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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Neanderthals went extinct because of modern humans?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gravitational waves have been directly detected by LIGO.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Stainless steel rusts.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Steve Wozniak was a co-founder of Apple Inc.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The death penalty is more expensive than life imprisonment.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Solar power has become cheaper than fossil fuels for electricity.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Roman gladiators fought to the death.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Parrots can learn to mimic human speech.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cockroaches can survive without their heads.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Seeds can germinate without soil.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Academic authors pay fees to publish in open access journals.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Time dilation affects GPS satellite clocks.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius at standard pressure.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Laughter is contagious.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that There are volcanoes on Mars.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sunsets appear red because of atmospheric scattering.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Jesus was born in Bethlehem.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that George Washington was the first President of the United States.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ice floats on water.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Humans can survive on Mars without a spacesuit.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Titanic was considered unsinkable.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Self-driving cars are safer than human-driven cars in all conditions.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Personality tests accurately predict job performance.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Public Wi-Fi is safe for online banking.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bats are the only mammals that can fly.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The amygdala is responsible for fear responses.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Birth order affects personality.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Alistair Overeem began his professional mixed martial arts career at the age of 19.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete UNIX-like operating system.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) was used for images and animations on the Web in its early days because it resulted in small graphic file sizes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that No archaean species can perform photosynthesis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Archaea are single-celled organisms that do not have nuclei and cell organelles of the eukaryote type.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Archaea are classified as a separate domain in the three-domain system of life.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Plasmas are hot gases that are filled with charged particles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Otto cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that consists of a pair of adiabatic processes and a pair of isochoric processes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Puberty in girls starts at age 12 on average.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Methamphetamine itself causes tooth decay.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Robert Boyle found that the pressure and the volume of an ideal gas are inversely related at constant temperature in 1662.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The IUPAC standard state for materials is defined as a pressure of 1 bar and solutions at 1 M.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman appointed as a Supreme Court Justice.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that At least two points are required to graph a line.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Categorical Imperative is Kant’s principle that one should act only on maxims that one could will to become universal law.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Charles Darwin conducted detailed research on the comparative anatomy of barnacles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Health Belief Model suggests that an individual’s health-related behaviour is influenced by their perceptions and beliefs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fluoridation of community water is highly effective in reducing the occurrence of dental caries.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his advocacy against above-ground nuclear testing.?
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