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- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Infants begin learning features of their native language before birth, and newborns show preference for the language they heard in the womb.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Catholic Church today still forbids Catholics from joining Freemasonry, and Church teaching treats membership as grave sin.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a tetanus booster shot every 10 years for adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The visible condensation cloud that forms around an aircraft near the speed of sound is caused by the Prandtl-Glauert effect, a local drop in air pressure and temperature that condenses water vapor.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Japanese Private Shimura Kikujiro was reported missing from his unit during night exercises near the Marco Polo Bridge on 7 July 1937 and returned to his unit shortly afterwards.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Drinking water is sold in plastic sachets in parts of Africa, including Nigeria and Ghana, as a cheaper way to buy and carry water.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman emperor, was deposed by Odoacer in 476 CE.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Since 1967 the SI second has been defined by the radiation frequency of the caesium-133 atom, 9,192,631,770 cycles, and not by the rotation of the Earth.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Some women have four types of cone cells and may be functional tetrachromats who perceive more colors than typical people.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Antibiotic treatment reduces gut microbiome diversity but does not eliminate all gut bacteria.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human stomach acid, with a pH of roughly 1.5 to 3.5, activates the enzyme pepsin and kills many ingested pathogens.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Water damages electronic circuits mainly because dissolved ions in tap water make it conductive, which creates short circuits and enables corrosion, while pure water conducts poorly.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Under the 1944 London Protocol agreed by the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Berlin was divided into occupation sectors, and France later received a sector carved from the British and American zones.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The colors, shapes, and patterns seen when pressing or rubbing the closed eyes are called phosphenes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The human body keeps internal time with a master circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Magnetic core memory stores each bit of data by magnetizing a small ferrite ring in one of two directions.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Several US states, including Utah, South Carolina, Idaho, Mississippi, and Oklahoma, authorize execution by firing squad in at least some circumstances.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Antarctic winter sea ice extent in 2026 was the third-lowest on the satellite record.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that About 5,000 American troops were sent to Archangel in northern Russia in 1918 and 1919, in what became known as the Polar Bear Expedition, and ended up fighting the Red Army.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In English the euro sign is written before the amount, while several European countries place it after.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Ketamine produces antidepressant effects within hours in people with treatment-resistant depression.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A honeybee worker usually dies after stinging a mammal because its barbed stinger and venom sac are torn from its abdomen.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Muhammad Ali Jinnah presented the Two Nation Theory, the claim that Hindus and Muslims of British India constitute separate nations, in his presidential address at the Muslim League's Lahore session in March 1940.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden is based on a true story.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ukraine is a sovereign nation recognized as an independent state by the United Nations.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Raw milk spoils faster than pasteurized milk.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Thrombocytosis, a high platelet count, is a clotting disorder.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In Egyptian mythology, Ra sent Sekhmet to destroy humanity, and a flood of beer stopped her.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Old Trafford stadium lies in the borough of Trafford, not within the city of Manchester proper.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The standard Austrian Klimaticket annual public transport pass costs 1,400 euros in 2026.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Emirates is the flag carrier airline of Dubai.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that FIFA owns the game of association football.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ukraine has ballistic missiles in its arsenal, including US-supplied ATACMS.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Climate control in a car means automatic temperature regulation, not simply air conditioning.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cat food is safe for humans to eat.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Pentobarbital is a paralytic drug that stops the muscles.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The blood condition thrombocytosis can cause fatigue.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Nepal uses imported fossil fuels for transport and industry.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Raw cow's milk naturally contains iodine.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Foreign visitors need a passport to enter Nepal.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates function like states within a federation.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dahi, the South Asian yogurt, contains protein.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The country of Ukraine has a majority-Muslim population.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Emirates operates scheduled passenger flights to Singapore.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that WhatsApp works in mainland China without a VPN.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Most people in Hungary speak English.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rupert Murdoch owns the British tabloid newspaper The Sun.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A criminal conviction means a court or jury has found the defendant guilty of the charged offense.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Leipzig has an airport, Leipzig/Halle Airport, serving passenger and cargo flights.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Most Protestant denominations around the world celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday.?
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