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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The 1956 Suez Crisis was a war in which Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Marco Polo introduced pasta to Italy from China.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dogs recognise their own names when spoken.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Christopher Columbus landed on the mainland of North America during his voyages.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Statin drugs lower blood triglyceride levels in adults with high cholesterol.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cockroaches survive radiation doses that are lethal to humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The hydronium ion H3O+ forms in water when one water molecule accepts a proton from another.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little and later adopted the name Malcolm X.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that South Africa enforced a legal system of racial segregation called apartheid from 1948 until the early 1990s.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A flipped coin lands on the same face it started on about 51 percent of the time.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Galileo substantially improved on the Dutch telescope design in 1609.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dogs show attachment behaviors toward their owners that resemble an infant's attachment to a caregiver.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Puncturing a lithium-ion battery can cause an internal short circuit that leads to thermal runaway and fire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nitrogen becomes a liquid at minus 196 degrees Celsius at atmospheric pressure.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Crows can mimic human speech by reproducing words they hear.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Listening to loud music causes hearing loss.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Polarized light consists of electromagnetic waves whose electric field oscillates in a single plane.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Eating nightshade vegetables causes cancer in humans.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Hot food smells stronger than cold food because heat increases evaporation of volatile aroma compounds.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Cuban Missile Crisis ended in October 1962 when the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its missiles from Cuba.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Human-caused climate change has increased the intensity of agricultural drought in the Mediterranean region.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel between 1508 and 1512.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Richard Nixon caused the Vietnam War.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that World War 2 caused the end of the British Empire.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen-day nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that OpenVPN runs over UDP by default and also supports TCP.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Giza pyramids were originally covered in smooth white limestone casing.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cleopatra lived closer in time to the release of the iPhone than to the building of the Great Pyramid.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Humans domesticated pigeons and kept them as pets for thousands of years.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Atlantis was a real island city that existed in the ancient world.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Amazon Alexa devices can be compromised by attackers through documented security vulnerabilities.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Fine particulate air pollution in cities increases deaths from heart and lung disease.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Radiation therapy directed at the head causes hair loss.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Marie Curie discovered the element radium in 1898, together with her husband Pierre.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sound waves traveling through air are longitudinal pressure waves rather than transverse waves.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The total biomass of ants on Earth is greater than the total biomass of humans.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was caused by Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicking over a lantern.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Coca-Cola contour bottle was designed by the industrial designer Raymond Loewy.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Minting NFTs on proof-of-work Ethereum consumed large amounts of electricity before the 2022 switch to proof of stake.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mosquitoes prefer to bite people who have sweet blood.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Blinking lights can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Apples without seeds or core are safe for dogs to eat.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Regular aspirin use causes stomach cancer.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Scipio Aemilianus sowed salt over the ruins of Carthage after the Third Punic War.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In type 2 diabetes, body cells become resistant to insulin, so glucose accumulates in the blood.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Large wind farms measurably change local temperature and wind patterns.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Vincent van Gogh died in 1890 without knowing he would become famous.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tutankhamun's tomb is inscribed with a curse on anyone who disturbs it.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Lithium-ion batteries in electric bikes cause house fires.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Vincent van Gogh cut off part of his own ear in 1888.?
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