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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Taking ibuprofen before surgery increases bleeding after the operation.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Touching baby birds or eggs causes the parent birds to abandon them.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Crossing your legs temporarily raises blood pressure readings.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cardiac muscle resists fatigue unlike skeletal muscle because of its dense mitochondria and constant blood supply.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human studies have reported associations between exposure to some phthalates and adverse reproductive outcomes and developmental effects, although no causal link has been established.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The ancient Maya practiced human sacrifice.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microwave ovens expose users to dangerous radiation during normal use.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nerve damage and loss of function present at birth from neural tube defects are usually permanent.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Wi-Fi radio signals at normal household exposure levels cause adverse health effects in humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Folic acid is a B vitamin that may help prevent neural tube defects.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that More than 50 countries retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Radiation from smart speakers damages the human brain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Schizophrenia increases the risk of developing dementia later in life.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A p-value measures the reliability of a study's findings.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The Renaissance caused the Scientific Revolution in early modern Europe.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that SSRI antidepressants improve sleep quality in people who take them.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Psychological trauma can produce physical symptoms such as nausea and stomach pain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Acute flaccid myelitis is caused by polioviruses.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Narcolepsy causes weight gain.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Geostationary satellites remain fixed above one point on Earth's equator.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Obesity causes back pain in adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ultraviolet radiation from sunlight damages hair, weakening the strands and fading their color.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Millions of people live in regions that lie below sea level.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Surgical insertion of a shunt is a common treatment for hydrocephalus.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Eating tomato ketchup causes cancer in humans.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Social wasps such as yellowjackets live in colonies headed by a single queen.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Skin produces vitamin D only under direct sunlight, not when a person is merely outdoors in the shade.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Antimatter can be used to build a practical weapon with current technology.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The atomic bombing of Hiroshima caused a nuclear winter.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Windows 10 and 11 can run a real Linux kernel through the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the United States.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mosquitoes make up a large share of the diet of insect-eating bats.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Teething causes diarrhea in babies and toddlers during tooth eruption.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Eating 30 different plant foods per week improves gut microbiome health.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Search engines find webpages quickly by querying precomputed inverted indexes rather than scanning pages at query time.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Medieval lords held a legal right of jus primae noctis to sleep with a bride on her wedding night.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that All Atlantic hurricanes begin as tropical waves moving off the coast of Africa.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that People swallow large numbers of spiders while they sleep.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human ears continue to grow longer throughout adulthood as a person ages.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Termites are a kind of ant.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Ingesting pure metallic gold is harmful to humans.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Pigeons mate for life with a single partner.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Regular nicotine vaping causes sustained high blood pressure in adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Static electricity is a real phenomenon caused by an imbalance of electric charge on surfaces.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Eating only protein causes protein poisoning, known as rabbit starvation, because the body cannot process excess amino acids.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Volcanoes can be covered in snow, even at tropical latitudes.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Hackers can gain access to a home Wi-Fi network by cracking weak WPA2 passwords.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Caffeine consumption helps people lose weight.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Titanic broke in two before sinking in the North Atlantic in 1912.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Pacific beetle cockroach, Diploptera punctata, feeds its embryos a milk-like protein secretion.?
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