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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Miranda warnings are named after the 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Miranda warnings protect the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during police custody.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In 1923 Edwin Hubble used Cepheid variable stars in photographs of Andromeda to show that it lies outside the Milky Way.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US federal government shutdown that began on 1 October 2025 lasted 43 days, the longest in US history.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Carthage was completely destroyed in the Third Punic War.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel altar wall.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Julius Caesar defeated Pompey in civil war.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Angkor Wat was built by the Khmer Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States funded Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet war.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sweden remained neutral throughout World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ancient Sparta had a formal military training system.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Frank Sinatra won an Academy Award.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Adolf Hitler escaped to Argentina after World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Germany was divided into two countries after World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A nuclear war can cause global famine.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Paris Agreement significantly reduces global warming.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that War typically causes inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific War.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Edward Snowden fled to Russia for asylum.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that World War I began in 1914.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The policy of appeasement caused World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Warm soda goes flat faster than cold soda.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bill Apiata is the first New Zealand soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross since World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Children with fetal alcohol syndrome often exhibit neurological and mental deficiencies that are recognizable early in life.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Caligula started the construction of the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus aqueducts in Rome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that During the reign of Umar ibn al-Khattab, the Islamic empire expanded to include Egypt, Jerusalem, and Persia.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is synonymous with noncommercial software.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Corinthian War lasted from 395 BC to 387 BC.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that On March 18, 1990, 13 paintings worth a total of $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The German Empire was formed on January 18, 1871, through the unification of the North German Confederation and several south German states.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Obsessive-compulsive disorder is often linked with a heightened intolerance to uncertainty and tendencies towards perfectionism.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that At the Mendocino Triple Junction, the Pacific Plate slides northwestward along the North American Plate.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The assassination of Franz Ferdinand precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia, which triggered the start of World War I.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Repetitive use of the hand or wrist is a well-known cause of carpal tunnel syndrome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The eugenics movement of the early 20th century is considered an expression of widespread ableism.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a rare condition.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A firewall acts as a barrier between a secured internal network and an outside network.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The death of Kublai Khan led the four khanates of the Mongol Empire to formally become independent.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Plagiarism detection software accurately identifies plagiarized passages in student essays.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born a prince in a royal family.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pseudo-Cushing's syndrome is a condition that presents with signs, symptoms, and abnormal cortisol levels similar to Cushing's syndrome.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Earth's ancient oceans were purple because of purple sulfur bacteria.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cleopatra VII visited Rome during the dictatorship of Julius Caesar.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Steak tartare was invented by Mongol warriors who tenderized horse meat under their saddles.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Anti-war protesters commonly spat on US Vietnam veterans returning to the United States.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Michelangelo caused World War I.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Napoleonic Wars were a major cause of the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The ancient Maya civilization was founded by Black Africans.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The construction methods of the Egyptian pyramids remain unexplained.?
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