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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The song Piece of My Heart was originally performed by Erma Franklin.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Nikola Tesla caused an earthquake in New York with a mechanical oscillator.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Kamikaze pilots were sent on missions with only enough fuel for a one-way trip.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The mass number of an atom is calculated by adding the number of protons and the number of neutrons in the nucleus.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus of its atoms.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Inhaling isopropyl alcohol vapor from an alcohol pad relieves nausea.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cleopatra VII visited Rome during the dictatorship of Julius Caesar.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Migraine disorders cause recurrent vertigo, a condition known as vestibular migraine.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Frontier cattle towns such as Dodge City and Wichita had exceptionally high homicide rates in the 1870s.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Monosodium glutamate is a sodium salt of glutamic acid.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Food allergies cause digestive symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Roman gladiators ate a largely vegetarian diet of grains and beans.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cold War containment policy caused United States involvement in the Vietnam War.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD caused a tsunami.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Taking ibuprofen relieves sore throat pain in adults more than placebo does.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Milky Way galaxy can explode like a star going supernova.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury is extremely low among patients with normal or minimally impaired kidney function at baseline.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The body's inflammatory response to infection causes sepsis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that When the Nazis burned his books in 1933, Sigmund Freud remarked that in the Middle Ages they would have burned him.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Quitting cannabis abruptly causes headaches in regular users.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Bullying is a direct cause of school shootings.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dementia causes loss of appetite.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Household wrapping foil was made of tin before aluminum foil replaced it in the early twentieth century.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Doctors use skin and blood tests to diagnose allergies.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The British Empire dissolved between 1945 and 1997 as its colonies gained independence.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Harpo Marx played the harp and Chico Marx played the piano in the Marx Brothers' stage and film acts.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Falkland Islands had no indigenous human population before European arrival.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Acid reflux causes shortness of breath.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Excessive eye blinking is a common motor tic in children with tic disorders.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cyclosporiasis is spread only by the fecal-oral route, through food or water contaminated with human feces.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Children with fevers should not take aspirin.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Paracetamol relieves sore throat pain in adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Skin-to-skin contact between mothers and newborns improves infant health outcomes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sparta was first captured by a foreign army in 222 BCE, when Macedon's Antigonus Doson took it after Sellasia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Great Wall of China stretches roughly 21,000 kilometers according to a 2012 Chinese government survey.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Having migraines leads to the development of obstructive sleep apnea in adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Long COVID causes hair loss, typically through a form of temporary shedding called telogen effluvium.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Focused ultrasound waves kill cancer cells in human tumors.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Lead aprons shield patients and staff from scattered X-ray radiation by absorbing it.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that There is currently no approved cure for chronic tinnitus.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Malcolm X caused the American civil rights movement.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Candida overgrowth in the gut causes acid reflux in adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Activated charcoal causes stomach pain, nausea, and constipation as side effects.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Acid reflux causes hiccups.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Insulin resistance is associated with high cholesterol levels.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Leather production has a larger environmental footprint than synthetic leather alternatives.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Henry VIII became a Protestant after breaking with the Catholic Church.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Crusades achieved their goal of permanently holding the Holy Land for Christian Europe.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Attila the Hun was a king of the Huns.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Testicular cancer occurs in both testicles in fewer than 5 percent of cases.?
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