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- 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.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Large numbers of distraught stockbrokers jumped to their deaths after the 1929 Wall Street Crash.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most people with Tourette syndrome involuntarily swear.?
- 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.?
- 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.?
- 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.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Touching frogs or toads gives a person warts.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Lightning never strikes the same place twice, so a struck spot is safe afterward.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Natural factors explain recent global warming.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Hitting the wall during a marathon is inevitable for all runners.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Historical negationism is a legitimate form of historical revisionism.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ancient Greeks wore togas.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Washing well-seasoned cast-iron cookware with mild soap damages its seasoning.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 1994 killing of Tutsi in Rwanda was a civil war rather than a genocide.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Using the .50 BMG cartridge against enemy personnel is prohibited by the laws of war.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Constantine the Great made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Native American peoples traditionally used dream catchers to ward off bad dreams.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that macOS and Linux operating systems are immune to malware such as viruses and trojan horses.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Historical pirates spoke in the stereotypical 'arrr' accent shown in popular culture.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Atlantis was a real island city that existed in the ancient world.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that China's Great Leap Forward from 1958 to 1962 achieved its goals of rapid industrial and agricultural growth.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval cartographers regularly wrote "here be dragons" on their maps.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tourette's syndrome is predominantly characterised by compulsive swearing, known as coprolalia.?
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