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- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Installing solar panels reduces a household's electricity bill.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Boxer Rebellion succeeded in driving foreign powers out of China.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Students who take notes on laptops produce higher-quality notes than students who write by hand.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Nuclear power plants cause air pollution during normal electricity generation.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Catholic Church banned the tritone interval in the Middle Ages as the devil in music.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Airbag deployment in car crashes can cause facial abrasions and eye injuries.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Repeating positive affirmations improves self-esteem.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Henri Poincaré initiated the mathematical branches known as chaos theory and topology.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Hippopotamuses sweat blood and produce pink milk.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Henri Poincaré created the Poincaré Conjecture.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that High table salt intake increases the risk of stomach cancer.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that NordVPN suffered a 2018 breach in which an attacker accessed one of its servers in Finland.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sertraline use is associated with an increased risk of bleeding.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Venezuela holds larger proven oil reserves than Saudi Arabia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Thrombocytopenia is a common finding in non-immune children with malaria.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Dietary seed oils such as soybean and canola oil increase systemic inflammation in humans.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Regular yoga practice builds muscle mass in healthy adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Breastfeeding leads to weight loss in postpartum mothers.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Bathing worsens skin dryness in people with eczema.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Fortune cookies are an authentic part of traditional Chinese cuisine.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wet-rice cultivation is a labor-intensive form of agriculture.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The American colonists could not have defeated Britain in the Revolutionary War without French military support.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Men have a shorter average life expectancy than women in nearly every country.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lightning can strike a car, and its metal frame channels the current around the occupants.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Taste buds detect the five basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Lead exposure causes cancer in humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lactose intolerance causes stomach pain after consuming dairy products.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Burning coal causes acid rain by releasing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Home Wi-Fi networks secured with WEP encryption can be cracked within minutes.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Eating processed deli meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Antivirus software effectively detects and blocks most malware on consumer computers.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A lower p-value indicates a larger or more important effect.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 US states following Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that NAD+ supplementation causes weight loss in humans who take it orally.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US Supreme Court ruled race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional in 2023.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A nuclear reactor continues to produce decay heat after shutdown and needs cooling for days.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Standardized testing improves student learning.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Morning erections are linked to REM sleep and are unrelated to sexual dreams.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Venus flytraps eat ants as part of their natural diet.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Thames Tunnel, completed in 1843, was dug under the river using Marc Brunel's tunnelling shield.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that People fall into two distinct types, introverts and extroverts, rather than varying along a continuous spectrum.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Using a VPN prevents hackers from compromising a device.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Nuclear power causes greater environmental harm per unit of electricity than wind or solar power.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Oxford comma is grammatically incorrect in English.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Commercial aircraft intentionally dump toilet waste from their lavatory tanks while in flight.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Playing video games harms players' mental health.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Advanced paternal age increases the risk of autism in children.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Charging a laptop continuously reduces the lifespan of its lithium-ion battery.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Listening to Mozart's music improves students' learning.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gas stoves emit nitrogen dioxide and fine particles that pollute indoor air.?
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