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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Charles Goodyear discovered the process of vulcanization, which allows for the production of stable rubber for tires.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A phase diagram is a two-dimensional map showing which phase or phases are able to exist in an equilibrium state under given conditions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Constructed languages on television, such as Dothraki, have real grammar and vocabulary and can be translated.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Thalidomide is used as a treatment for leprosy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bacterial persister cells are phenotypic variants of the wild-type rather than mutants.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Towing icebergs to coastal cities is a feasible way to supply freshwater.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The oxidation state of any atom of any element in its elemental form is zero.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Elements of Group 1 (IA), excluding hydrogen, have an oxidation state of +1 in compounds.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Menstruation usually begins around the age of 11, though it can start as early as 9 years old.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The moment of inertia for a system of point particles rotating about a fixed axis is the sum of the products of each particle's mass and the square of its distance from the axis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that John Foster Dulles served as the United States Secretary of State from 1953 to 1959 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The moment of inertia for a single point particle of mass m about a fixed axis at a distance r is calculated as I = mr^2.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Messerschmitt AG utilized labor from concentration camps to manufacture aircraft parts.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dhanteras is the first day of the festival of Diwali in India and the festival of Tihar in Nepal.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In military usage, military grade means meeting bare-minimum durability requirements at the lowest cost.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The song Piece of My Heart was originally performed by Erma Franklin.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Migraine disorders cause recurrent vertigo, a condition known as vestibular migraine.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury is extremely low among patients with normal or minimally impaired kidney function at baseline.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that When the Nazis burned his books in 1933, Sigmund Freud remarked that in the Middle Ages they would have burned him.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Doctors use skin and blood tests to diagnose allergies.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Harpo Marx played the harp and Chico Marx played the piano in the Marx Brothers' stage and film acts.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cyclosporiasis is spread only by the fecal-oral route, through food or water contaminated with human feces.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Children with fevers should not take aspirin.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sparta was first captured by a foreign army in 222 BCE, when Macedon's Antigonus Doson took it after Sellasia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Attila the Hun was a king of the Huns.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Columbus called Native Americans Indians because he mistakenly believed he had reached the East Indies.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Vitamin C deficiency in scurvy causes old healed wounds and scars to reopen.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Boxer Rebellion in China formally ended with the Boxer Protocol signed in September 1901.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Acid reflux can cause or worsen breathing problems such as asthma and chronic cough.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Osteoarthritis is linked to type 2 diabetes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Guinea worms can emerge through the skin of a person's feet.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478 by Ferdinand and Isabella.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mahatma Gandhi conducted brahmacharya experiments in which he slept beside young women to test his celibacy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Consuming sufficient folic acid before and during pregnancy prevents most neural tube defects.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Crusaders resorted to cannibalism at Ma'arrat al-Nu'man during the First Crusade in 1098.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bisphenol A (BPA) can be absorbed through human skin, for example from thermal paper receipts.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Che Guevara was killed in Bolivia in October 1967.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Both professional and home-use laser hair removal devices can cause mild side effects.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Eye doctors can determine a prescription for infants using retinoscopy without any verbal feedback from the child.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Aztecs carried out ritual human sacrifice at Tenochtitlan.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Metagenomic analysis of sewage can be used to detect bacterial pathogens released into a sewage system.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Anthracycline treatment is associated with an increased risk of heart failure.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington owned enslaved people at Mount Vernon.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Aztecs sacrificed children to the rain god Tlaloc.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rosemary Kennedy underwent a lobotomy in 1941.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mind-wandering is linked to an increased risk of automobile accidents in daily life.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Treatment for chronic urinary retention aims to reduce urinary tract infections and episodes of acute urinary retention.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that World War I was a global conflict with fighting on multiple continents.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Diving mammals can avoid decompression sickness, nitrogen narcosis, and pulmonary squeeze by blocking alveolar gas exchange through the emptying of alveoli at depth.?
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