What really happened — historical claims measured against the sources.
Claim:
Viking ships had shallow draughts that allowed them to navigate up narrow rivers and to be beached directly on coastlines for surprise attacks.
NOT BS
Claim:
Viking longships used a large square sail combined with oars for propulsion.
NOT BS
Claim:
The Viking people originated from Scandinavia, specifically the areas that are now Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
NOT BS
Claim:
Viking ships were built using the clinker-building method with overlapping planks, which made them lightweight, durable, and flexible in rough seas.
NOT BS
Claim:
Mao Zedong adapted Marxism–Leninism to China's predominantly peasant society by emphasizing a rural-based revolutionary strategy rather than an urban industrial working-class revolution.
NOT BS
Claim:
Adolf Hitler directed German military operations from the Führerbunker in Berlin during the Battle of Berlin and committed suicide on April 30, 1945.
NOT BS
Claim:
Germany signed an unconditional surrender on May 7–8, 1945, which is commemorated as V-E Day.
NOT BS
Claim:
The Battle of Berlin was the final significant attack of World War II in Europe.
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
During the Battle of Berlin (April–May 1945), the primary Soviet commanders were Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev, operating under Joseph Stalin's overall leadership.
NOT BS
Claim:
The Battle of Berlin was fought primarily between the Soviet Red Army and the remnants of Nazi Germany.
NOT BS
Claim:
A photograph of Werner Goldberg appeared in the newspaper Berliner Tageblatt with the caption "Der ideale deutsche Soldat" ("The ideal German soldier").
NOT BS
Claim:
Ivan T. Sanderson coined the word "cryptozoology" in the early 1940s.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
In William Shakespeare's play "Henry V", the line "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers." appears in the text.
NOT BS
Claim:
In William Shakespeare's play "Henry V", the line "We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us." appears in the text.
NOT BS
Claim:
William Shakespeare's play "Henry V" contains the line "I know thee not, old man."
TOTAL BS
Claim:
In William Shakespeare's play "Henry V", the line "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more." appears in the text.
NOT BS
Claim:
In Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," Atticus Finch says, "In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins."
NOT BS
Claim:
János Arany's poetic career began in 1847 with his work "Toldi".
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
János Arany first met Sándor Petőfi in 1847 and formed a close friendship with him.
NOT BS
Claim:
János Arany wrote the ballad "A walesi bárdok" in 1857.
SOME BS
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