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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Georges Cuvier believed that the Earth was very old rather than only a few thousand years old.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) can accumulate in the fatty tissues of animals and humans through the food they consume.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Washington Naval Treaty restricted capital ships to a maximum of 35,000 tons and guns to a maximum of 16 inches.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The wisdom of crowds concept has been applied to solve problems ranging from prediction markets to informed policy making.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Children with fetal alcohol syndrome often exhibit neurological and mental deficiencies that are recognizable early in life.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) confers protection against the sexual transmission of HIV from women to men.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Friedrich Wohler synthesized urea from nonliving materials in 1828.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A blockage inside the appendix causes appendicitis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Birth control, also known as contraception, is the use of medicines, devices or surgery to prevent pregnancy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Regenerative braking systems can store energy in a flywheel, a capacitor, or a battery.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The relationship between elevated serum uric acid concentration and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease is undefined.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that DNA barcoding of animals involves the analysis of a standardized segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The gauche conformation of butane is 3.8 kJ/mol higher in energy than the anti conformation due to steric strain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Caligula started the construction of the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus aqueducts in Rome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that During the reign of Umar ibn al-Khattab, the Islamic empire expanded to include Egypt, Jerusalem, and Persia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517 and took control of most Arab lands.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is synonymous with noncommercial software.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Corinthian War lasted from 395 BC to 387 BC.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The C++ programming language includes features such as variables, loops, expressions, functions, string classes, classes, inheritance, templates, exceptions, file manipulation, namespaces, and preprocessor directives.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that On March 18, 1990, 13 paintings worth a total of $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The prevalence of HPV-16, -18, and/or -31 DNA in cervical lesions increases with the severity of the lesions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Abraham Wald was a Jewish émigré to the United States from Transylvania who worked for the Statistical Research Group at Columbia University during World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant infected by Ophiocordyceps unilateralis was discovered in Germany.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The German Empire was formed on January 18, 1871, through the unification of the North German Confederation and several south German states.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Acid in rainwater dissolves rocks that contain calcium carbonate.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Sun provides most of the energy that drives the process of erosion.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The general chemical formula for alkynes is CnH2n - 2.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Obsessive-compulsive disorder is often linked with a heightened intolerance to uncertainty and tendencies towards perfectionism.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Preferred stock is an ownership security rather than a debt security.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Diogenes of Sinope is considered the founding father of the Cynic movement in Ancient Greece.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The IUCN Red List is an online database that categorizes endangered species based on taxonomy and the type of threat they face.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mitochondrial DNA mutates at a rapid rate and is used to study evolutionary relationships.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The theoretical yield of a chemical reaction is determined based on the stoichiometry of the chemical equation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Glycine is generally considered an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the spinal cord, medulla and pons.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Apes and monkeys display basic forms of theory of mind, such as understanding what others see or know.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Methimazole can cause fetal harm when administered during the first trimester of pregnancy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The insulin-signaling pathway in animals regulates growth, reproduction, metabolic homeostasis, stress resistance and life span.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that At the Mendocino Triple Junction, the Pacific Plate slides northwestward along the North American Plate.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A person needs to get the flu shot every year to maintain protection against the flu.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that For people with COPD or diabetes, the flu can worsen their condition enough to require hospitalization, and a flu shot can lower this risk.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Torah contains 613 commandments, and the second to last commandment is that every Jew should write a sefer Torah before they die.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hippocrates considered epilepsy a medical condition due to natural causes starting around 400 BC.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that HIV can be transmitted by supernatural means.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Technology alone can solve the problem of poor data quality.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Physicians and scientists use computerized tomography and imaging tools to trace pathways of brain messages.?
- OVERSTATEDIs it true that Higher education always results in higher income.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Gammaglobulins at a dose of 400 mg/kg per day and acetylsalicylic acid are effective in preventing coronary artery aneurysms in Kawasaki disease.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The assassination of Franz Ferdinand precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia, which triggered the start of World War I.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The body parts of people with albinism can bring good luck, success and wealth.?
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