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- REFUTEDIs it true that Sexual violence is typically committed by a stranger late at night.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The tomb of Cleopatra VII has been discovered by archaeologists.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most French people are descended primarily from Germanic tribes such as the Franks and Visigoths rather than Gauls.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The European Middle Ages were a dark age of cultural and intellectual stagnation.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most wild bats are infected with the rabies virus.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Land mines detonate when the person steps off, not when they step on.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Middle Ages were a time of ignorance, barbarism and superstition.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Koalas attack people by dropping on them from trees.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The destruction of Pompeii in 79 CE was caused by an earthquake.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Winston Churchill personally burned his portrait painted by Graham Sutherland.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Only 300 Spartans fought the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All patients on invasive mechanical ventilation for COVID-19 will die.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Machu Picchu was built by the Aztecs.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that India withdrew from the 1950 FIFA World Cup because its team wanted to play barefoot.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Christopher Columbus was the first European to reach the Americas.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that George Washington said 'I cannot tell a lie' after cutting down his father's cherry tree.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Maya people vanished completely after the Classic Maya collapse around 900 AD.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Roman emperor Caligula made his horse Incitatus a senator.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Snakes are deaf and can only sense vibrations through the ground, not airborne sound.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tardigrades are dangerous to humans.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Marco Polo introduced pasta to Italy from China.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Turkey was served at the 1621 Plymouth harvest feast later called the first Thanksgiving.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Prohibition in the United States made possessing and drinking alcohol illegal.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The RMS Titanic was operated by the Cunard Line.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Michelangelo worked only as a painter and never as a sculptor or architect.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Glass noodles made from mung bean or sweet potato starch contain gluten.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Magnet therapy relieves pain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tuberculosis is transmitted through sharing plates and spoons, sleeping together, or sharing clothes.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Michelangelo painted the Mona Lisa.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cass Elliot died from choking on a ham sandwich.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Earwigs purposely climb into human ear canals to lay eggs.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Slavery in the United States lasted 400 years.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The nickname Devil Dogs was bestowed upon the United States Marine Corps by German soldiers at the Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Iron maidens were used as instruments of torture in the Middle Ages.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Commotio cordis is caused by mechanical damage to the heart muscle or surrounding organs.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Older adults are sexually inactive and have lost interest in sex.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that PepsiCo owned the sixth most powerful navy in the world after a 1989 barter deal with the Soviet Union.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Calculating speed by mixing distance and time measurements from two different reference frames produces a valid result.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Only thin women develop menopausal symptoms.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Old elephants near death leave their herd to die in an elephants' graveyard.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Hypnosis is a form of unconsciousness resembling sleep.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Bamboo detox foot pads remove toxins from the body through the skin of the feet.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ticks jump or fall from trees onto their hosts.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Asbestos fibres are absorbed through the skin into the body.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Consuming olive oil causes weight gain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mount Etna caused the destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Touching baby birds or eggs causes the parent birds to abandon them.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microwave ovens expose users to dangerous radiation during normal use.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Acute flaccid myelitis is caused by polioviruses.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The atomic bombing of Hiroshima caused a nuclear winter.?
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