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- REFUTEDIs it true that Australia generates a share of its electricity from nuclear power plants.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Identical twins have exactly the same DNA throughout their lives.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Listening to Mozart's music raises listeners' general intelligence.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Glass is a slow-flowing liquid, which is why old windows are thicker at the bottom.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Inflation increases the purchasing power of a unit of currency.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ADA requires hospitals to treat all patients.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All Indo-European languages have grammatical gender.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Italy was part of the Central Powers in World War I.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that There is a stable long-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Humans have landed on the Moon since 1972.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A firewall is the same as antivirus software.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Weather is the same as climate.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Roman Empire conquered all of Britain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Undocumented immigrants can receive Medicare.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tang was originally developed for NASA's space program.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Penguins can fly.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tutankhamun was murdered.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 27 Club is a real statistical phenomenon.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Catalysts are consumed in chemical reactions.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Voter fraud is widespread in US elections.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Hedge funds consistently outperform the stock market.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cell phones cause fires at gas stations.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The plates on the back of a Stegosaurus were used as protection against predators.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Russo-Japanese War took place between 1904 and 1906.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Heat and internal energy are the same thing.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Pathogens are only found in diseased individuals and are never found in healthy individuals.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Western Blot is a more sensitive technique for detecting HIV antibodies than enzyme immunoassay.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cancer patients do not need nutritional advice until treatment is in progress.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Technology alone can solve the problem of poor data quality.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Heat and thermal energy are the same thing.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Naturally occurring compounds are inherently safe while artificial chemicals are hazardous.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that An individual's genetic predisposition for a condition necessarily leads to the individual developing that condition.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Pill counts are considered the gold standard for assessing patient compliance with medical therapy.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Three Gorges Dam hydroelectric power plant generates 24 gigawatts of power.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Only the coding regions of genes are used to synthesize RNA.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Habitually sleeping less than six hours a night causes cancer.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Recent global warming is caused by changes in the Sun.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ancient Greeks deliberately designed the Parthenon to match the golden ratio.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The internal energy of a system is defined as the sum of all the energy in that system.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Viking warriors wore helmets with horns in battle.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The social use of cocaine is not associated with serious medical complications.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the start of World War II.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Adrenal fatigue is a recognized medical condition that lowers cortisol and other adrenal hormones.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The heat of atmospheric entry for meteors and spacecraft is primarily caused by friction.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Antimatter has negative mass and falls upward in Earth's gravity.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A cancer patient's fighting spirit improves their chances of survival.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned in the great fire of 64 AD.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Nondifferential exposure misclassification always biases results toward the null.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Touching a toad causes warts to grow on human skin.?
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