History
What really happened — historical claims measured against the sources.
Western accounts of the Cuban Missile Crisis often emphasize United States and Soviet perspectives more than Cuban perspectives.
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The British monarchy is around 1,000 years old.
HARDLY BS
In 1788–1789, France experienced severe weather that contributed to crop failures and social unrest.
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Poor harvests in France in the late 1780s contributed to food shortages and rising bread prices in France.
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In the late 1780s, the Kingdom of France was nearly bankrupt due to the costs of expensive wars and high government spending.
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In the Estates-General of France, each of the three Estates had one vote, allowing the First Estate and Second Estate to outvote the Third Estate.
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In pre-revolutionary France, society was divided into three estates: the First Estate (clergy), the Second Estate (nobility), and the Third Estate (common people).
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara was gay.
TOTAL BS
Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands won four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metres, women's 200 metres, women's 80 metres hurdles, and women's 4 × 100 metres relay.
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Bob Mathias of the United States won the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics at age 17.
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The United States won 38 gold medals, 27 silver medals, and 19 bronze medals (84 total medals) at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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The 1948 Summer Olympics were hosted by London, United Kingdom.
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Delfo Cabrera of Great Britain won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
TOTAL BS
On the Oregon Trail, accidental firearm discharges were the second leading cause of accidental or violent deaths, after drownings.
MOSTLY BS
Synanon used communal living arrangements to avoid paying property taxes.
MOSTLY BS
Opposition to conscription became a major political and social issue in Australia during the Vietnam War.
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The Vietnam Moratorium protests in Australia in 1970 attracted hundreds of thousands of participants and were among the largest public demonstrations in Australian history.
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North Vietnam was led by Ho Chi Minh and aimed to reunify Vietnam under a communist government.
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Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam in 1954.
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