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HISTORY · May 25, 2026

In late-15th-century Spain, Jews comprised a disproportionate share of essential professionals, including physicians, administrators, tax collectors, translators, and traders.

SOME BS

HISTORY · May 25, 2026

Contemporary observers recognized that expelling Jews from Spain would cause economic damage.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · May 25, 2026

The First Chechen War ended in 1996 with an agreement and a temporary withdrawal of Russian forces.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · May 25, 2026

In prehistoric human societies, tasks were divided based on physical condition, age, and skill rather than rigid gender roles.

HARDLY BS

HISTORY · May 25, 2026

By around 200,000 years ago, cooking was almost certainly widespread among Homo sapiens.

MOSTLY BS

HISTORY · May 25, 2026

Controlled use of fire appears in the archaeological record at least 400,000 years ago.

NOT BS

SCIENCE · May 25, 2026

Artificial intelligence methods can be used to select the optimal mining method for a given mineral deposit.

NOT BS

GENERAL · May 25, 2026

Improving a firm's image does not qualify as Further Production in economics when determining whether something is a producer good.

NOT BS

SCIENCE · May 25, 2026

Mars was much more volcanically active early in its history than it is today.

NOT BS

POLITICS · May 25, 2026

As a New York City mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani proposed allocating $122 million for New York City Public Schools in his campaign budget plan.

TOTAL BS

POLITICS · May 25, 2026

Zohran Mamdani's proposed mayoral budget plan includes hiring 1,000 additional teachers in New York City.

NOT BS

POLITICS · May 25, 2026

Zohran Mamdani, as Mayor of New York City, enacted a tax on wealthy individuals that raises $0.5 billion per year for New York City.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · May 25, 2026

Zohran Mamdani's administration eliminated New York City's budget deficit without laying off workers.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · May 25, 2026

The administration of New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani secured $7.6 billion in New York State aid for New York City through a partnership with New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

HARDLY BS

POLITICS · May 25, 2026

New York City's FY2027 budget was balanced without raising property taxes, slashing services, or drawing down the City's Rainy Day Fund or Retiree Health Benefit Trust reserves.

MOSTLY BS

GENERAL · May 25, 2026

In Genesis 3:15, God promised that a descendant of Eve would defeat the serpent.

HARDLY BS

TECH · May 25, 2026

A Nigerian hacking group hacked the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on 23 May 2026.

TOTAL BS

FINANCE · May 25, 2026

Entrepreneurship creates jobs with higher average wages than wage employment in the same labor market.

TOTAL BS

SCIENCE · May 25, 2026

"Dihydrogen dioxide" is an incorrect or nonstandard name for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in chemical nomenclature.

MOSTLY BS

SCIENCE · May 25, 2026

In English chemical nomenclature, when a compound contains more than one cation or more than one anion, the ion names should be listed in alphabetical order (A–Z).

MOSTLY BS