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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Eating the placenta after childbirth provides health benefits for mothers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Sleep induced by sedative medication differs in quality from natural sleep.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lactose intolerance causes bloating after consuming dairy products.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that An at-fault car accident raises a driver's auto insurance premiums in the United States.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Tongue-tie causes reflux in infants.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Menopause increases the risk of high blood pressure in women.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Toads lay their eggs in strings in freshwater ponds.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Global mean sea level has risen by roughly 20 centimetres since 1900.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Crows scavenge and eat the carcasses of dead animals.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Long-distance running causes low iron levels in runners.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Microwave cooking destroys most of the nutrients in food.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Listening to music while studying helps students learn more.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Surprise courtroom revelations that exonerate the accused, known as Perry Mason moments, are common in real trials.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cooked rice left at room temperature allows Bacillus cereus spores to grow and cause food poisoning.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Water retains a memory of substances that were previously dissolved in it.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Guilt can refer to the emotional state of feeling that one has done something wrong.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Installing solar panels reduces a household's electricity bill.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Reptiles never stop growing and continue to grow throughout their entire lives.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Boxer Rebellion succeeded in driving foreign powers out of China.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Students who take notes on laptops produce higher-quality notes than students who write by hand.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that HIV uses the CD4 receptor to enter T cells and reproduce.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Catholic Church banned the tritone interval in the Middle Ages as the devil in music.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Airbag deployment in car crashes can cause facial abrasions and eye injuries.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Repeating positive affirmations improves self-esteem.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Hippopotamuses sweat blood and produce pink milk.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that President Kennedy called himself a jelly donut when he said "Ich bin ein Berliner" in 1963.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Henri Poincaré created the Poincaré Conjecture.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that China banned cryptocurrency mining within its borders in 2021, forcing miners to relocate abroad.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Joseph Stalin's policies were the main cause of the Cold War.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that High table salt intake increases the risk of stomach cancer.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that NordVPN suffered a 2018 breach in which an attacker accessed one of its servers in Finland.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Watergate scandal caused Richard Nixon to resign the presidency in 1974.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sertraline use is associated with an increased risk of bleeding.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Social media use lowers adolescents' self-esteem.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that More people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine than from COVID-19 itself.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Cleopatra VII of Egypt was ethnically Greek, descended from the Macedonian Ptolemies.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Dietary seed oils such as soybean and canola oil increase systemic inflammation in humans.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Regular yoga practice builds muscle mass in healthy adults.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Listening to music while studying improves memory retention in students.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Students who pull all-nighters have lower academic performance than students who keep regular sleep schedules.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Breastfeeding leads to weight loss in postpartum mothers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Harpo Marx was a self-taught harpist who really played the harp in the Marx Brothers films.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Food waste decomposing in landfills releases methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that After his 1848 rod injury, Phineas Gage permanently became a radically different, antisocial person.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In the polar coordinate system, positive angles are measured in a counterclockwise direction and negative angles are measured in a clockwise direction.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Bathing worsens skin dryness in people with eczema.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Noise from wind turbines causes health problems in nearby residents.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Large trucks have a higher aerodynamic drag coefficient than typical passenger cars.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microwave ovens cook food from the inside out.?
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