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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fact-checking organizations cannot keep pace with the volume of claims published online?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rhodium has atomic number 45.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Henry Ford stated that if he had asked customers what they wanted they would have said faster horses?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Goldfish have a memory span of only three seconds?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Great Wall of China is visible from space with the naked eye?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure in the United States.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Humans only use 10 percent of their brains?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hemangiomas are treatable with medication?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Research identifies forms of intelligence that diverge from standard IQ measures?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Marginal cost represents the derivative of total cost, not the cost of producing the last discrete unit.?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Phonological evolution involves regular processes of phoneme elision, vowel nasalization, and tonogenesis?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Amino acids have their lowest solubility at their isoelectric point?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cyclic voltammetry allows the experimental determination of HOMO and LUMO energy levels.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Essential amino acids are encoded by specific genetic codons.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Linguists argue that nouns and verbs are universal categories?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Albert Einstein stated that two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that An MHC haplotype is a set of MHC alleles inherited together from a single parent?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cats can survive a fall from any height?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Spaced repetition improves long-term retention?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Read length has a specific biological and technical definition in sequencing?
- OVERSTATEDIs it true that Hot peppers kill cancer cells?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Photosystems operate through specific atomic and molecular level mechanisms?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Histamine levels and migraine frequency are positively correlated.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Light-like curves in general relativity are not necessarily geodesics?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A measurable correlation exists between Grade Point Average and standardized intelligence test scores.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Handedness is determined by a dominant genetic inheritance pattern?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Ultraviolet light treatments effectively whiten human teeth?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cognitive science is a sub-discipline and concentration of psychology.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Interference can be observed from two independent optical lasers?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Conceptual metaphors frequently map body parts to abstract domains across languages.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lunar surface materials exhibit unique optical scattering properties when illuminated from directly overhead?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A contact lens fitting is a clinical procedure necessary for proper lens prescription?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Seismic waves undergo attenuation in mixed gas and water media?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Physical laws possess a fundamental notion of causality?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Naps shorter than thirty minutes improve alertness?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gravitons interact with each other in quantum gravity models.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Blood thinners stop the creation of platelets?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Historical religious and political frameworks drove negative attitudes toward homosexuality.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Using artificial intelligence to generate text constitutes plagiarism.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Crucial psychological discoveries rely exclusively on experiments using non-human animals?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Geological and geochemical evidence indicates the Moon formed from a giant impact with the early Earth?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Low carbohydrate diets induce symptoms of peripheral neuropathy?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Carbon monoxide is practically nonpolar despite electronegativity differences?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A nuclear explosion occurred in Germany during World War II?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Everyone was once the youngest person in the world?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Christians were publicly executed for their faith in Ancient Rome?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Conservation laws of physics propagate instantly?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Liouville's theorem is compatible with the second law of thermodynamics.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Historical factors shaped the conventional north-up orientation of modern world maps.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Slavoj Žižek has made significant contributions to continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory.?
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