A 10-minute walk after eating significantly lowers post-meal blood glucose.
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Walking for 10 minutes after a meal reduces postprandial blood glucose levels compared to remaining sedentary.
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Large studies and reviews consistently find vaccines do not cause autism.
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Vaccines cause autism spectrum disorder in children.
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Evidence-based burnout recovery emphasizes structured rest and light activity.
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Bed rotting improves mood and reduces stress more effectively than maintaining normal daily productivity during periods of burnout.
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Honeybees can be conditioned to detect TNT odors in minefields.
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Honeybees can be trained to detect landmines.
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A 100,000-line Rust C compiler was built that compiles Linux 6.9.
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Claude Opus 4.6 successfully built a working C compiler.
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Ancient DNA and linguistics trace early Slavs to a Proto-Slavic homeland.
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The Slavic peoples share a common origin.
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In 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office said current law is flexible for AI.
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Current copyright laws are insufficient to address the ethical and legal challenges posed by generative artificial intelligence models as of March 1, 2026.
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Solid sugary snacks show higher cavity risk than sugary beverages overall.
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Sugary drinks are more harmful to dental health than solid sugary foods.
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Most new coal capacity is concentrated in China and India.
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Many developing nations are increasingly choosing coal power over renewable energy sources due to economic and reliability concerns.
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Marine phytoplankton produce about half of Earth’s breathable oxygen.
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The majority of Earth's breathable oxygen is produced by marine phytoplankton rather than land plants.
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For most people, whole fruit sugar with fiber isn’t excessive at typical intakes.
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Consuming fresh fruit does not typically result in excessive sugar intake for most people.
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Ocean surface height varies globally due to currents, winds, and gravity.
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Sea level is not uniform across different locations on Earth.
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Memory capacity and bandwidth increasingly bottleneck AI workloads, raising costs.
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Memory management is an increasingly important factor for improving AI model efficiency and reducing operational costs.
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EIA data shows solar, wind, and batteries make up 93% of planned U.S. 2026 capacity additions.
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At least 90% of new electricity generating capacity planned for addition in the United States in 2026 is from solar, wind, or battery storage.
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Surveys show Gen Z more often cites social media as its primary news source.
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As of March 1, 2026, members of Generation Z obtain news more frequently from social media feeds than from official news websites.
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PFAS can be destroyed using engineered treatments and excreted by humans.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals, cannot be detoxified in the human body or the environment.
TOTAL BS
Anthropic reports Claude Opus 4.6 found and validated 500+ new high-severity open-source vulnerabilities.
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Anthropic's latest AI model has identified more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries with minimal prompting.
HARDLY BS
CDC NHANES data shows median body fat of 28% for men and 41% for women.
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The majority of Americans have a body fat percentage above 20%.
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Decibel levels can be negative when sound falls below a reference.
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Sound can have a negative decibel level.
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Hydra and Turritopsis jellyfish can avoid typical aging under ideal conditions.
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Some species are biologically immortal and can potentially live indefinitely.
SOME BS