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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun's tomb.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Berlin Wall was built to stop East Germans fleeing to West Berlin.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Saint Nicholas was a real historical person.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Steam fog forms when cold air moves over warm humid surfaces such as unfrozen lakes during early winter.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Francis Scott Key wrote the song The Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gout is associated with the metabolic syndrome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Abraham Wald was a Jewish émigré to the United States from Transylvania who worked for the Statistical Research Group at Columbia University during World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Franco-Prussian War resulted in the collapse of the Second French Empire and the formation of the German Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In England, noblemen and some kings and queens were historically executed by beheading.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz, which was part of the Austrian Empire at the time of his birth.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Champagne fairs were an important part of the economy of medieval Europe.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The American physicist Albert Michelson invented the optical interferometer.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Capgras syndrome is a form of non-mnestic confabulation characterized by the misidentification of people.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 triggered the Suez Crisis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earthworms eat soil, swallowing dirt together with the decaying organic matter it contains as their main food.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that China's Great Leap Forward caused a famine that killed tens of millions of people between 1959 and 1961.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware River on December 25, 1776.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that People systematically prefer smaller immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards, a pattern called present bias.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sertraline use can lead to the development of serotonin syndrome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cauda equina syndrome is a surgical emergency whose warning signs include saddle numbness, new bladder or bowel dysfunction, and weakness in both legs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In Vega v. Tekoh (2022), the US Supreme Court held that a police failure to give a Miranda warning does not by itself allow a suspect to sue under Section 1983.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dengue virus is spread to people mainly by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Stephen Hawking wrote A Brief History of Time.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Satellite constellations increase Kessler syndrome risk.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Josef Mengele fled to Argentina after World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The three-field crop rotation system was widely used in medieval Europe.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Britain was part of the Roman Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Winston Churchill was Prime Minister during World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Inca Empire practiced human sacrifice.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A full-scale nuclear war would cause a global nuclear winter.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nazi Germany occupied Norway during World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The capital of Italy is Rome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Stonehenge is older than the Egyptian pyramids.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Romans built Hadrian's Wall in Britain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Aviation emissions contribute significantly to global warming.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2001, which was the largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States at that time.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Sun will eventually transition into a red giant phase before becoming a white dwarf.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Empire of Nicaea restored the Byzantine Empire by taking control of Constantinople and the Latin Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kublai Khan moved the capital of the Mongol Empire to Beijing.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A seed requires air, water, and warmth to sprout from its shell.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Caliphate was one of the few states in history to extend direct rule over Africa, Europe, and Asia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517 and took control of most Arab lands.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon after his return from the Trojan War because she believed he had murdered their daughter Iphigenia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Complex regional pain syndrome is a chronic pain condition that causes intense pain, usually in the arms, hands, legs or feet.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Speech-language pathology includes the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of swallowing disorders.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The peace treaty signed between the Bulgars and the Byzantine Empire on August 9, 681, is considered the birth-date of Bulgaria.?
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