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- REFUTEDIs it true that Inheritances received are taxed as income by the US federal government.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that BB&T still operates as a bank under that name.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Plain kosher salt contains added iodine.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Hungary uses the euro as its national currency.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Scientists have trialled underwater shade structures over coral reefs to reduce heat stress, and early results show a protective effect on the corals.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Lymphatic drainage massage removes toxins from the body.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A 2026 Nature study reports that butterfly wing patterns create illusory motion cues in flight that may help butterflies evade predators.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Constipation is commonly reported by astronauts during spaceflight.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Vladimir Putin said Russia is prepared to use all weapons, including nuclear weapons, to protect Kaliningrad.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Capitec Bank Holdings, the South African bank group, officially changed its company name to Capitec Limited in 2026.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized an AI tool that estimates a woman's five-year breast cancer risk from a routine screening mammogram.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kaliningrad was known as Konigsberg until it was renamed in 1946 after the Soviet Union took control of the area following World War II.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lake Vostok in Antarctica lies beneath about 4 kilometres of ice.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Antibiotics reduce the diversity of bacteria in the human gut microbiome.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Riemann hypothesis remained unproven as of October 2026.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The European Union applies a flat 3 euro customs duty per item on low-value parcels under 150 euros from 1 July 2026.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known, infecting up to about 90 percent of non-immune people exposed to a case.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States carried out more executions in 2025 than in any year since 2009.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The CDC recommends rabies post-exposure prophylaxis when a bat is found in a room with a sleeping person or a young child who cannot reliably report contact, unless testing rules out rabies.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US Supreme Court decided Miranda v. Arizona in 1966, requiring warnings about the right to silence and to counsel before custodial police interrogation.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Newt Gingrich served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives from January 1995 to January 1999.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Resistance training slows age-related muscle loss in older adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows a US president to deploy the military domestically to suppress an insurrection or enforce federal law.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All bats are blind and rely entirely on echolocation to navigate.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Winston Churchill opposed the D-Day landings in Normandy.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Piranhas school to hunt large prey.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Apple logo was inspired by Isaac Newton.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The Great Chicago Fire started in a barn.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Great Chicago Fire killed more than 300 people.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling while standing upright.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Ticks detect hosts by carbon dioxide.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Caligula declared war on the sea god Neptune.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Chihuahua is the smallest dog breed.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Aztecs built major stone cities.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Llamas are used as pack animals in the Andes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The toga was a Roman garment.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Colosseum was used for events other than gladiatorial combat.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earthworms come to the surface when it rains.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that A gas has a fixed volume.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Eagles can spot prey from over a mile away.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Pirates really buried treasure and drew treasure maps.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The international community intervened to stop the Rwandan genocide.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Drop bears exist in Australia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rasputin was assassinated by a group of nobles.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A battery can be recharged indefinitely.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spanish conquest.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Margaret Thatcher was known as the Iron Lady.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Che Guevara was born in Argentina.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Aztec Sun Stone was used for human sacrifice.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Carl Sagan advocated for marijuana legalization.?
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