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POLITICS · Jul 9, 2026

In 2021, around the time the Taliban took Kabul, foreign aid accounted for about 40% of Afghanistan's gross domestic product (GDP).

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 9, 2026

A majority of people experiencing homelessness in the United States have a mobile phone.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · Jul 9, 2026

United States export controls on advanced artificial-intelligence chips are largely intended to prevent China from catching up in artificial intelligence.

HARDLY BS

TECH · Jul 9, 2026

Restricting rival countries' access to advanced computer chips slows those countries' progress in artificial intelligence capabilities.

HARDLY BS

TECH · Jul 9, 2026

Building an advanced semiconductor chip industry requires years of research and billions of dollars in investment.

NOT BS

TECH · Jul 9, 2026

Only a handful of companies worldwide can design leading-edge artificial-intelligence chips, including Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.

HARDLY BS

GENERAL · Jul 8, 2026

In Pakistan, a 10-year-old girl was forced to marry a 60-year-old man and later became pregnant.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · Jul 8, 2026

The Texas Legislature meets in regular session only once every two years for 140 days.

HARDLY BS

HEALTH · Jul 8, 2026

In women, lower levels of estrogen are associated with faster toenail growth.

TOTAL BS

FINANCE · Jul 8, 2026

Grand Theft Auto VI generated about $3 billion in revenue from pre-orders within the first 24 hours after pre-orders opened.

TOTAL BS

SCIENCE · Jul 8, 2026

By analytic continuation, the Riemann zeta function satisfies ζ(-1) = -1/12.

NOT BS

HISTORY · Jul 8, 2026

Italy invaded Russia twice: once during the Russian Civil War near Vladivostok with an Italian military contingent, and once during World War II alongside Nazi Germany.

SOME BS

LEGAL · Jul 7, 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo's lawyers supplied an alternative version of questionnaire answers dated December 24, 2009 that differed from a version dated September 2009.

HARDLY BS

LEGAL · Jul 7, 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo and Kathryn Mayorga reached an out-of-court settlement for about $350,000 in connection with Kathryn Mayorga's allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · Jul 7, 2026

Francisco Franco's government expanded healthcare provision in Spain.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · Jul 7, 2026

Francisco Franco's government expanded and improved Spain's road infrastructure.

NOT BS

POLITICS · Jul 7, 2026

Investigators from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) found 11 million US dollars at the home of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's parents.

TOTAL BS

SCIENCE · Jul 7, 2026

All racists have a distorted view of the world and genuinely believe that their racist behavior is not wrong.

MOSTLY BS

GENERAL · Jul 7, 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo has not announced his retirement from the Portugal men's national football team as of July 7, 2026.

NOT BS

GENERAL · Jul 7, 2026

The Brazil men's national association football team has never defeated the Norway men's national association football team in an official match.

NOT BS