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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Chikungunya is a viral infection that can cause symptoms such as fever and severe joint pain.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that A garden of plants aboard the International Space Station could supply all the crew's oxygen indefinitely.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Limbic structures contribute to the genesis of states of vigilance and the focusing of attention.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lactobacilli species can inhibit the growth and proliferation of salmonellae and shigellae when grown together.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Watching true crime content increases viewers' anxiety and fear of becoming a crime victim.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Microbial life existed on Mars in its ancient past.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Smartphone use reduces people's attention span.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Businesses get a tax benefit by collecting charitable donations from their customers.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Higher inflation increases stock market prices.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Sauna use reduces muscle soreness after exercise.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Plastic shopping bags persist in the environment for hundreds of years before degrading.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Vietnam War caused the Great Depression.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Confabulation is defined as the generation of false memories without the intention to deceive.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Emperor Nero persecuted Christians in Rome after the Great Fire of 64 AD.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a type of talk therapy that helps individuals change negative thoughts and reactions to anxiety-inducing situations.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Swallowing a large dose of baking soda can be fatal to a person.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that British women over 30 who met property qualifications gained the vote in 1918 under the Representation of the People Act.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The American Revolutionary War began in 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Attila the Hun was a real historical ruler of the Huns who died in 453 AD.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Anthracyclines are the drugs most closely related to acute and late cardiac toxicity.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Library of Alexandria was a real institution founded in Ptolemaic Egypt in the third century BC.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The ancient Greeks deliberately designed the Parthenon to match the golden ratio.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Viking warriors wore helmets with horns in battle.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Abraham Lincoln's 1860 election triggered the Southern secession that led to the American Civil War.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Grapefruit juice interacts with many common medications by inhibiting the intestinal CYP3A4 enzyme.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 1978 release of Space Invaders caused a shortage of 100-yen coins in Japan.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Richard Nixon visited the Lincoln Memorial before dawn on 9 May 1970 to talk with anti-war protesters.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Africa lost far fewer large mammal species in the Late Pleistocene than the Americas and Australia did.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Engineers have run computer simulations of the aircraft impacts on the World Trade Center towers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A circle can be tied into a knot in three dimensions but not in four or more dimensions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earthworms eat soil, swallowing dirt together with the decaying organic matter it contains as their main food.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Cultural Revolution took place in China from 1966 to 1976 under Mao Zedong.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The social use of cocaine is not associated with serious medical complications.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gout increases a person's risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A sleep study, called polysomnography, is a diagnostic test that records brain waves, breathing, and heart rate overnight.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the start of World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that China's Great Leap Forward caused a famine that killed tens of millions of people between 1959 and 1961.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware River on December 25, 1776.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Generative AI image models are trained on artists' artwork without permission.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hormonal birth control may help with the physical symptoms of premenstrual syndrome but can sometimes make emotional symptoms worse.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Gout is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Adrenal fatigue is a recognized medical condition that lowers cortisol and other adrenal hormones.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Occupations requiring frequent flexion movements of the hand at the wrist can precipitate the development of carpal tunnel syndrome.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Using public Wi-Fi exposes users to data interception by other people on the network.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Water evaporates below its boiling point because individual surface molecules gain enough kinetic energy to escape.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All frog species make a ribbit sound.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that AI data centers consume drinkable freshwater for cooling.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Chaos theory describes deterministic systems whose long-term behavior is unpredictable because of extreme sensitivity to initial conditions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide that humans exhale.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The saltwater crocodile lives in saltwater as well as freshwater habitats.?
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