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- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Rereading is an effective study strategy for long-term retention.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Fortune cookies are an authentic part of traditional Chinese cuisine.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Friedrich Nietzsche believed in the existence of God.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Milky Way has a quasar at its center.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wet-rice cultivation is a labor-intensive form of agriculture.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Regular meditation practice improves cognitive function such as attention and memory in healthy adults.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Taking antidepressants increases blood pressure in adult patients.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Menopause raises blood pressure in women compared with their premenopausal levels.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Teething causes fever in infants during the months when their first teeth erupt.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A meta-analysis is a type of systematic review that statistically combines results from multiple studies.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Men have a shorter average life expectancy than women in nearly every country.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lightning can strike a car, and its metal frame channels the current around the occupants.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Wikipedia requires or uses the MLA citation style for its references.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Taste buds detect the five basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Lead exposure causes cancer in humans.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microwaves are a type of infrared wave.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lactose intolerance causes stomach pain after consuming dairy products.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Burning coal causes acid rain by releasing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Eating processed deli meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Retrieval practice improves students' understanding of learned material.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Antivirus software effectively detects and blocks most malware on consumer computers.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A lower p-value indicates a larger or more important effect.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Glass bowls are safe to use in a microwave oven.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 US states following Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that NAD+ supplementation causes weight loss in humans who take it orally.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The US Supreme Court ruled race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional in 2023.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A nuclear reactor continues to produce decay heat after shutdown and needs cooling for days.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Standardized testing improves student learning.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Morning erections are linked to REM sleep and are unrelated to sexual dreams.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The rate of global surface warming has slowed over the last decade.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Venus flytraps eat ants as part of their natural diet.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Thames Tunnel, completed in 1843, was dug under the river using Marc Brunel's tunnelling shield.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Arabic word jihad always means holy war.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that People fall into two distinct types, introverts and extroverts, rather than varying along a continuous spectrum.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Using a VPN prevents hackers from compromising a device.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Nuclear power causes greater environmental harm per unit of electricity than wind or solar power.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Red hair is going extinct because the MC1R alleles that cause it are recessive.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The British government's response to the potato blight of 1845 to 1852 turned crop failure in Ireland into mass starvation.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Charles Darwin coined the phrase survival of the fittest.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Milky Way rotates around its center, and the Sun completes one orbit about every 230 million years.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Playing memory games improves general memory ability in healthy adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Oxford comma is grammatically incorrect in English.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Commercial aircraft intentionally dump toilet waste from their lavatory tanks while in flight.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Garlic supplementation lowers total cholesterol in adults with high cholesterol.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Doing sit-ups improves core muscle strength in healthy adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Average wages across countries are strongly correlated with national labor productivity.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Playing video games harms players' mental health.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Advanced paternal age increases the risk of autism in children.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Feeding infants formula instead of breast milk causes eczema.?
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