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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The rate of global surface warming has slowed over the last decade.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Ancient Romans openly equated their gods with Greek gods, identifying Jupiter with Zeus and Pluto with Hades.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Fulton Sheen won an Emmy Award in 1952 for most outstanding television personality for his program Life Is Worth Living.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that King Arthur was a real historical person.?
- 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.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Chest pain and severe breathlessness that persist after an influenza fever has subsided are recognised warning signs of possible myocarditis.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Zonda is a warm, dry foehn wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Andes in Argentina.?
- 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.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cleopatra caused the fall of Ptolemaic Egypt to Rome in 30 BC.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Stephen Hawking wrote A Brief History of Time.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Vietnam War was unpopular with most Americans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Circumcision was a common practice in ancient Egypt.?
- 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.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Italy was part of the Central Powers in World War I.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Britain was part of the Roman Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Winston Churchill was Prime Minister during World War II.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Edward de Vere wrote Shakespeare's plays.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Inca Empire practiced human sacrifice.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Vietnam War was primarily a civil war.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A firewall is the same as antivirus software.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A full-scale nuclear war would cause a global nuclear winter.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Medieval peasants worked six days a week.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Roman Empire conquered all of Britain.?
- 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.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Russo-Japanese War took place between 1904 and 1906.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Doxycycline is associated with severe skin reactions including Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.?
- 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.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A keylogger is a piece of software or computer hardware which records keystrokes on a computer.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The U.S. Congress passed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010 following the 2008 global financial crisis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States fought the War of 1812 against Great Britain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pericles initiated a building program in Athens that included the re-fortification of the port of Piraeus and the construction of long walls connecting it to the city.?
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