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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Industrial CO2 lasers can cut sheet metal such as mild steel.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Tesla Autopilot uses neural networks to interpret camera images.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations resembling laughter when they are tickled.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Prohibition in the United States made possessing and drinking alcohol illegal.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In 1947, a hurricane seeded with dry ice in Project Cirrus turned sharply and made landfall near Savannah, Georgia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Parazoans do not display tissue-level organization.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The RMS Titanic was operated by the Cunard Line.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis on April 4, 1968.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Gold can be produced in a laboratory by transmuting other elements.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that DMARC is an email authentication protocol that tells receiving servers how to handle spoofed messages.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The British Empire caused the Irish famine of 1845 to 1852.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Static electric discharge produces visible light in the form of sparks.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Squamata is the largest extant clade of reptiles.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Drinking milk increases mucus production and worsens a sore throat.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Aspartame consumption increases the risk of dementia.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Michelangelo worked only as a painter and never as a sculptor or architect.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The periodic table arranges elements in order of increasing atomic number.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Abraham Lincoln owned slaves.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that For standing waves on a string fixed at each end, each harmonic is also called a normal mode of vibration.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Natural gas extraction and use releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Overclocking a processor increases the heat it produces.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pigeons produce milk to feed their young.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Glass noodles made from mung bean or sweet potato starch contain gluten.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Homing pigeons have been used to carry written messages over long distances.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Solid-state drives use less power than hard disk drives.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Flashcard practice improves learning and retention more than restudying the same material.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Snakes dance to the music of a flute played by a snake charmer.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Childhood vaccines stunt babies' growth.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Magnet therapy relieves pain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Static electricity discharges can ignite flammable vapors and start fires, for example at gas stations.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, was an asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella typhi who infected others.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mozart died of natural causes rather than being poisoned.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Opium Wars between Britain and Qing China were fought in 1839-1842 and 1856-1860.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The California condor was saved from extinction by a captive breeding program.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Paracetamol (acetaminophen) reduces fever in adults and children.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Roman legions built a fortified marching camp at the end of each day's march while on campaign.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Mnemonic strategies improve the reading comprehension of school-age students.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A sinus infection causes toothache in the upper teeth.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Thomas Edison invented the first incandescent light bulb.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Smoking impairs wound healing and worsens surgical outcomes.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Blue light blocking glasses reduce dry eye symptoms in people who use screens.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Eczema is linked to an increased risk of asthma.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Blackboard's SafeAssign and Turnitin are separate plagiarism detection tools made by different companies.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Octopuses are of extraterrestrial origin.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lithium-ion batteries can enter thermal runaway and catch fire when punctured, overheated, or overcharged.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Children age 2 and under and adults age 65 and older are at a higher risk for pneumonia.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Waterpipe smoking is safer or less addictive than cigarette smoking.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tuberculosis is transmitted through sharing plates and spoons, sleeping together, or sharing clothes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The First Opium War began in 1839 after China seized and destroyed British-owned opium at Canton.?
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