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- REFUTEDIs it true that Silver was historically more valuable than gold in specific ancient civilizations with abundant gold sources?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Gothic historical phonology includes instances of historical umlaut?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ancient city of Seleucia was ultimately abandoned due to geopolitical and economic shifts?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mathematics was taught distinctly in Italy and Germany during the fifteenth century?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The character names in Les Miserables were common in 19th-century France?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Historical contemporaries blamed the Great Plague on rats and fleas.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ancient Indian city of Mohenjo-daro was destroyed by a nuclear weapon.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Swallowed chewing gum stays in the human stomach for seven years?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Egyptian pyramids were built by slaves?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Franklin D. Roosevelt was the biggest slave trader in recorded history.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Romance languages share a historical and consistent construction for numbers eleven through nineteen?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Free City of Lübeck was permanently dissolved after World War II?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Leaf springs first appeared in vehicles during the early nineteenth century?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Soviet troops withdrew from Yugoslavia during World War II following the Tito-Stalin split and political estrangement?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Certain historical cultures used no personal names?
- REFUTEDIs it true that China accepted European gold as trade payment during the 18th century?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Napoleon was born in France.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Eisenhower ordered the Interstate Highway System built for the sole purpose of evacuating cities in a nuclear war.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Napoleon Bonaparte won the Battle of Waterloo.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The American Civil War caused the institution of slavery in the United States.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Vietnam War caused the Great Depression.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis won architectural awards for its design.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Scipio Aemilianus sowed salt over the ruins of Carthage after the Third Punic War.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ancient Greece was a single unified country rather than a collection of independent city-states.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that King Arthur was a real historical person.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Italy was part of the Central Powers in World War I.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A firewall is the same as antivirus software.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Roman Empire conquered all of Britain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Russo-Japanese War took place between 1904 and 1906.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Recent global warming is caused by changes in the Sun.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ancient Greeks deliberately designed the Parthenon to match the golden ratio.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Viking warriors wore helmets with horns in battle.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the start of World War II.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned in the great fire of 64 AD.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Nondifferential exposure misclassification always biases results toward the null.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Touching a toad causes warts to grow on human skin.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Napoleon ordered the burning of Moscow in 1812.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Washing hands with soap kills more germs in hot water than in cold or warm water.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Adolf Hitler escaped to Argentina after World War II.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is synonymous with noncommercial software.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a rare condition.?
- 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.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Great Leap Forward benefited China's economy and improved living standards.?
- 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.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ancient Maya were a single tribe rather than a civilization of many independent city-states.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval knights wore full plate armor throughout the Middle Ages.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Che Guevara caused the outbreak of World War II.?
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