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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Spanish Inquisition was formally abolished in 1834.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC led to a civil war in Rome.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Most wild bats are infected with the rabies virus.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Venus flytraps catch and digest small insects such as gnats.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Rwandan genocide of 1994 killed at least 500,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Vaginal yeast infections cause itching of the vulva and vagina.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The high cost of monoclonal antibody production is a significant barrier to their practical use in treating microbial infections.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Rats can see in complete darkness.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A hybrid is the offspring of two animals of different but similar kinds.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Hiroshima was resettled soon after 1945 because the bomb's airburst left little long-lived radioactive fallout.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Coenzyme A is synthesized from vitamin B5, also known as pantothenic acid.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Deja vu can be a symptom of a temporal lobe seizure.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Rwandan genocide ended in July 1994 when the Rwandan Patriotic Front captured Kigali.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Type 2 diabetes raises the risk of developing dementia.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Middle Ages were a time of ignorance, barbarism and superstition.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ultraviolet exposure from the sun is a major risk factor for melanoma.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Matrices are used to represent linear transformations and solve systems of linear equations.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Grigori Rasputin survived cyanide poisoning and shooting before drowning in the Little Nevka river.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Machu Picchu was built by the Inca in the mid-1400s.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Queen Victoria had an older half-sister, Princess Feodora of Leiningen.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Topical retinol increases the rate of skin cell turnover in the epidermis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Influenza infection increases the short-term risk of heart attack.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Static electricity can ignite gasoline vapor at a fuel pump.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Metastatic breast cancer frequently spreads to the lungs, making the lungs one of its most common secondary sites.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Taking antibiotics causes vaginal yeast infections in women.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Catnip intoxicates only about two thirds of domestic cats.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A molecule is polar if its polar bonds do not cancel each other out.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that An acid is a molecular compound that contains one or more hydrogen atoms and produces hydrogen ions when dissolved in water.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Pauli exclusion principle does not stop a star above roughly three solar masses collapsing into a black hole.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that An obligate parasite depends completely on the host to complete its life cycle.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Rwandan genocide began on 7 April 1994, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Exposure to wildfire smoke causes respiratory illness in nearby populations.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The 1964 United States presidential election featured incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson and Republican senator Barry Goldwater.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that High blood pressure increases the risk of stroke.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mahatma Gandhi died of natural causes rather than being assassinated in 1948.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hydrogen peroxide in tooth whitening products removes stains and lightens tooth shade.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The American Civil War ended in 1865 with the surrender of Confederate armies.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Bats are not blind and can see in dim light as well as navigating by echolocation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A gas is a fluid that takes the shape of the container it fills.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Columbus believed he had reached the Indies when he landed in the Americas.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Benito Mussolini was executed by Italian partisans on 28 April 1945.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cleopatra VII married her younger brother Ptolemy XIII.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Finasteride reduces hair loss in men with male pattern baldness.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Vikings raided and invaded England, beginning with the Lindisfarne raid in 793.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lead can be transmuted into gold using nuclear reactions in a particle accelerator.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Christopher Columbus believed until his death that he had reached the East Indies in Asia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Stephen Hawking lived for more than 50 years after being diagnosed with ALS at age 21.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Historical pirates spoke in the stereotypical 'arrr' accent shown in popular culture.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Harlem Renaissance caused the Great Migration of Black Americans.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A moving object exerts force on whatever it strikes because it decelerates during the impact.?
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