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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A real-world data cohort study found that long COVID is associated with a higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and death.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In late 1939 Bernard Montgomery, commanding the British 3rd Division, issued a blunt leaflet on venereal disease to his troops that offended religious authorities.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In the United States, a business cannot claim a charitable tax deduction for round-up donations that its customers make at checkout.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Andromeda galaxy is visible to the naked eye from Earth under dark skies.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sir James Black shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hypnic jerks, the sudden muscle twitches that often come with a falling sensation at sleep onset, are common and are reported by roughly 60 to 70 percent of people.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Periodic variations in Earth's orbital eccentricity influence glacial and interglacial cycles through Milankovitch cycles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, produces intoxication by activating CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the brain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of preeclampsia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The big-eyed 'grey' alien image was popularised after the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill abduction account and later 1970s and 1980s media.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Latin letter C derived from Greek gamma and originally represented both the /k/ and /g/ sounds.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cognitive behavioral therapy improves insomnia symptoms in adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Jewish people make up less than 1 percent of the world's population.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Defragmenting a solid-state drive shortens its lifespan through unnecessary extra write cycles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek and interpret information in ways that confirm existing beliefs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bitcoin miners earn new bitcoin by solving proof-of-work puzzles that add blocks to the blockchain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Affective political polarization among Americans has increased since 1980.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States federal minimum wage is not automatically adjusted for inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Iron supplementation raises hemoglobin levels in people with iron deficiency anemia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Marco Polo traveled to China in the thirteenth century.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Black holes are invisible because no light can escape from them.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Eating raw-fish sushi during pregnancy poses health risks to the mother and fetus.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Humans have senses beyond the traditional five, including balance and proprioception.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Asbestos exposure causes lung cancer and mesothelioma.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sleeping on the back in late pregnancy increases the risk of stillbirth.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nuclear power plants can use seawater for cooling.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bitcoin miners earn newly issued bitcoin and transaction fees for adding verified blocks to the blockchain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Machu Picchu was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that United States military officers swear an oath to defend the Constitution, not the President.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Chicago Manual of Style and the APA style guide both recommend using the Oxford comma.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Octopuses have nine brains.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide from human activity causes global warming.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Vietnam War lasted about twenty years, from 1955 to 1975.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington ordered the Continental Army inoculated against smallpox in 1777.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Identical twins have different fingerprints.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A US study of 1,981 FDA-approved drugs found that the average number of patents per drug rose from 2.1 in 1990 to 6.9 in 2019, extending market exclusivity by about six years.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A genus of arachnids is named after Abaddon the Despoiler, a villain from the Warhammer 40,000 setting.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Humans experience olfactory adaptation, in which the perceived intensity of a constant odour fades over time.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Hanapepe Massacre on the Hawaiian island of Kauai took place on September 9, 1924, during a strike by Filipino sugar plantation workers, and killed about 16 strikers and 4 police officers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kratom has been associated with serious adverse effects including seizures and deaths, and the US FDA has warned consumers against using it.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The live attenuated oral polio vaccine virus can spread from vaccinated people to unvaccinated contacts and immunise them.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, was a descendant of Timur on his father's side and of Genghis Khan on his mother's side.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pope Clement XII's 1738 bull In eminenti apostolatus forbade Catholics from joining Freemasonry under penalty of excommunication.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The CDC advises that a person who currently has shingles should wait until the acute illness has resolved before receiving the Shingrix vaccine.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Japanese Private Shimura Kikujiro was reported missing from his unit during night exercises near the Marco Polo Bridge on 7 July 1937 and returned to his unit shortly afterwards.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The skin cells that shed from the human body's surface are already dead, flattened keratinized cells when they fall off.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In April 2025 the US Food and Drug Administration announced a plan to phase out animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies and other drugs in favor of new approach methods.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Magnetic core memory stores each bit of data by magnetizing a small ferrite ring in one of two directions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Condensation forms on a surface only when the surface temperature is at or below the dew point of the surrounding air.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Herculaneum papyrus scrolls were carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.?
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