History
What really happened — historical claims measured against the sources.
In Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron, women are portrayed as intelligent and resourceful rather than weak or dependent.
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Australian sculptor Bronwyn Oliver mainly used copper and bronze wire, which she bent, twisted, wove, and soldered to form complex three-dimensional shapes.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Adam Smith argued that markets operate more efficiently when there is no government intervention.
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Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea in October 2018.
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Sigmund Freud said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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The Aztec Empire greatly predates any existing universities.
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Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire.
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During the Middle Ages, scholars thought the Earth was round.
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The tooth fairy collects baby teeth placed under a pillow.
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Neil Armstrong said "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on the moon.
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The origin of the quote "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" is unknown.
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Virginia Woolf wrote the statement "You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
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Michael Cunningham wrote "You cannot find peace by avoiding life" in "The Hours".
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Einstein flunked math in school.
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Rousseau attributed the statement "Let them eat cake" to a princess, possibly Maria Theresa of Spain.
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During European colonial rule in Africa, European colonial powers attempted to undermine the intellectual legitimacy of Africans.
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