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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Acquired prion diseases account for less than 1% of human cases.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Atmospheric air pressure decreases with increasing altitude.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Asteroids and comets occasionally collide with the Sun.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Back pain affects 8 out of 10 people at some point during their lives.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sound waves require a material medium such as air or water and cannot travel through a vacuum.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Prediabetes increases the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sloths are the slowest mammals on Earth.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kidney failure can cause blood pressure to rise.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that US full-power analog television broadcasts ended on June 12, 2009.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Crossing your legs temporarily raises blood pressure readings.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Schizophrenia increases the risk of developing dementia later in life.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Narcolepsy causes weight gain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human ears continue to grow longer throughout adulthood as a person ages.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Deforestation increases rates of soil erosion, especially on sloped land.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Pacific beetle cockroach, Diploptera punctata, feeds its embryos a milk-like protein secretion.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Time dilation is a real physical effect and not an artifact of clock design or perception.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that High-dosage tutoring produces large gains in students' academic achievement.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Jellyfish have existed for over 500 million years, long before dinosaurs appeared.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection gives lasting but incomplete protection against reinfection.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mercury fulminate is a primary explosive that detonates from shock or friction.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Crows remember individual human faces for years after a single encounter.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Charter schools in the United States are publicly funded and charge no tuition.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that American crocodiles live wild in southern Florida.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Smokers pay higher life insurance premiums than non-smokers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Humans have between 2,000 and 10,000 taste buds, mostly on the tongue.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that US unemployment rose to roughly 25 percent in 1933 during the Great Depression.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Catholic Church persecuted Galileo Galilei for defending heliocentrism, convicting him in 1633.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Artificial satellites are visible to the naked eye in the night sky.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Parental spanking of children is legal in all fifty US states.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Salem witch trials were caused by mass hysteria.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Muggsy Bogues, who stood 5 feet 3 inches, played 14 seasons in the NBA.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The stratospheric ozone layer is recovering after the Montreal Protocol phased out CFCs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Burning lithium-ion batteries release toxic gases, including hydrogen fluoride.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rent control reduces the supply and quality of rental housing in the long run.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Some shark species, such as bull sharks, can survive in freshwater.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Untreated urinary tract infections can spread to the kidneys.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Texas experiences earthquakes, including some induced by oil and gas wastewater disposal.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that There is no uniformly accepted age at which pediatric care is inappropriate and adult care should be sought for every patient.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Collisions between pairs of black holes have been detected through gravitational waves since 2015.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Commercial airplanes cruise at high altitude because thinner air reduces drag and fuel consumption.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The client-server communication architecture is a centralized model.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Most earthquakes occur in the vicinity of tectonic plate boundaries.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The uncertainty principle is a consequence of the wave property of matter.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Delayed auditory feedback of a person's own voice disrupts fluent speech.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Extroverts are happier than introverts on average.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cigarette smoking contributes to the development of wrinkles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Red-green color vision defects occur more frequently in men than in women.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Less than 10 percent of plastic waste in the United States is actually recycled.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Comets orbit the Sun in elongated elliptical paths.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Global mean sea level has risen by roughly 20 centimetres since 1900.?
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