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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Quantum computers use quantum entanglement to perform computations.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Saltwater crocodiles live in the ocean and swim across open sea between islands.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Carbon dioxide traps heat in Earth's atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Smartphone fast charging slows as the battery fills to limit heat and battery degradation.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Large numbers of distraught stockbrokers jumped to their deaths after the 1929 Wall Street Crash.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Scipio Aemilianus sowed salt over the ruins of Carthage after the Third Punic War.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Drinking diet soda raises blood sugar levels.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Most plastic collected for recycling in the United States is not actually recycled.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that AI-powered search engines generate false information and present it as fact.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The koala species continues to decline in many areas.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Electric cars produce lower lifetime greenhouse gas emissions than comparable petrol cars.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were rebuilt after the 1945 atomic bombings and have been continuously inhabited since.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Airplane mode disables a phone's cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth radios.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Air purifiers that generate ozone can cause respiratory irritation in users.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Psychotic experiences in the general population are predictive of later psychotic illness.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Galapagos penguins live in a warm equatorial climate.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Training GPT-3 in Microsoft's US data centers evaporated an estimated 700,000 liters of fresh water for cooling.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Spaced repetition improves learning and retention of mathematics.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Monoculture farming reduces the genetic diversity of the crops grown.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Adolf Hitler's policies were the primary cause of the outbreak of World War II.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The American Revolution was caused by British taxes on the colonies.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Overfishing causes the collapse of marine fish populations and disrupts ocean ecosystems.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Goosebumps make humans warmer by trapping an insulating layer of air against the skin.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nuclear scans can detect disease early, sometimes before changes are visible on other types of imaging tests.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most people with Tourette syndrome involuntarily swear.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Multisystem inflammatory syndrome is a rare but serious condition in which different body parts become inflamed.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The American Civil War began primarily over the issue of slavery.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In 452, Pope Leo I met Attila the Hun, after which Attila withdrew from Italy without attacking Rome.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The American Civil War was caused by tariffs.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Napoleon Bonaparte caused the unification of Germany.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Classical Sparta had no defensive walls around the city.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Climate change has increased the area burned by wildfires in the western United States.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Browsing in incognito mode makes a computer more likely to get a virus.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Profits from the Atlantic slave trade caused Britain's Industrial Revolution.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Microwave ovens cook food by making water molecules rotate, which generates heat.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Habitual knuckle cracking causes carpal tunnel syndrome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States lost the Vietnam War.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The American Revolution caused the French Revolution.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Most water pollution is caused by human, land-based activities.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Introverts have higher intelligence than extroverts.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Classical Athens was a democracy even though women, slaves, and foreign residents could not vote.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The sun never set on the British Empire at its height in the early twentieth century.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mnemonic techniques improve memory recall compared with rote study.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Adrenaline is stored in vesicles within adrenal cells and released on signal rather than synthesized on demand.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that IQ tests validly measure general cognitive ability in adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most bat species feed primarily on the blood of other animals.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sparta fought Persia in the Greco-Persian Wars, including at Thermopylae in 480 BC.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dark matter exists and makes up about 27 percent of the universe's mass-energy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Antivirus software detects malware using signature databases and behavioral heuristics.?
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