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In 1973, the American Association on Mental Retardation changed the IQ cutoff for diagnosing mental retardation from below 85 to below 70 because more than half of African Americans scored below 85.
MOSTLY BS
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The United States inflation rate is higher now than it was in June 2022.
TOTAL BS
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Leon Festinger's 1957 cognitive dissonance theory predicts that when a person's behavior conflicts with their attitudes, the person often changes their attitudes to reduce psychological discomfort.
NOT BS
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Human biological immortality is possible within the laws of physics and biology because telomerase can stop telomere shortening.
MOSTLY BS
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The timing of sexual intercourse relative to ovulation can increase a couple's chances of conceiving a male or female baby.
MOSTLY BS
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Donald Trump ordered or caused the deletion of records related to Jeffrey Epstein from United States federal government record systems.
TOTAL BS
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The Internal Revenue Service does not impose U.S. capital gains tax on the sale of foreign real estate that is a primary residence for a U.S. citizen who is a foreign resident taxpayer.
TOTAL BS
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On 12 September 2019, the Parramatta Local Court convicted Anthony Lee Francis and fined him AUD 70,000 for seven offences under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) and two offences under the Australian Consumer Law.
NOT BS
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Sections 259–263 of the Australian Consumer Law provide consumer remedies including refunds, repairs, and replacements.
NOT BS
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A 2023 CHOICE survey found that 70% of Australians believed they were not entitled to a refund, repair, or replacement for a faulty product once the manufacturer’s warranty had expired.
NOT BS
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Sections 54–56 of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (the Australian Consumer Law) establish consumer guarantees including acceptable quality, fitness for purpose, and correspondence with description.
NOT BS
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The medical prefix "cardio-" refers to the heart.
NOT BS
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During Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's trip to an Eid prayer in Algiers, irregularly arranged lines were visible in the streets of Algiers.
NOT BS
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The Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked.
TOTAL BS
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Pharmaceutical companies have promoted the overprescription of opioid painkillers in order to increase their profits.
NOT BS
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Coffee consumption stunts human growth (reduces height growth).
TOTAL BS
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Gladys Knight is dead.
TOTAL BS
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Georgi Kandev resigned as acting Secretary General of Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior because of political pressure.
HARDLY BS
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The first Summer Olympic Games held after World War II took place in the 1940s.
NOT BS
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When stopping a distillation, if the delivery tube is immersed in the distillate, the cooled liquid can be sucked back into the hot distillation flask, and the sudden temperature change can cause the glass to crack.
NOT BS