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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Wearing tight underwear causes urinary tract infections in women.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Chronically elevated cortisol causes weight gain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Elephants never forget anything they have learned or experienced.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The standard error of a sample mean shrinks in proportion to the square root of the sample size.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Microdosing psychedelics reduces anxiety symptoms in adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fetuses get oxygen through the placenta and umbilical cord rather than by breathing with their lungs.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Medicare Part B and Part D premiums are set using modified adjusted gross income from two years earlier.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that School choice programs such as vouchers and charter schools raise student test scores.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Heavy social media use increases depressive symptoms in teenagers.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Taking baking soda in water relieves acid reflux symptoms.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Methane emissions cause global warming through the greenhouse effect.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Neutron stars exist as dense collapsed cores left behind by supernovae of massive stars.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Bitcoin mining operations run in large industrial data centers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Most bitcoin mining is carried out in industrial data centres using specialised ASIC hardware rather than on personal computers.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A correlation between two variables proves that one causes the other.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Taking multivitamins improves immune function in healthy adults.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Tornadoes can form in mountainous terrain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Apple cider vinegar relieves acid reflux symptoms.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was an atheist.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater have occurred in New York State.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Esperanto is a constructed language that has native speakers.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Teenagers need more sleep than adults, about eight to ten hours per night.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that People with autism typically have above-average IQ.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that People without diabetes can develop clinically low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that People lose height as they age, with shrinkage typically beginning around age 40.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Regular swimming improves VO2 max.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Lightning is caused by static electric charge building up inside storm clouds.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Eating nuts, popcorn, or seeds increases the risk of diverticulitis.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Private-label grocery products are priced lower than comparable national brands in US supermarkets.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that About 10 percent of people worldwide are left-handed.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The United States leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba under a 1903 agreement.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Weightlifting reduces pain in people with osteoarthritis.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Bilingual education improves students' academic achievement.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Moderate red wine consumption lowers LDL cholesterol in adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The word sushi refers to raw fish rather than to vinegared rice.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fewer than half of published psychology studies replicated successfully in the 2015 Open Science Collaboration project.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The white streaks behind airplanes are chemtrails deliberately released to control the weather.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ostriches are native to the wild in Australia.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Regular cardio exercise causes chronic high blood pressure.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Owning a pet improves the owner's mental health.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Icebergs remain a hazard to ships despite modern radar and satellite tracking.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Most major Atlantic hurricanes develop from tropical waves that move off the coast of Africa.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The candiru catfish swims up the human urethra when people urinate in its water.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Airbags cause more injuries than they prevent.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Wild elephants sleep standing up for most of their sleep time.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Vegetarians live longer than meat eaters.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Natural gem-quality diamonds are not geologically rare.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is named after the Apache Native American people.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Magnesium supplementation lowers blood pressure in adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Fingernails keep growing after death.?
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