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SUPPORTEDIs it true that A deep, hot biosphere exists beneath the Earth's crust containing microbial life?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Surgeries were commonly performed on infants without anesthesia due to the belief they could not feel pain?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gender significantly affects driving skill and accident rates?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Software patents stifle technological creativity and innovation?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ninety-seven percent of climate experts agree that global warming is anthropogenic?REFUTEDIs it true that Condom distribution programs have increased the spread of HIV in Africa?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Non-religious individuals score higher on measures of intelligence than religious individuals?SUPPORTEDIs it true that A person can be suffocated by being smothered with a pillow?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Playing sports at a home ground provides a distinct competitive advantage?SUPPORTEDIs it true that African Americans are victims of a disproportionate number of police killings?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Oral sex is a leading cause of throat cancer?CONTESTEDIs it true that Homeopathy has passed double-blind scientific studies?SUPPORTEDIs it true that There is an effective cure for Ebola?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Consuming different types of alcohol affects hangover severity differently?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Current CO2 levels are low compared to the last 590 million years?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Flatworms can learn a maze by consuming the bodies of trained flatworms?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Near-death experiences involve clinically dead individuals perceiving verifiable real-world events?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Intelligence quotient is a heritable trait?SUPPORTEDIs it true that There is a high incidence of sexual assault in United States prisons?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Aloe vera helps cure sunburn?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The EU flag design was inspired by the statue of the Virgin Mary?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Children who kill animals develop into violent adults?SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington's dentures were made from teeth of living slaves?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mathematical analysis has determined the Voynich Manuscript is not gibberish?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Creighton Method of Natural Family Planning has a failure rate of 3.2 percent or less?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The time available to escape a house fire decreased significantly due to modern furniture?REFUTEDIs it true that The average adult vocabulary consists of 20,000 English words?SUPPORTEDIs it true that US income and wealth distribution has skewed significantly toward the rich recently.?REFUTEDIs it true that Several hundred thousand people died because of the Chernobyl disaster?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Colorado replaced 420 mile markers with 419.99 mile markers to deter theft?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The UK homicide rate increased after handgun ownership was banned?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Optimal blood alcohol levels enhance programming performance known as the Ballmer Peak?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Finnish language contains a specific word for getting drunk alone at home in underwear?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Albert Einstein was a poor student in his youth?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kant stated that happiness is an ideal of the imagination, not of reason?SUPPORTEDIs it true that L. Ron Hubbard stated that starting a religion is the way to make a million dollars.?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Creation ex nihilo is metaphysically possible?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Low calcium levels directly cause nerve hyperexcitation?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Primary sources document the life of female slaves in Classical Greece and Athens?SUPPORTEDIs it true that The principle of explosion is provable in classical logic.?REFUTEDIs it true that The English word pod derives from Sanskrit roots?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Video games qualify as a new form of art?REFUTEDIs it true that Enzymes catalyze reactions favorably in only one physiological direction?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Light absorption results in a momentarily weaker chemical bond?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Philosophical frameworks exist that posit entities beyond mind and matter?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Viruses are attenuated for vaccines through serial passage or chemical mutagenesis?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Multi-dimensional writing systems exist in human communication?REFUTEDIs it true that Abd al-Rahman I was recognized as ruler upon arriving in Islamic Hispania.?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hopfield networks can function with continuous activation variables and discrete time variables?SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gold deposits in the Himalayas formed through hydrothermal fluid circulation driven by crustal thickening?
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