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HEALTH · Jul 11, 2026

Hydroxyurea treatment for sickle cell disease increases fetal hemoglobin production and reduces red blood cell sickling.

NOT BS

HEALTH · Jul 11, 2026

Ex vivo CRISPR-based therapies for sickle cell disease typically require myeloablative conditioning with busulfan before reinfusion of edited hematopoietic stem cells.

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 11, 2026

No New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) has ever beaten every Rugby Championship nation and every Six Nations nation within a rolling 12-month period.

SOME BS

GENERAL · Jul 11, 2026

According to the Hong Kong Local Flying Chart HM100LFC, unlicensed or student pilots are absolutely not permitted to fly north of “LINE A” (the blue dotted line), and the areas labeled Port Shelter (牛尾海), Tolo (吐露港), and New Town (新市鎮)—which are south of LINE A—are restricted areas.

TOTAL BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

Providing substantial assistance to rebuild other countries after major wars is almost unprecedented behavior in world history.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 10, 2026

Elon Musk said that the United States' post-World War II reconstruction of Europe and Japan was unusual and almost unprecedented behavior.

NOT BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

The United States helped rebuild Japan after World War II.

NOT BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

The United States helped rebuild Europe after World War II.

NOT BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

From 1945 to 1949, the United States had a monopoly on nuclear weapons.

NOT BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

Tycho Brahe died because he was unable to defecate (i.e., he died from constipation or urinary retention caused by not urinating/defecating).

MOSTLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 10, 2026

Hamas operated a command-and-control headquarters inside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.

MOSTLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 10, 2026

Israel is not occupying the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 10, 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei is dead.

TOTAL BS

SCIENCE · Jul 10, 2026

In a spinach leaf-disc floating assay, spinach leaf discs exposed to higher light intensity from a 100 W lamp positioned about 18 cm away floated sooner and in greater numbers over 15 minutes than discs exposed to natural light, while discs kept in darkness (wrapped in aluminium foil) showed no flotation over 15 minutes.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

Hermetic texts include the principle "As above, so below" and related formulations that connect inner mental states with outer reality in a way that parallels Law of Attraction claims.

SOME BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

Hinduism and Buddhism emphasize karma, intention, and mindfulness in ways that resemble the Law of Attraction idea that thoughts and actions shape future circumstances.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

The Law of Attraction became widely popular in the 2000s partly due to the 2006 book "The Secret."

NOT BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

The 19th-century New Thought movement, including Phineas Parkhurst Quimby and Mary Baker Eddy, influenced modern Law of Attraction teachings that the mind can affect health, wealth, and happiness.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · Jul 10, 2026

The modern concept known as the Law of Attraction is a rebranding that draws heavily from older philosophical and spiritual traditions, including Ancient Greek philosophy, Hinduism and Buddhism, Hermetic philosophy, and the 19th-century New Thought movement, and it became mainstream in the 2000s partly through the 2006 book The Secret.

HARDLY BS

TECH · Jul 9, 2026

The device marketed as "PowerPro Genius" reduces a typical household's electricity bill by about 50%.

TOTAL BS