Poland is a sovereign state, though EU law limits some powers.
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Poland is a sovereign state with full legal authority over its domestic governance and foreign policy.
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Courts and election officials found no widespread fraud altering 2020 results.
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The 2020 United States presidential election was stolen.
TOTAL BS
Sports win-probability models are broadly calibrated across many games and seasons.
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Win probability models used in sports analytics (for example, ESPN's NBA win probability model) are generally well-calibrated, and their probabilities align reasonably well with observed outcomes, at least compared with typical human intuition.
HARDLY BS
The 95th percentile height for adult U.S. men is about 187–188 cm.
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A height of 6 feet 2 inches is approximately the 95th percentile for adult male height in the United States.
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Salivary amylase starts starch digestion by producing maltose and dextrins.
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Salivary amylase cannot break down starch into glucose because the enzyme molecule is too large.
TOTAL BS
Sugar-sweetened soft drinks generally harm teeth more than sugar-free ones.
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Sugar-free soft drinks sweetened with non-sugar sweeteners (for example, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar) are as harmful to teeth as sugar-sweetened soft drinks.
MOSTLY BS
Most alternative therapies lack strong evidence and do not outperform standard care.
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Alternative medicine works as well as or better than conventional medicine.
TOTAL BS
Pregnancy safety for prescription acne treatments depends on the specific drug.
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Using prescription acne medication at any point during pregnancy is problematic for pregnant women.
TOTAL BS
Portugal’s residence-permit digital nomad visa can count toward five-year naturalization, but citizenship remains a separate process.
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Portugal's digital nomad visa provides a direct pathway to Portuguese citizenship.
SOME BS
Many capitalist economies have seen rising market concentration and market power.
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Capitalism tends to promote the natural emergence of monopolies.
SOME BS
Studies find AI fact-checkers materially disagree on verdicts about 15–30% of the time.
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Substantive disagreements between AI models on fact-checking outcomes are common.
NOT BS
Roti prata is a popular Singapore breakfast, while bak chor mee is commonly eaten anytime, including mornings.
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Popular Singapore breakfasts besides kaya toast include roti prata and bak chor mee.
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Singapore breakfast culture blends Chinese, Malay, Indian, and British colonial influences.
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Singapore breakfast culture is influenced by Chinese, Malay, Indian, and British cultures.
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Kaya is a coconut jam made from coconut milk, eggs, and sugar.
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Kaya is a jam made from coconut milk and eggs.
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Heat stress from elevated ocean temperatures can trigger coral bleaching.
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Higher ocean temperatures can stress corals and cause them to expel symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae), leading to coral bleaching.
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Fossil fuel burning and land-use change have increased atmospheric CO2 levels.
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Human activities, especially burning fossil fuels and land-use change such as deforestation, are altering the global carbon cycle by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
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Soils, oceans, sediments, rocks, and fossil fuels store carbon long-term.
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Some carbon is stored long-term in soils, oceans, sediments, rocks, and fossil fuels.
NOT BS
Decomposers break down dead matter, releasing carbon to air and soils.
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Decomposers break down dead organisms and return carbon to soils and the atmosphere.
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Animals, plants, and many microbes emit carbon dioxide during cellular respiration.
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Animals, plants, and microbes release carbon dioxide through respiration.
NOT BS
Photosynthesis fixes carbon dioxide into sugars that supply carbon for plant tissue.
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Plants take in carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and convert it into sugars and plant tissue.
NOT BS