The United States alone possessed nuclear weapons from July 1945 to August 1949.
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From 1945 to 1949, the United States had a monopoly on nuclear weapons.
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Evidence indicates Tycho Brahe died from urinary retention complications, likely linked to underlying disease.
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Tycho Brahe died because he was unable to defecate (i.e., he died from constipation or urinary retention caused by not urinating/defecating).
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Independent reporting has not verified a Hamas command-and-control headquarters inside Nasser Hospital.
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Hamas operated a command-and-control headquarters inside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.
MOSTLY BS
Mainstream international law considers both the West Bank and Gaza occupied.
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Israel is not occupying the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
TOTAL BS
As of June–July 2026 reporting, Mojtaba Khamenei was injured or incapacitated.
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Mojtaba Khamenei is dead.
TOTAL BS
Higher light intensity typically makes spinach leaf discs float faster, while darkness prevents flotation.
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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…
HARDLY BS
Classical Hermetic texts teach higher–lower correspondence, not thought-made reality.
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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
Hindu and Buddhist teachings link intentions, actions, and mental cultivation to future outcomes.
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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
The 2006 book and film “The Secret” helped mainstream the Law of Attraction.
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The Law of Attraction became widely popular in the 2000s partly due to the 2006 book "The Secret."
NOT BS
New Thought popularized mind-over-matter ideas later echoed in Law of Attraction teachings.
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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
The Law of Attraction descends mainly from New Thought and Hermetic traditions.
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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…
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Plug-in “power saver” devices don’t reduce billed kilowatt-hours, so savings are negligible.
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The device marketed as "PowerPro Genius" reduces a typical household's electricity bill by about 50%.
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Foreign aid flows were about 40–43% of Afghanistan’s GDP pre-takeover.
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In 2021, around the time the Taliban took Kabul, foreign aid accounted for about 40% of Afghanistan's gross domestic product (GDP).
NOT BS
Studies indicate most U.S. people experiencing homelessness have mobile phone access.
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A majority of people experiencing homelessness in the United States have a mobile phone.
HARDLY BS
U.S. AI chip export controls substantially aim to deny China cutting-edge AI capability.
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United States export controls on advanced artificial-intelligence chips are largely intended to prevent China from catching up in artificial intelligence.
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Export controls on advanced chips meaningfully delay frontier AI development timelines.
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Restricting rival countries' access to advanced computer chips slows those countries' progress in artificial intelligence capabilities.
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Building an advanced semiconductor industry typically takes years and billions.
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Building an advanced semiconductor chip industry requires years of research and billions of dollars in investment.
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Leading-edge AI chip design is concentrated among a small global group.
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Only a handful of companies worldwide can design leading-edge artificial-intelligence chips, including Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.
HARDLY BS
The viral “10-year-old bride” video originated in Vietnam, not Pakistan.
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In Pakistan, a 10-year-old girl was forced to marry a 60-year-old man and later became pregnant.
TOTAL BS
Texas’s regular legislative sessions occur biennially and last up to 140 days.
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The Texas Legislature meets in regular session only once every two years for 140 days.
HARDLY BS