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- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval knights wore full plate armor throughout the Middle Ages.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Che Guevara caused the outbreak of World War II.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Roman salute, with the arm extended and palm down, was used in ancient Rome.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that HPV vaccine effectiveness increases with the age at which it is given.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Use of apnea monitors prevents sudden infant death syndrome.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ancient Greeks wore togas.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Large numbers of distraught stockbrokers jumped to their deaths after the 1929 Wall Street Crash.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Goldfish can live healthily in a small bowl.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Christopher Columbus was the first person to discover the Americas.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Irritable bowel syndrome increases the risk of colon cancer.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most people with Tourette syndrome involuntarily swear.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Henry VIII's corpse exploded in its coffin on the journey to Windsor.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Introverts have higher intelligence than extroverts.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A nuclear power plant reactor can explode like a nuclear bomb.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Henry VIII was the last Tudor king of England.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All people with Down syndrome share the same facial features.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short compared with the average Frenchman of his time.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Inducing vomiting is the correct emergency treatment after a person swallows gasoline.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The order in which beer and liquor are consumed affects how severe a hangover is.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that People swallow large numbers of spiders while they sleep.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Caffeine intake increases the risk of kidney stones.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Urine in the bladder of a healthy person is sterile and contains no bacteria.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 caused the Cold War.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 2000 film Gladiator filmed its arena scenes inside the real Colosseum in Rome.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Identical twins have exactly identical fingerprints to each other.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Sound waves never die and persist forever as sound.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval European scholars believed the Earth was flat.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A person having a seizure can swallow their own tongue.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A lower p-value indicates a larger or more important effect.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Arabic word jihad always means holy war.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Fingernails keep growing after death.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that King Christian X of Denmark wore a yellow star to defy Nazi attempts to identify Jews.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Touching frogs or toads gives a person warts.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Depression is caused by low serotonin levels in the brain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Training to muscular failure produces more muscle growth than stopping a few repetitions short of failure.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Healthy adults need one gram of protein per pound of body weight per day.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The asteroid Apophis will hit Earth in 2029.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Interpol employees investigate crimes across borders and arrest criminals themselves.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A common cold causes fever in adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Global extreme poverty has increased or stayed the same since 1990.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Susan Collins voted to support the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Spiders crawl into human mouths during sleep.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The time of day at which an mRNA or protein COVID-19 vaccine is given affects the resulting antibody response in adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Lightning never strikes the same place twice, so a struck spot is safe afterward.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ozone layer depletion is the main cause of climate change.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that In the United States, police require a person to be missing for 24 hours before accepting a missing person report.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The term 420 originated from a Los Angeles police code or California penal code for marijuana.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Eating carrots improves night vision in people who already get adequate vitamin A.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Strangers have killed or severely injured children by hiding poisons or razor blades in Halloween candy.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The interval from 0 to 2 contains more real numbers than the interval from 0 to 1.?
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