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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Spending time in the sun increases the risk of skin cancer and early skin aging.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Maternal polycystic ovary syndrome is linked to a higher risk of autism in children.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Welfare programs in the United States are funded by Social Security payroll tax revenue.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Esophageal cancer is a type of cancer that originates in the tissues of the esophagus.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The US First Amendment permits limits on speech such as incitement to imminent lawless action and true threats.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that High LDL cholesterol in midlife increases the risk of developing dementia later in life.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wireless phone chargers cause cancer in people who use them regularly.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The gold standard worsened the Great Depression by limiting central banks' ability to expand the money supply.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Taking notes by hand improves students' understanding of lecture material compared with typing notes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Decisions on important questions in the United Nations General Assembly require a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The MMR vaccine causes fever in toddlers in the days after vaccination.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Behavioral sleep training reduces night wakings in infants under one year old.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sleep inertia leaves people groggy after waking, and it is worse when waking from deep slow-wave sleep.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Prostate cancer often develops very slowly and does not cause problems for the patient.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cramming before an exam improves students' long-term retention.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Tumors associated with Von Hippel-Lindau disease can occur in the brain, spinal cord, kidneys, pancreas, adrenal glands, and reproductive tract.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Chronic inflammation increases a person's risk of developing cancer.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Eating the placenta after childbirth provides health benefits for mothers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Large language models generate plausible but false statements, a failure known as hallucination.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Currently available food derived from genetically modified crops poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Reptiles never stop growing and continue to grow throughout their entire lives.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A person having a seizure can swallow their own tongue.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Apollo 17 in December 1972 was the last mission in which humans landed on the Moon.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that HIV uses the CD4 receptor to enter T cells and reproduce.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that President Kennedy called himself a jelly donut when he said "Ich bin ein Berliner" in 1963.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that China banned cryptocurrency mining within its borders in 2021, forcing miners to relocate abroad.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Joseph Stalin's policies were the main cause of the Cold War.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dopamine detoxing improves ADHD symptoms.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that More people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine than from COVID-19 itself.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Students who pull all-nighters have lower academic performance than students who keep regular sleep schedules.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Breastfeeding leads to weight loss in postpartum mothers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Harpo Marx was a self-taught harpist who really played the harp in the Marx Brothers films.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mining bitcoin with a consumer CPU or GPU earns less than the electricity it costs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In the polar coordinate system, positive angles are measured in a counterclockwise direction and negative angles are measured in a clockwise direction.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Air pollution reduces urban economic output through lost labor productivity and health costs.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Noise from wind turbines causes health problems in nearby residents.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Large trucks have a higher aerodynamic drag coefficient than typical passenger cars.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Cramming the night before an exam improves short-term test performance.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microwave ovens cook food from the inside out.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Rereading is an effective study strategy for long-term retention.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earth's internal heat comes from residual accretion energy and radioactive decay.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Milky Way has a quasar at its center.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The FDA's updated Nutrition Facts label requires manufacturers to list added sugars separately from total sugars.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Wikipedia requires or uses the MLA citation style for its references.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microwaves are a type of infrared wave.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Drinking coffee relieves headaches.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Retrieval practice improves students' understanding of learned material.?
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