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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Atlantis was a fictional island invented by Plato as an allegory, not a real historical place.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Nikola Tesla lived in Colorado Springs in 1899 and 1900, where he built an experimental laboratory.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Splitting an infinitive is a grammatical error in English.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Ronald Reagan was seriously considered for the role of Rick Blaine in the 1942 film Casablanca.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Drinking coffee triggers gastroesophageal acid reflux in adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Drowning people typically wave their arms and shout for help.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Older adults need less sleep than younger adults.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In the United States, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday of March.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Electric cars have alternators.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cutting taxes increases a country's gross domestic product.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Everyone on Earth jumping at the same moment would not noticeably move the planet.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Odors can wake a sleeping adult.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Most adults cannot recall events from before about age three, a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Instant-runoff voting can fail monotonicity, meaning a candidate can lose because voters ranked that candidate higher.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Schizophrenia causes hallucinations and delusions that distort how a person perceives reality.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Vitamin C supplementation lowers blood pressure.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Compound interest grows at an accelerating rate over time because interest is earned on prior interest.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Probiotics help treat bacterial vaginosis.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Osteoarthritis is the most common reason for total hip replacement surgery.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that High inflation leads to higher unemployment.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Air pollution such as smog and particulate matter causes global warming.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Leaving a smartphone plugged in after it reaches full charge damages its lithium-ion battery.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Drinking beer increases breast milk production in breastfeeding mothers.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Great Depression of the 1930s affected economies across the entire world.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Food deserts, where residents lack supermarket access, measurably worsen diet quality in the United States.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Using the .50 BMG cartridge against enemy personnel is prohibited by the laws of war.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A person's hair type is inherited only from their mother.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Regular jump rope exercise leads to weight loss in adults.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Flat feet cause ankle pain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Nuclear power plants generate roughly 9 percent of the world's electricity.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that People with ADHD have a higher rate of sleep problems than people without ADHD.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that A VPN routes a device's internet traffic through a remote server operated by the VPN provider.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tin foil and tin cans are still made primarily of tin.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that ADHD causes anger and irritability problems in children and adults.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Artificial turf is maintenance free and requires no upkeep after installation.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Drinking cow's milk increases the risk of prostate cancer in men.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Microwaving food alters the chemical composition of the food.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Cooking food in a microwave oven makes the food harmful to eat.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Acetaminophen relieves toothache pain.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Chameleons change their skin color to match any background.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Spaced repetition improves learning performance compared with massed practice.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Albert Einstein failed mathematics at school.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Walking 10,000 steps a day increases the risk of stroke.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way are on course to collide in about 4.5 billion years.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that St John's wort reduces symptoms of anxiety.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Regular use of microwave ovens increases the risk of cancer.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Insulin resistance leads to type 2 diabetes.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that One night of total sleep deprivation impairs next-day attention and working memory.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that In 1936, ten-year-old Rayner Unwin wrote a favourable report on The Hobbit for his father's publishing firm.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Home sleep apnea tests diagnose obstructive sleep apnea about as accurately as in-lab polysomnography in high-risk patients.?
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