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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Romans built Hadrian's Wall in Britain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Voter fraud is widespread in US elections.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Apollo missions brought back moon rocks.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Axolotls regenerate their limbs.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All plastics can be recycled.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Short breaks are beneficial for focus.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Watching violent movies increases violent behavior.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Moore's Law still holds true today.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Shaking a carbonated drink increases carbon dioxide release.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pencil lead contains carbon.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Double glazing reduces energy bills.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Short-form video reduces attention span.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Kármán line is the boundary of space.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Droughts are becoming more frequent globally due to climate change.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Quantitative easing boosts stock prices.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A higher price always increases total revenue.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Animals behave strangely before earthquakes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Einstein won a Nobel Prize for the photoelectric effect.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Enzymes lower activation energy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that IQ tests are biased against people from different cultures.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2001, which was the largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States at that time.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease is caused by mutations in the PKD1 or PKD2 genes.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Drought is responsible for desertification.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Speech is a unique behavior to humans that evolved recently in human evolution.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Steam fog forms when cold air moves over warm humid surfaces such as unfrozen lakes during early winter.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Penile ultrasonography is used to evaluate conditions such as penile trauma, priapism, erectile dysfunction, and Peyronie's disease.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The ice cap climate has no average monthly temperature above freezing.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The theory of punctuated equilibrium claims that evolutionary change occurs through truly sudden, instantaneous events.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Sun will eventually transition into a red giant phase before becoming a white dwarf.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-positive breast cancer are more immunogenic than luminal-like breast cancer.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon were awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of ion channels.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Alpha radiation from polonium-210 or lead-210 in cigarette smoke may be a significant causative factor in human lung cancer.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Huntington's disease and early-onset Alzheimer's disease are neurological disorders that may limit executive functioning.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Immigrant physicians are an essential part of the healthcare workforce.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Empire of Nicaea restored the Byzantine Empire by taking control of Constantinople and the Latin Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kublai Khan moved the capital of the Mongol Empire to Beijing.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Francis Scott Key wrote the song The Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Women generally develop coronary artery disease about 10 years later than men because before menopause the body makes more estrogen, which helps protect against heart disease.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Treatment for obesity at BMI levels I and II usually consists of behavior modification including diet and exercise with the option of medication.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Histone acetylation is believed to relax chromatin to make the DNA more accessible for recognition and binding by the transcriptional machinery.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Creatine can improve strength, energy, muscle mass, and recovery times.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Antigen presentation by Ia molecules is required for T-cell recognition of the antigen and subsequent T-cell activation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Risk factors for gastric carcinoma include national origin, diet, heredity, and previous subtotal gastrectomy for gastric ulcers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Linus Torvalds created the version control system known as Git.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A linear function is increasing if the slope m is greater than zero and decreasing if the slope m is less than zero.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The slope of a linear function determines both the direction and the steepness of the line.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that ESA section 7 requires federal agencies to ensure that any action they authorize, fund, or carry out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of listed species or adversely modify designated critical habitat.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The plates on the back of a Stegosaurus were used as protection against predators.?
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