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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Venezuela holds larger proven oil reserves than Saudi Arabia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In the polar coordinate system, positive angles are measured in a counterclockwise direction and negative angles are measured in a clockwise direction.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lightning can strike a car, and its metal frame channels the current around the occupants.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Taste buds detect the five basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Burning coal causes acid rain by releasing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 US states following Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US Supreme Court ruled race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional in 2023.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A nuclear reactor continues to produce decay heat after shutdown and needs cooling for days.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Thames Tunnel, completed in 1843, was dug under the river using Marc Brunel's tunnelling shield.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Milky Way rotates around its center, and the Sun completes one orbit about every 230 million years.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Advanced paternal age increases the risk of autism in children.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The letter W is called double U because the Latin letters U and V were once interchangeable.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Adderall causes dry mouth as a common side effect.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Omega-3 supplementation lowers markers of inflammation in adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater have occurred in New York State.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Esperanto is a constructed language that has native speakers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that People without diabetes can develop clinically low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lightning is caused by static electric charge building up inside storm clouds.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Wasps can sting multiple times because their stingers lack barbs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Melatonin reduces jet lag symptoms in travelers crossing several time zones.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mahatma Gandhi was thrown off a train in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in 1893.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mantis shrimp eyes contain 12 to 16 types of photoreceptors, compared with three in humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Touching dry ice with bare skin causes burns.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Methane is lighter than air and rises in the atmosphere.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Venus flytraps trap and digest flies as a source of nutrients.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Long-period comets come from the Oort cloud.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Broccoli does not grow in the wild because it was bred from wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that College graduates have higher employment rates than people with only a high school diploma.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Chicago Manual of Style recommends using the Oxford comma in lists of three or more items.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rh incompatibility between mother and fetus complicates pregnancy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In human males, a single urethra carries both urine and semen out of the body.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun in the solar system.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lemmings are real rodents native to Arctic and subarctic tundra regions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Great Depression of the 1930s affected economies across the entire world.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Acetaminophen relieves toothache pain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In spherical geometry any two great circles intersect, so parallel lines do not exist.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that MDMA use raises core body temperature in humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dyslexia and ADHD occur together more often than chance would predict.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Coal mining has a higher occupational fatality rate than the average United States industry.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Drinking alcohol during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bosnian and Serbian and Croatian are the official languages spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Giancarlo Esposito is of Italian descent.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Actor Rowan Atkinson was given the birth name Rowan Sebastian Atkinson.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human culture is dynamic and changes over time.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ukraine holds membership in the United Nations.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Non-hospitalised adults with post-COVID-19 condition often still report low self-rated health 2.5 years after infection.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US Census Bureau treats Hispanic or Latino origin as an ethnicity separate from race and has no Mestizo or Pardo race category.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Elite overproduction is a concept developed by Peter Turchin as part of structural-demographic theory to explain political instability.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Harshavardhana became king of Thanesar and Kannauj around 606 CE after his brother Rajyavardhana was killed by Shashanka of Gauda.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Muscle gain from resistance training plateaus at about 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day, which is below 1 gram per pound.?
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