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- REFUTEDIs it true that Julius Caesar invented the Caesar salad, which is named after the Roman dictator.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Ships have round windows because round windows distribute hull stress better than square corners.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that In 2020 the HGNC renamed 27 human genes because Excel auto-converted their symbols into dates.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A kidney transplant requires the donor and recipient to have matching blood types.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Listening to music with lyrics while studying impairs reading comprehension and memory performance.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Radiofrequency radiation from smartphones causes brain damage.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wildfires can ignite naturally from lightning strikes without any human involvement.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Vaginal yeast infections cause cervical cancer, which is instead caused by persistent human papillomavirus infection.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A hurricane has made landfall in California.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Eating red meat and butter raises cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular disease.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Multitasking while studying improves students' focus.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tsunamis look like towering breaking waves when they reach the shore.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Using a password manager is safer than reusing memorized passwords across multiple accounts.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Chronic loneliness increases the risk of premature death and cardiovascular disease.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Dilute bleach baths reduce symptoms in people with atopic dermatitis (eczema).?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Chronic exposure to environmental noise increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that eMMC storage and solid-state drives both store data in NAND flash memory.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Smartphone use causes worse mental health in adolescents.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that IQ test scores measure general intelligence and predict academic achievement and job performance.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Locomotives start very long trains by taking slack out of the couplers so the cars begin moving one at a time.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Raising interest rates causes higher inflation.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The visible bright flash of a lightning strike travels upward from the ground to the cloud.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nuclear power plants use large volumes of water for cooling.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval cartographers regularly wrote "here be dragons" on their maps.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Some shark species, such as bull sharks, can survive in freshwater.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Active recall improves long-term retention more than passive rereading of the same material.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that World War One caused the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Pterosaurs were flying dinosaurs.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 1994 killing of Tutsi in Rwanda was a civil war rather than a genocide.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Blue light from smartphone screens damages the human retina.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Passenger trains emit less carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometre than cars or planes.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Taking notes by hand improves students' focus compared with typing.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The death penalty remains legal in the United States under federal law and in a majority of states.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Severe psychological stress causes hair loss by pushing hair follicles into the shedding phase.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Drinking eight glasses of water a day is necessary to maintain health.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Rereading improves students' learning of study material.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval European scholars believed the Earth was flat.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Welfare programs in the United States are funded by Social Security payroll tax revenue.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Turnitin includes an AI writing detection tool that flags text as likely AI-generated.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Chlamydia infects wild koala populations in Australia and can cause blindness and infertility.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Collisions between pairs of black holes have been detected through gravitational waves since 2015.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Xerostomia is associated with clinical complications including increased dental caries, monilial infection, dysgeusia, and tooth sensitivity.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The gold standard worsened the Great Depression by limiting central banks' ability to expand the money supply.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Requiring school uniforms improves student attendance.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A machine learning model is a mathematical function whose parameters are learned from training data.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Weightlifting during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Powdered rhinoceros horn is used as an aphrodisiac in traditional Chinese medicine.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Elevated cortisol levels are linked to anxiety.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Childhood bullying victimization increases the risk of depression and anxiety later in life.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Daylight saving time benefits farmers.?
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