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- REFUTEDIs it true that Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short compared with the average Frenchman of his time.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Voyager 1 still returns scientific measurements of interstellar space to Earth.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake shortened Earth's day by microseconds and shifted its axis by centimeters.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Modern recommendation systems commonly use machine learning algorithms to rank content for users.?
- 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.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Genital warts are a sexually transmitted infection.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that US prisons and jails charge incarcerated people pay-to-stay fees toward the cost of their confinement.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Roman historian Tacitus records that Jesus was executed under Pontius Pilate.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The ancient Maya practiced human sacrifice.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Self-driving cars use artificial intelligence, including neural networks, for perception and driving decisions.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Habitual knuckle cracking increases the risk of hand injury.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Social wasps such as yellowjackets live in colonies headed by a single queen.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Japan's Kaiko tethered robot reached the bottom of the Challenger Deep in 1995.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The 1956 Suez Crisis ended with British, French, and Israeli forces withdrawing from Egypt by March 1957.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Only about 9 percent of all plastic ever produced has been recycled.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Smartphones are powered by lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Chlorofluorocarbons released by human activity destroy ozone in the stratosphere.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dry ice can kill a person by carbon dioxide asphyxiation in an enclosed space.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Inhaled dust particles are cleared from the airways by mucociliary clearance and then coughed up or swallowed.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 caused the Cold War.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Student loan debt affects a borrower's credit score.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 2000 film Gladiator filmed its arena scenes inside the real Colosseum in Rome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Crocodiles are able to live in saltwater habitats such as estuaries and coastal seas.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Tobacco is not a Schedule I controlled substance under United States federal law.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cincinnatus was given dictatorial power to save Rome and resigned after 16 days to return to his farm.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Napoleon ordered the burning of Moscow in 1812.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Breast cancer causes breast pain in women who have the disease.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Spanking children increases their aggression and behavior problems.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Bears in cold climates sleep continuously for months each winter.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The stomach lining resists its own acid because of a protective mucus layer and bicarbonate secretion.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Sound waves never die and persist forever as sound.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Everyone enrolled in Medicare pays a premium for their Medicare coverage.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Natural diamonds form from carbon under extreme heat and pressure deep in the Earth's mantle.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Lowering central bank interest rates reduces inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Blending bioethanol with gasoline can reduce carbon emissions and enhance fuel efficiency.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Higher body weight is associated with higher LDL cholesterol levels.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sugary drink sales in Philadelphia fell 38 percent after the city adopted its soda tax in 2017.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Using airplane mode damages a cell phone.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Asbestos exposure causes colorectal cancer in humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cleopatra VII of Egypt was ethnically Greek, descended from the Macedonian Ptolemies.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that After his 1848 rod injury, Phineas Gage permanently became a radically different, antisocial person.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that People are dominated by either the left or right brain hemisphere, which determines their personality and thinking style.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The rate of global surface warming has slowed over the last decade.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Arabic word jihad always means holy war.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Carbon dioxide can exist as a liquid at pressures above about 5.1 atmospheres.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Using premium gasoline in a car designed for regular gasoline damages the engine.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Doing sit-ups improves core muscle strength in healthy adults.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that E-cigarette use causes cancer in humans.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Cancer can be treated by restricting food intake to starve tumors.?
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