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- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that In the United States, whole milk must contain at least 3.25 percent milk fat by weight.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Grit, defined as perseverance toward long-term goals, improves students' academic learning outcomes.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mozart was poisoned by his rival Antonio Salieri.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that In the United States, health insurance premiums paid pre-tax through an employer reduce taxable income.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Eating soy foods increases circulating estrogen levels in adult humans.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Harpo Marx was physically mute in real life and could not speak.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ants are necessary for peony flower buds to open.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cramming before an exam yields better exam scores than spreading the same study time over several days.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nuclear waste produces heat through radioactive decay.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A lightning strike includes a return stroke that travels from the ground up to the cloud.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Heavy screen time in children under five impairs brain development.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Sleeping with a fan blowing on the face causes Bell's palsy.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Having hiccups is a sign that a child is growing.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Ludwig van Beethoven was almost totally deaf when he composed his Ninth Symphony.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Listening to music with lyrics while studying impairs reading comprehension and memory performance.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that El Nino events cause earthquakes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that American crocodiles live wild in southern Florida.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Smokers pay higher life insurance premiums than non-smokers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Most cases of obesity are caused by a slower resting metabolism.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Thomas Edison invented electricity.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Influenza infection raises the risk of a secondary bacterial chest infection such as pneumonia.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 caused the Cold War.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Black holes exist in our universe, as confirmed by astronomical observations.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Protein's gross energy is 5.65 kcal per gram, but food labels use 4 kcal per gram after metabolic losses.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sunlight lightens human hair through photo-oxidation of its melanin pigment.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Ants bury their dead in dedicated graveyards.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that World War I was a primary cause of the outbreak of World War II.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Vitamin D deficiency causes hair loss in adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Humans have between 2,000 and 10,000 taste buds, mostly on the tongue.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that About 0.5 percent of men worldwide carry a Y-chromosome lineage traced to Genghis Khan.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Under FAA regulations, aircraft owners may perform some preventive maintenance on their own airplanes.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Retrieval practice improves students' long-term retention compared with simply restudying the material.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A single miscarriage causes later infertility in women.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Unused SNAP (food stamp) benefits carry over from month to month in the United States.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that US unemployment rose to roughly 25 percent in 1933 during the Great Depression.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Catholic Church persecuted Galileo Galilei for defending heliocentrism, convicting him in 1633.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed to produce new reactor fuel in France.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Artificial satellites are visible to the naked eye in the night sky.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Deja vu experiences can predict future events.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Reading in dim light causes permanent damage to the eye.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Student loan debt affects a borrower's credit score.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The 2000 film Gladiator filmed its arena scenes inside the real Colosseum in Rome.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Dietary sugar intake causes high blood pressure in adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cellulite affects only women.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Elemental metallic gold is toxic to humans.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Parental spanking of children is legal in all fifty US states.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Black Death benefited surviving European workers by raising wages and weakening serfdom.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Salem witch trials were caused by mass hysteria.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's mouth.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Rhyming statements are judged more likely to be true than the same statements without rhyme.?
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