rather than by the individuals themselves.
MOSTLY BS
The Titanic wreck was discovered in 1985 by a joint French-American team.
Claim:
The wreck of the RMS Titanic was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1985.
HARDLY BS
Egypt and Syria launched coordinated surprise attacks on October 6, 1973.
Claim:
Israel initiated the first major military attacks of the Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973, by attacking Egypt and Syria.
TOTAL BS
Mainstream historians widely view the Korean War as a containment-era Cold War conflict.
Claim:
Historians widely characterize the Korean War (1950–1953) as a Cold War conflict linked to the United States policy of containment of communism.
NOT BS
The 1938 Nazi salute was ordered by Britain’s ambassador and football officials.
Claim:
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom Foreign Office directly instructed the England national football team to perform the Nazi salute in Berlin on May 14, 1938.
MOSTLY BS
Rome’s conflict with Tarentum prompted Tarentum to summon Pyrrhus, sparking war.
Claim:
A conflict between Tarentum and the Roman Republic caused the war between the Roman Republic and Pyrrhus of Epirus.
NOT BS
Dewey’s "The School and Society" was written in English, not Spanish.
Claim:
John Dewey wrote the Spanish sentence "La escuela debe convertirse en una comunidad embrionaria, un tipo de vida social en pequeña escala que refleja la vida de la sociedad de una manera más amplia" in a work cited as (Dewey, 1899/1986, p. 27).
TOTAL BS
Cuban nationalism and anti-imperialism were the revolution’s main mobilizing forces in the 1950s.
Claim:
The Cuban Revolution was driven primarily by Cuban nationalist and anti-imperialist traditions rather than by communism.
HARDLY BS
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