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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The hole in the ozone layer was caused by chlorofluorocarbons?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Science defines biological life as beginning at conception?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US government kept secret papers belonging to Nikola Tesla?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Opposite types in romantic relationships attract each other?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Public transport is less fuel-efficient per passenger-mile than private cars.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Smoking cannabis has negative effects on human health?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Oceanic wave speeds are dispersive and vary unlike sound waves?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Eighteenth-century Prussia was exceptionally militarized?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Genetic similarities between species are the result of common ancestry?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The magnitude of gravity remains constant at all points along the geoid?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Physical attraction is driven by underlying biological and evolutionary mechanisms?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that High lymphocyte counts can be normal in healthy children?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Reflex arc neurons process information locally without brain involvement?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ancient Egypt maintained an active export industry for papyrus?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Portugal's national capital is Lisbon, rather than Porto.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Swallowing blood from nosebleeds causes adverse health effects?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Haudricourt's tonogenesis applies to the history of Chinese languages?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Specific weathering agents and biological processes are eroding the sandstone?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Spartans learned to read and write despite restrictions on keeping written records?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mozambique joined the British Commonwealth due to historical and economic ties?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Satellite communication signals leak and propagate into deep space.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that France gained specific territories and concessions after the American Revolutionary War?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that A deficit of approximately 7700 calories equals one kilogram of weight loss?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Specific neurobiological factors correlate with variations in intelligence across animal species?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Latin syntax can be analyzed using V-bar phrase structure theory?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Operation Safed Sagar was the Indian Air Force's role in the Kargil War?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Carbon in human hair can be traced to originate from corn consumption?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Entanglements in feminist philosophy refer to the interconnectedness of social and material phenomena.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The von Neumann entropy of any pure quantum state is identically zero?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Imaging studies are medically indicated for all patients presenting with trigeminal neuralgia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A DSc degree represents a higher academic standing than a PhD in certain educational systems?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Liquids exist that emit light when vibrational energy is added?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Russell formulated valid arguments against Kant's system of thought?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dental scaling causes gum recession.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Failing to wear sunglasses in sunlight causes cataracts in old age?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Geometry is an empirical rather than purely mathematical science?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Kerbal Space Program accurately simulates orbital mechanics within a patched-conics approximation framework?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Hitmen existed as a real historical occupation in the past.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Carbon dioxide levels near or above 800 ppm cause permanent fatigue?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Black holes violate the first law of thermodynamics?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Portuguese exhibits a distinct verb-attraction parameter governing clitic placement.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that All root canal treatments are biologically safe for patients?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A picked flower is considered biologically dead at the moment of excision?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Unit cell dimensions are calculated from X-ray diffraction spectra using Bragg's law.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Extinction debt manifests in specific ecological habitats and taxa over predictable timeframes?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Comoving and proper distances diverge in an expanding universe?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Adding aluminium chloride to water decreases its pH through metal cation hydrolysis?
- OVERSTATEDIs it true that Light passing through a prism is bent in the same direction twice.?
- COMMON KNOWLEDGEIs it true that Certain languages use different pronouns for we depending on whether the listener is included?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The second law of thermodynamics is asymmetric with respect to time reversal?
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