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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human testes hang outside the body because sperm production requires a temperature about two degrees Celsius below core body temperature.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mars contains water, mostly as ice at its poles and underground.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Remote work increases worker productivity.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that David Bowie declined a CBE in 2000 and a knighthood in 2003.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dry ice keeps items colder than ordinary ice because it sublimates at minus 78.5 degrees Celsius.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hindu tradition counts the Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Astronauts can live in microgravity for over a year, though they lose bone density and muscle mass.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Self-driving cars use lidar sensors to detect their surroundings.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Wrinkled fingers in water are caused by the skin absorbing water and swelling.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wearing a hat regularly causes male pattern baldness.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine causes tinnitus in some recipients.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The American Psychological Association first published its style guidelines in 1929 in a Psychological Bulletin article.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Mobile phone use causes brain cancer in humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A study published in September 2026 found no clear evidence that AI has so far reduced employment among recent US college graduates.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that During development of the 2008 film Iron Man, about 30 writers turned down the project because the character was obscure.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that A study published in 2026 found that affective generative AI use is associated with psychological distress in children and teenagers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A study of Europe's 2026 summer linked extreme heat, including May heatwaves, to excess deaths and damaged harvests.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Smelling coffee aroma without drinking it can change attention, alertness, and brain activity, according to new research.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Transmissible vaccines, engineered viruses designed to spread immunity from person to person, have been studied in animals but are not approved for human use.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A new study found that maladaptive daydreaming is associated with social media addiction and compulsive sexual behavior.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A genus of arachnids is named after Abaddon the Despoiler, a villain from the Warhammer 40,000 setting.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that If 138 countries adopted the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet, diet-related greenhouse gas emissions would fall.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Spending time in nature is associated with better mental health, according to a 2026 review of 45 years of scientific evidence.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A study published in Imaging Neuroscience found that ten minutes of very slow jogging improves mood and focus.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A study in mice published in 2026 found that an extremely high-salt diet disrupted the gut microbiome and impaired memory.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Attending daycare in early childhood damages children's brain development.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Jesus is the English form of the Greek Iesous, which renders the Hebrew name Yeshua (Joshua), a common name in first-century Judea.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cote d'Ivoire became a signatory to the NASA-led Artemis Accords in September 2026.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that As of 2026, no drug has been approved by the US FDA specifically to treat vascular dementia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Humans experience olfactory adaptation, in which the perceived intensity of a constant odour fades over time.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Researchers in 2026 grew human brain organoids that model Alzheimer's disease without the use of animal testing.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Early twentieth-century Australian policies toward part-Aboriginal people included an aim of 'breeding out' Aboriginal ancestry through intermarriage with white people.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that A major review reported in September 2026 found that acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy is not linked to autism or ADHD in children.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Daycare attendance in early childhood improves children's cognitive and academic outcomes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Argentina's GDP per capita was among the highest in the world in the early 20th century and fell substantially relative to the United States over the following decades.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Kratom has been associated with serious adverse effects including seizures and deaths, and the US FDA has warned consumers against using it.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Clinical evidence that valerian root improves sleep quality is inconclusive according to systematic reviews.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Some oral medicine capsules contain small pellets or beads so that the drug is released gradually over time (extended or delayed release) rather than all at once.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Many historians now describe the end of the Western Roman Empire as a gradual transformation rather than a sudden collapse.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US CDC declared over a Cyclospora outbreak linked to lettuce that sickened nearly 13,000 people.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has given away more than 100 million free books to children.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Woodpeckers avoid brain damage from pecking because their skulls act as shock absorbers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Federal science funding cuts in 2025 and 2026 have led many early-career US researchers to consider leaving academia or moving abroad.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The live attenuated oral polio vaccine virus can spread from vaccinated people to unvaccinated contacts and immunise them.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Probiotic supplements improve digestion and nutrient absorption in healthy adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mexico's NOM-051 standard requires front-of-package warning labels on foods with excess sugar, calories, sodium, or saturated fat, and the labeling requirement took effect in October 2020.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, was a descendant of Timur on his father's side and of Genghis Khan on his mother's side.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Aloisia Veit, a cousin of Adolf Hitler who had schizophrenia, was killed by the Nazis in 1940 under the Aktion T4 euthanasia programme.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In the 1840s, the physician J. Marion Sims performed experimental gynecological surgeries on enslaved Black women without anesthesia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The World Health Organization recommends that adults consume less than 2 grams of sodium per day.?
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