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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Screen time causes nearsightedness in children.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The 2008 global financial crisis was triggered by the collapse of the United States subprime mortgage market.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Tax cuts increase short-term US economic growth.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The memory palace technique improves recall performance compared with ordinary study methods.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Prohibition-era American gangsters used the Thompson submachine gun in violent crimes.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Stricter gun control laws reduce violent crime.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Fast charging accelerates the capacity degradation of lithium-ion smartphone batteries compared with slower charging.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Hemorrhoids lead to colorectal cancer.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Starlink home internet relies on terrestrial cell towers to deliver service.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Electric cars recover some energy while driving through regenerative braking.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Incognito mode in a web browser prevents websites from showing you targeted ads.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Inflation reduces the purchasing power of money.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Listening to Mozart's music raises listeners' general intelligence.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A hypothesis must be falsifiable to count as a scientific theory.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The term 420 originated from a Los Angeles police code or California penal code for marijuana.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Quantum computers with more than 100 physical qubits have been built and operated.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The lunar cycle affects human sleep duration and quality.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Taking notes by hand improves student learning compared with typing notes.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Inflation increases the purchasing power of a unit of currency.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Caffeine taken before exercise improves athletic performance in endurance and strength tasks.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Stretching speeds muscle recovery after exercise.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Hormonal birth control causes breast cancer in women.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mental illness causes people to commit violent crime.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The death penalty reduces crime rates through deterrence.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Chronic stress increases the risk of developing depression.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Lions and other furred animals in hot climates lose heat mainly by panting, resting in shade, and being active when it is cooler, since fur also insulates against heat gain.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that In medieval and Renaissance Europe, long-distance letters were mostly carried by private messengers, merchants, and pilgrims, because no general public postal service existed.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A genetic analysis found evidence that the gut bacteria Eggerthella and Hungatella contribute causally to major depressive disorder in humans.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A 2026 study found that small everyday positive experiences are associated with lower suicidal ideation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The first animals launched into space by the United States were fruit flies, carried on a captured German V-2 rocket in 1947, and they were recovered alive.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that NASA deliberately crashed the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter on September 21, 2003, to avoid any risk of contaminating the moon Europa.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that At any given moment the Moon is above the horizon for roughly half of Earth's surface, so it is visible from both daylit and night-time regions at the same time.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Higher interest rates tend to reduce stock valuations because they raise discount rates and borrowing costs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A 2022 umbrella review in Molecular Psychiatry found no consistent evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels or activity.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco venerates the saxophonist John Coltrane as a saint.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that For most healthy adults, multivitamins and many common dietary supplements provide little to no proven health benefit.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Murdoch family controls Fox Corporation, the owner of Fox News Channel.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Facebook is a social networking website and app owned by Meta.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that In Canadian securities law, a reporting issuer is a public company.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earthquakes can trigger volcanic eruptions at nearby volcanoes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rupert Murdoch owns The Wall Street Journal.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Goldman Sachs is an American investment bank headquartered in New York City.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Renters insurance covers hotel costs when a covered loss makes a rental unit uninhabitable.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Each ChatGPT query consumes a significant amount of water for data center cooling.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that James Gunn still works for Marvel Studios rather than DC Studios.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Absa Group is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Skydance Media owns Paramount following the 2025 merger.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Tornadoes occur regularly in Europe every year.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that ChatGPT has an agent mode that performs multi-step tasks on a user's behalf.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Airbus ended A380 production in 2021 after delivering the last aircraft to Emirates.?
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