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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The musculoskeletal system reacts adversely to prolonged rest or immobilization.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hydrogen sulfide becomes superconducting at about 203 kelvin under roughly 150 gigapascals of pressure.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to declare war on Japan.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The destruction of Pompeii in 79 CE was caused by an earthquake.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma erupted in 1949, 1971, and 2021.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The American Wild West of the 1800s was largely lawless.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Winston Churchill personally burned his portrait painted by Graham Sutherland.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Black smoke from diesel exhaust is soot produced by incomplete combustion of the fuel.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Long COVID causes lasting loss of taste and smell.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Instagram was released on October 6, 2010.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Manual therapy treats pain by adjusting joint subluxations, restoring bony alignment, and reducing nuclear protrusion.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hairless cats such as the Sphynx still produce dander and the Fel d 1 allergen.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol nationwide from 1920 to 1933.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper in Milan in the 1490s.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Autistic people have shorter life expectancy than non-autistic people.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Thyroid disorders cause hair loss.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Female fig wasps lay their eggs inside fig flowers within figs.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The wreck of the Titanic has never been raised to the surface.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The June 19, 1865 order celebrated as Juneteenth ended slavery throughout the entire United States.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Spent nuclear fuel stored underwater glows blue because of Cherenkov radiation.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Password managers are more secure than people creating and remembering their own passwords.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Facebook offers two-factor authentication as an optional security feature for user accounts.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Korea printed the Jikji with movable metal type in 1377, decades before Gutenberg.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Only 300 Spartans fought the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sharks live inside submarine volcano craters, such as Kavachi in the Solomon Islands.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cryptocurrency mining uses graphics processing units (GPUs) to perform its hashing calculations.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Che Guevara caused the outbreak of World War II.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Holstein cattle, including bulls, have black and white coats.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Scoliosis is a lateral and rotary deformity of the spine that is often found in children.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Three percent hydrogen peroxide solution kills bacteria on household surfaces.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All patients on invasive mechanical ventilation for COVID-19 will die.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Multiple sclerosis causes urinary incontinence through damage to nerves controlling the bladder.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Most nonstick cookware is still coated with PTFE, the compound sold under the brand name Teflon.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The Jonestown mass deaths were carried out with cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Goldfish only grow to a size proportional to the size of their tank or bowl.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Roman salute, with the arm extended and palm down, was used in ancient Rome.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Anthropodermic bibliopegy, the practice of binding books in human skin, dates back to at least the 17th century.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wild gorillas get enough protein for large muscle mass from a diet of leaves, stems, and fruit.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Octopuses have extraterrestrial origins and did not evolve on Earth.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Use of apnea monitors prevents sudden infant death syndrome.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Galileo Galilei died of natural causes in 1642 while under house arrest.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Adult domestic cats meow mainly to communicate with humans rather than with other cats.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Double-glazed windows reduce outdoor noise more than single-pane windows.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sweeping in curling measurably extends the distance a stone travels and reduces its sideways curl.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 were English.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Polish cavalry charged German tanks with lances and sabers during the 1939 invasion of Poland.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Great Pyramid of Giza was built by Egyptian laborers around 2560 BCE.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that During World War II, British intelligence secretly bugged Trent Park, where captured senior German officers were held.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Baking softens a potato because heat gelatinizes its starch and breaks down cell wall structure.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Light metals such as beryllium and lithium are toxic to humans.?
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