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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Per-capita homicide rates in medieval Europe were at least ten times higher than in modern Europe.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Chastity belts were widely used in medieval Europe.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Mexica of the Aztec Empire mistook Hernán Cortés and his landing party for gods.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Religion was the main cause of the Vietnam War.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The historical Robin Hood robbed the rich and gave the proceeds to the poor.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ancient Maya were a single tribe rather than a civilization of many independent city-states.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Isaac Newton was a real historical person who lived from 1643 to 1727.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The FDA has cleared AI software to diagnose diabetic retinopathy from retinal images without a specialist.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington's 1754 skirmish at Jumonville Glen helped trigger the Seven Years' War.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval knights wore full plate armor throughout the Middle Ages.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and was proclaimed ruler of the Mongol Empire in 1206.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The American Civil War ended in 1865 with the surrender of Confederate armies.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Che Guevara caused the outbreak of World War II.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Roman salute, with the arm extended and palm down, was used in ancient Rome.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Use of apnea monitors prevents sudden infant death syndrome.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Antivirus software reduces the risk of malware infection.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States Congress never formally declared war during the Vietnam War.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Aspirin can cause Reye syndrome in children.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ancient Greeks wore togas.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Large numbers of distraught stockbrokers jumped to their deaths after the 1929 Wall Street Crash.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A hypervisor lets multiple virtual machines share the hardware of a single physical computer.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The Holy Roman Empire was primarily a German state.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most people with Tourette syndrome involuntarily swear.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Irritable bowel syndrome is associated with higher rates of anxiety disorders.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Classical Sparta had no defensive walls around the city.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Robin Hood was a single real historical outlaw in medieval England.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Marco Polo traveled to China in the thirteenth century and served at Kublai Khan's court.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All people with Down syndrome share the same facial features.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short compared with the average Frenchman of his time.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Inducing vomiting is the correct emergency treatment after a person swallows gasoline.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Same-sex relationships between men were common and socially accepted in ancient Greece.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Genital warts are a sexually transmitted infection.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that US prisons and jails charge incarcerated people pay-to-stay fees toward the cost of their confinement.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Roman historian Tacitus records that Jesus was executed under Pontius Pilate.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The ancient Maya practiced human sacrifice.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The 1956 Suez Crisis ended with British, French, and Israeli forces withdrawing from Egypt by March 1957.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that William Randolph Hearst telegraphed Frederic Remington in 1897: "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war."?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 caused the Cold War.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 2000 film Gladiator filmed its arena scenes inside the real Colosseum in Rome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cincinnatus was given dictatorial power to save Rome and resigned after 16 days to return to his farm.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ancient Spartans killed disabled babies by leaving them to die.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mining Bitcoin with consumer CPUs or GPUs is unprofitable because the network is dominated by specialised ASIC hardware.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval European scholars believed the Earth was flat.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A person having a seizure can swallow their own tongue.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Arabic word jihad always means holy war.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Inca Empire never used the wheel for transport.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Premenstrual syndrome causes infertility in women who experience it.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Touching frogs or toads gives a person warts.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Marco Polo met Kublai Khan during his travels in China in the thirteenth century.?
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