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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Identical twins can be born with different biological sexes.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Screen time causes depression in adolescents.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Antidepressants improve sleep in people with depression.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A new emergency medical rescue helicopter costs millions of dollars.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Actor Rowan Atkinson holds the British knighthood title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A multimodal MRI study found altered brain tissue microstructure and neurochemical profiles in people with long COVID and in people recovered from COVID-19.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A South Korean cohort study reported an association between COVID-19 vaccination and higher one-year risk of some cancers.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Most DNA mutations arise from copying errors during DNA replication that the cell's proofreading and repair systems fail to correct.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dust blown from the Sahara carries phosphorus that fertilizes the Amazon rainforest.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Fulton Sheen won an Emmy Award in 1952 for most outstanding television personality for his program Life Is Worth Living.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA collected bulk telephone metadata on millions of Americans.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A VPN prevents an internet service provider from seeing which websites a user visits.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces anxiety symptoms in adults.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Facial recognition systems frequently misidentify one identical twin as the other.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Quantum computers use only binary 1 and 0 values, like classical computers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lithium-ion batteries can be recycled to recover cobalt, nickel, and lithium.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Cutting income taxes increases a country's economic growth rate.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that King Arthur was a real historical person.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Reusable shopping bags have a lower environmental impact than single-use plastic bags.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Australia generates a share of its electricity from nuclear power plants.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Anyone with internet access can edit most Wikipedia articles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A 2026 psychology study found that some acts of kindness serve competitive social goals such as gaining status among women.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Isaac Newton invented calculus in the seventeenth century.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Speaking two languages improves executive function in the brain.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Evening screen time causes sleep problems in children and adolescents.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Sleeping in on weekends repays the sleep debt accumulated during the workweek.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Blue eye color is produced by light scattering in the iris rather than by blue pigment.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Stretching speeds muscle recovery after exercise.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that A domestic cat's coat color predicts its personality and behavior.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Diesel cars emit less carbon dioxide per kilometre than equivalent petrol cars.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earth's magnetic field is generated by moving liquid iron in the outer core, not by magnetized iron.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The white clouds rising from power plant cooling towers are smoke and harmful pollutants rather than water vapor.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Conventional lithium-ion batteries contain a liquid organic electrolyte between the electrodes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii is biologically immortal.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Some behavioral differences between human sexes appear in infancy and are linked in part to prenatal hormone exposure rather than socialization alone.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A study suggests that long-term adherence to at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity may help prevent obesity in middle-aged women.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that People often fail to notice missing or repeated words in their own writing because the brain fills in expected text during reading.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A peer-reviewed study published in 2026 attributes part of the worsening water shortages in the western United States to emissions from fossil fuel producers.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that No two people have been found to share identical fingerprints, including identical twins, although the uniqueness of fingerprints has not been proven formally across all humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The UK government announced a pledge to plant half a million trees in England over three years, announced by Environment Secretary Angela Eagle.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Most scholars of ancient history, including non-Christian scholars, accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical person.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Soviet Union approved the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 at the request of East German leader Walter Ulbricht.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that John Doe is the placeholder name for unidentified men and Jane Doe for unidentified women in legal cases.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nutty Putty Cave in Utah was named for the putty-like clay of its walls.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that FIFA is the governing body that organizes the FIFA World Cup.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Filmmaker James Gunn owns DC Comics.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Miranda warnings are named after the 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Miranda warnings protect the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during police custody.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Climate change harms livestock through heat stress and reduced feed and water supplies.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Peaceful protest is a crime in the United States.?
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