History
What really happened — historical claims measured against the sources.
During the lifetime of Muhammad, Islam spread among multiple tribes across the Arabian Peninsula.
NOT BS
Synanon charged its members for rehabilitation while also using them as unpaid labor.
SOME BS
Synanon's use of "The Game" caused Synanon members to distrust each other.
SOME BS
Synanon used violence or intimidation tactics against critics or perceived enemies.
NOT BS
Around 200 AD, Church Fathers including Irenaeus and Tertullian documented that Pentecost continued to be celebrated by Christians.
HARDLY BS
The Council of Jerusalem (c. 49–50 AD) confirmed that Gentile converts to Christianity were not required to follow Jewish Law.
HARDLY BS
Paul the Apostle was imprisoned in Rome around AD 60–68, and during Emperor Nero’s persecution of Christians, Paul the Apostle and Saint Peter were martyred.
HARDLY BS
Paul the Apostle undertook three missionary journeys (circa AD 47–58) across Cyprus, Asia Minor, and Greece, establishing churches and writing epistles that became foundational Christian texts.
NOT BS
Saul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle) converted to Christianity after an experience on the Road to Damascus around 34 AD and became known as the "Apostle to the Gentiles."
HARDLY BS
Chinese workers building the Canadian Pacific Railway were paid about one dollar per day and were assigned dangerous work such as explosives and demolition.
NOT BS
Adolf Hitler started World War II.
NOT BS
Residents of Synanon were instructed to focus on themselves and to avoid caring for personal relationships that were viewed as hindering sobriety or self-improvement.
HARDLY BS
Synanon stockpiled weapons and became increasingly isolated due to lawsuits.
HARDLY BS
The leadership of Synanon required some members to undergo vasectomies, broke up marriages, and reassigned partners.
NOT BS
Synanon was founded by Charles Dederich in California in 1958 as a rehabilitation program.
NOT BS
Jean Piaget shifted psychology away from behaviorism and helped found modern cognitive developmental psychology.
HARDLY BS
In Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Lost Illusions," Balzac argues that costume is important for people who want to appear to possess what they lack because appearing to have it can be a first step toward obtaining it.
NOT BS
In 1973, the American Association on Mental Retardation changed the IQ cutoff for diagnosing mental retardation from below 85 to below 70 because more than half of African Americans scored below 85.
MOSTLY BS
The first Summer Olympic Games held after World War II took place in the 1940s.
NOT BSNo checks match that verdict.